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A 
TOPOGRAPHICAL 

DICTIONARY 

OP 

YORKSHIRE; 

CONTAINING THE NAMES OF ALL THE 

TOWNS, VILLAGES, 

HAMLETS, GENTLEMEN'S SEATS, $c. 

3m tit Counts of ©orfe, 

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED UNDER THE HEADS OF THE 

NORTH, EAST, AND WEST RIDINGS J 

ALSO IN WHAT 

PARISH, TOWNSHIP, WAPENTAKE, DIVISION AND LIBERTY, 

THEY ARE SITUATED, 

With their respective Distances from two, three, or more 
MARKET, OR POST-TOWNS; 

Stating which Churches are Rectories, Vicarages, Curacies, or Chapelries ; Patrons of Livings, 
with their value in the King's Books ; also the value of all Livings under 1501. per annum, as 
returned to Parliament in 1810, and following years ; 

A Brief History of Places most remarkable for Antiquities; 
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT PERSONS, &c. 

3EXiu£tratctr h){tfj a $cfo JHap ; 

ALSO THE 

MARKETS AND FAIRS, PRINCIPAL INNS, BANKERS, 
The Population of every Township, according to the Census taken in 1 82 1 / 

THE NAMES OF THE 

ACTING MAGISTRATES, DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS, 

And the several Officers of the County. 



SECOND EDITION. 



BY THOMAS LANGDALE. 



0ort&Eflertott : 

PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. LANGDALE; AND SOLD BY T. LANGDALE, RIPON ; 
ALSO BY MESSRS. LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; G. AND W. B. 
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F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON. WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON J AND THE PRINCIPAL 
BOOKSELLERS IN THE COUNTY OF YORK. 



1822. 



EXPLANATORY PREFACE. 



In presenting a new edition of this Work to the Public, in consequence 
of additional matter, it becomes necessary for the Editor to give some 
introductory explanation of the present plan, and of the abbreviations 
made use of in the work, and of the additional information to be 
expected by the reader. 

The whole of the work has been re-written and carefully examined, 
and the greatest part of the County visited by the editor. — After 
the names of the places, are the following abbreviations, viz. : — 
ham. for hamlet, s. h. for single house, /. h. for farm house, scatt. hs. 
for scattered houses, p. h. for public house, cotts. for cottages, 
pointing out at once what the place is; and where the seat S(c. follows 
the name of the place, it implies only a single house. Wherever a 
Gentleman's Seat is adjoining to, or within a town or village, it is 
given after the wapentake ; all places not having any of the above 
abbreviations following, are to be considered as towns or villages. — 
Some few places are denominated townships or parishes, as Abbotside, 
High and Low, and Eilerburn, there being no villages of the names. 
but only certain districts so called. 

In giving the township, in which each hamlet or single house, &c. 
is situated, it may be proper to observe that they are given ac- 
cording as they pay Poor's Rates, with some few exceptions. — This 
part, which may be considered the most valuable, as additional matter, 
and what has never been attempted before, will be found of the greatest 
utility in all public offices. 



IV PREFACE. 

In the next part we have to notice the abbreviations, &c. respecting 
the value of church livings, which are as follow, viz. : — the value in 
the King's books, is marked (£) when discharged from the payment 
of first fruits; — p. r. is for parliamentary return; — the marks before 
the values returned to parliament, will be seen in note below.— All 
livings, except such as are stated to the contrary, are within the 
diocese of York. — The Patrons of the livings have been corrected by 
a correspondence with the resident clergy. The value in the 
King's books, whether Rectories or Vicarages. &c. is taken from 
Bacon's Thesaurus ; but wherever a difference was found in the return 
made to parliament, by the incumbent of that time, the latter has been 
taken, conceiving such return most likely to be correct at the present 
time. 

With respect to the authorities for historical and biographical notices, 
introduced by way of relieving the work from the dull, dry, tedium 
of detail, we have nothing to add, having made a point of giving the 
authorities at the end of each article, not solely for showing the 
source of information, but, that the reader, who might want a more 
enlarged account, may know where to refer to without much con- 
sultation, — such authorities only, as may be relied on, have invariably 
been selected with some trifling exceptions. 

The informations relative to public hospitals, &c. without authori- 
ties, have been furnished us by residents, comparing the same with 
the returns of such institutions made to parliament, in 1786. 



This (*) before the value, denotes that the statement is taken from the account 
of the names of the livings not exceeding the value of £150 per annum, certified to 
the Governors of Qneen Anne's Bounty, by the Archbishops and Bishops, and order- 
ed to be printed by the House of Lords, 7th June, 1810. 

This (f) before the value, denotes that the living has increased in value since 
the year 1810, which appears in comparison of the value returned in 1810, to 
the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, with that returned by the Bishops in 
1815, to the Privy Council. 

This (j) before the value, denotes that the living has decreased in value since 
1810, although it has received augmentation since that time. The authority 
for this is the same as in the preceeding case. 



PREFACE. V 

Certain liberties, for the sake of abbreviations, having been omitted 
in the text of this work, which appeared in the last edition ; it becomes 
necessary to inform the reader, that such liberties omitted, are Lang- 
barugh. Pickering-Lythe. Whitby -Strand, and A llertonshire, which 
are co-extensive with their respective wapentakes. The liberty of 
Richmondshire extends over the live wapentakes of Hang- East and 
West, Gilling-Kast and West, and Hallikeld, except where St. Peter, 
or any other similar liberty interferes, which is invariably noted. 

The Ainsty, which was, in the last Edition, separated from the 
three Ridings, is in this, embodied with the West-Riding, having 
the word (AinstyJ inserted after the name of each place, thereby ren- 
dering the references less. 

Having briefly explained the several abbreviations, &c. in the work, 
it now only remains for the Editor to return his most grateful thanks 
to the resident Clergy of the County, and other Gentlemen, for their 
communications, and to the Chief Constables and other public Officers, 
by whose assistance and information, this work has been rendered 
much more correct than it otherwise would have been. The voluntary 
contributions to this laborious work being few, the Editor cannot so 
far suffer himself to be guilty of ingratitude, as to pass them by un- 
noticed ; therefore to the author of a letter, signed <• Clericus" from 
the East-Riding, and to another, signed " An Antiquary," from 
Brampton, his best thanks are due, not alone for the matter, but also 
for the manner in which each was conveyed. And, to the very Rev. 
the Dean of Ripon he has to express his obligations, for the use of 
several papers belonging to his archdeaconry ; as well as for his 
readiness, at all times, in furnishing him with information, which 
might in the least tend to improve or render the work correct. 

He now consigns the Book to its fate, assuring the reader that 
neither time nor expense has been spared, in rendering the work as 
accurate as the nature of the subject will admit of. 

RIPON, NOV. I, 1822. 



YORKSHIRE 



Yorkshire*, in the time of the Ancient Britons, was inhabited by 
the Brigantes, whose territories included our present Counties of 
Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Westmorland, and Yorkshire. 

When the Emperor Constantine divided Britain into three parts, viz. 
Britannia Prima, Britannia Secunda, and Maxima Ccesariensis, this 
County was included in the last, and York was the Capital City of it. 

The Romans, in the construction of their Roads, evinced peculiar 
grandeur of design, patient labour, and persevering industry ; but at 
what time they were first formed is now impossible to ascertain. Dr. 
Stukeley supposes that Hermen-Street was the first, which he attri- 
butes to the time of Nero ; but Horsley, with far more probability, 
conjectures, that most of their roads were laid out by Agricola. A 
strong marked feature in the arrangement of all of them, is their con- 
tinuance in a straight line, from which they seldom deviated, unless, 
as in some cases, they were formed on part of a British Track- way, 
or some local impediment was found in the way, such as a morass, or 
a deep ravine, &c. Their principal roads were of great breadth, and 
paved with large stones ; but where these could not readily be procured, 
gravel, lime, and other materials were substituted, and raised high 
above the soil, in some places to the height of eight or ten feet, and 
their durability greatly assisted by good drains. 

Camden, on the authority of Ulpian and Frontinus, says that the 
Romans gave the great Roads the names of Vice Consulates, Pratorice, 
Militates, Publico, Cur sits Publici. They were unquestionably the 
public roads of those times, and distinguished from the common roads 
by being covered with better and more durable materials. They had, 
besides, minor or vicinal roads, leading from one station to another, 
which intersected the country in almost every direction. The four 
great military roads were distinguished from others at an early period, 
as the laws of Edward the Confessor comprehend regulations relative 
to the four great Highways, called Watling-Strete, Foss, Ikenield- 
Strete, and Ermine-Strete. From Tacitus we learn, that Agricola, 
anxious to communicate Roman customs to the Britons, instructed 
and assisted them " in building of houses, temples, courts, and 
market-places ; and by praising the industrious, and reproaching the in- 
dolent, he excited such an emulation among the Britons, that after 
they had constructed all those necessary edifices in their towns, they 
proceeded to build others merely for ornament and pleasure ; as Por- 
ticos, Galleries, Baths, Banqueting- Houses, &c."t 

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• Called Eoporwicscirb by the Saxons. f Vita Agric. 



Vlll YORKSHIRE. 

Many of the roads, after so many centuries have passed away, 
still, in numerous places, preserve their primeval form, though they 
have suffered much from the slow consuming hand of time, and the 
cupidity, not to say worse, of owners of lands, through which these 
roads passed. 

When the Saxons had settled themselves in this part of the Island, 
and divided it amongst their leaders into seven Kingdoms, Yorkshire 
was part of the Kingdom of Northumberland ; which being- divided 
into two parts, Deira, and Bemicia, this county was under the 
government of the King of Deira, who, after a succession of six Kings 
of ]3ernicia, in the space of 2? years, became master of the whole ; and 
continued until the West Saxons subdued the other six Kingdoms of 
the Saxons, and made the whole a Monarchy. 

Yorkshire is by far the largest county in the Kingdom, containing 
about 3,6'J8,3c3() acres of land, with a population of 1 , 1 73, 1 87 persons. 

It is J 30 miles long, from east to west, and 90 broad, from north to 
south, and 460 in circumference. It is bounded on the east by the Ger- 
man Ocean, on the south by Derby, Nottingham, and Lincolnshires; 
on the west by Lancashire, and a small part of Cheshire ; and on the 
north by the counties of Durham and Westmorland. 

The North-Riding is bounded by the river fees on the north, which 
separates it from the county of Durham ; the German Ocean on the 
east ; the East-Riding on the south-east; and by the Ainsty. and the 
West-Riding on the south; and the county of Westmorland on the 
west. It is divided into 12 wapentakes, containing 5 boroughs, viz* 
Richmond. Scarborough, Northallerton, Malton, and Thirsk. 

The Itast-Ridino is bounded on the east by the German Ocean; on 
the south by the H umber; on the west by the rivers Ouse and Der- 
went ; and on the north by the latter and the little river Hertford. It 
is divided into six wapentakes, and Hullshire, containing three bo- 
roughs, viz. Beverley, Hedon, and Hull. 

The West-Riding js bounded on the east by the Ainsty and the river 
Ouse, which separates it from the East-Riding ; on the south by parts 
of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire ; on the west by parts of Cheshire, 
Lancashire, and Westmorland ; and on the north by the North-Riding. 
It is divided into nine wapentakes, containing five boroughs, viz. 
Ripon, Ponteiract, Borough bridge, Aldborough. and Knaresbrough. 
The whole county contains thirteen boroughs and one city, which 
sends twenty-eight Members to Parliament, and two Knights of the 
Shire. 

The Ainsty*, accounted a twentieth part of the county at large, is 
a district on the west-side of York, under the jurisdiction of the 
Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs of the city, to which it was an- 
nexed the 27th of Henry VI. though before it was a wapentake of the 
West-iliding, and has ever since been called the county of the city of 
York. The whole district was anciently a forest, but dis-forested by 
Charters of Kino; Richard the 1st, and King John. - 

* Ainsty; from Ar.ciontey, to denote its Antiquity ; or more probably fror.i the 
German word, Anto-sen, implying a bound, or limit. — Camden. 



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Anyu&Myi -oxft^t*ijji>, apansntown, in tne wapeniaKe onjrimng- 
East ; 3 miles from Northallerton, 5 from Bedale, 33 from York. 
— Pop. 266. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, 
in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value £13/. 6s. Bd, 
p. r. *li'Zl. 16s. Bd. Patron, the King. 

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A 

TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY 

OF 

YORKSHIRE. 



NORTH-RIDING. 

ABBOTSIDE, HIGH and LOW, two townships on the north-side 
of the river Ure, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- 
West, the former running from Askrigg, westward, to Hell-gill ; 
the latter from thence to Cam's-House. — Population, High, 641 — 
Low, 181. 

ACKLAM, a parish town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; 
(Acklam-Hall, the seat of Thomas Hustler, Esq.) 3 miles from 
Stockton, (Durham) 7 from Yarm and Stokesley, lOfromGuis- 
borough, 50 from York. — Pop. The Church is a perpetual 

curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. fl'ZOl. Patron, the 
Archbishop of York. 

ACRE-INGS, /. h. in the township of Newton-Mulgrave and parish 
ofLythe; 8 miles from Whitby, 1 4 from Stokesley. 

ADDLEBOROUGH-HILL, /. h. in the township of Bainbridge, 
and parish of Aysgarth ; 2 miles from Askrigg, 9 from Leyburn. 

AGGLETHORPE, in the township of Coverham with Agglethorpe, 
and parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West, (Agglethorpe' 
Hall, the seat of Matthew William Chaytor, Esq.) 3 miles from 
Middleham, 4 from Leyburn. — Population included in Coverham. 

AIKBER or AKEBAR, in the parish of Fingall, wapentake of 
Hang- West; 4 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 6 from 
Richmond. — Population 43. 

AINDERBY-MYERS, in the parish of Hornby, wapentake of 
Hang-East ; 3 miles from Catterick, 4 from Bedale, 8 from Rich- 
mond. — Population 79. 
*AINDERBY-QUERNHOW, in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake 
of Hallikeld ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon and Bedale.— 
Population 99 

AINDERBY-STEEPLE, a parish town, in the wapentake of Gilling- 
East ; 3 miles from Northallerton, 5 from Bedale, 33 from York. 
— Pop. 266. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, 
in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value £13/. 6s, 8d. 
p. r. *H2i. 16s. 8c/. Patron, the King, 

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TABLE OF IPMPUTED DISTANCES OF HE TOWNS OF YORKSHIRE FROM LONDON, AND FROM EACH OTHER. 

Compiled for the Topraphical Dictionary of Yorkshire.— Edited and published by Thomas Langdale, Ripon. 



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2 NORTH-RIDING. 

AINTHORPE, /. h. in the township and parish of Danby, east-divi- 
sion of Langbarugh ; 9 miles from Guisbrough. 

AIRSHOLME, ham. in the township of Linthorpe and parish of Ack- 
lam ; 4 miles from Stockton, (Dur.) 8 from Yarm. 

AIRYHOLME, /. h. in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of 
Rydale ; 8 miles from Malton and Helmsley, 8| from Kirbymoor- 
side. — Population, including Howthorpe and Baxter-How, 2 /. 
h. 33, which being united form a township. 

AISENBY, in the parish of Topcliffe, wapentake ofHallikeld; 5| 
miles from Boroughbridge and Ripon, 6 from Thirsk. — Pop. 230. 

AISKEVV, in the parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang-East ; | of 
a mile from Bedale, 7| from Northallerton. — Population 620. 

AISL AB Y, in the parish of Middle.ton, wapentake of Pickering 
Lythe, {the seat of Mrs Hayes.) 1| mile from Pickering, 6| from 
Kirbymoorside, 1 \ from Malton. — Population 147. 

AISLABY, in the parish of Whitby, east-division of Langbarugh ; 
(the seats of Mark Noble and John Benson, Esqrs.) 3 miles from 
Whitby. — Pop. 2o3. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 
45/. Patron, John Boiilby, Esq. 

ALDBY-PARK, (the seat of Henry Barley, Esq.) in the township of 
Buttercrambe and parish of Bossall, 10 miles from Malton and 
York, 1 5 from Easingwold. 

Alclby which signifies in Saxon, an old habitation, is unquestionably the 
Roman DeVpehiio mentioned byPtolomy. It is situated on the banks of the Derwent 
where many remains of antiquities are frequently found ; — and upon the top of 
the hill, towards the river, appears the rubbish of an old castle. — Camden. It was 
at this cattle, at that time converted into a royal palace by the Northumbrians, 
that Edwin, earl of Northumberland nearly lost his life by an assassin. In 
the time of the Saxons, it was a royal village, now a single house. Drake, with 
some degree of probability, places this station at Stamford-bridge. — And, 
Young, in his History of Whitby, with some ingenuity attempts to fix it at Malton. 

ALDBQROUGH, in the parish of St. John Stan wick, wapentake 
of Gilling-West ; 7 miles from Richmond and Darlington, {Durham) 
— Population 544. 

This village is situated about half a mile from the Ermine- Street, now Leeming- 
Lan.e. " It has been, " says Cade, " a large Roman city, but by what name distin- 
guished has never been ascertained. " The vestiges still remaining very plainly 
indicate its great antiquity. — He again adds, "Aldburgh may date its decline from 
the new military way or road, being directed ad Tisamvinovium, and the vallum ; 
on which account we hear of no altars, inscriptions, or other memorials of any 
hind found there, to assist us in our inquiries." — Arcileol. 

ALDBURGH, ham. in the township of Burton-upon-Ure and parish 
of Masham ; {the seat of James Henry D" 1 Arcy Hutton, Esq.) 2 
miles from Masham, 6 from Bedale, 9 from Ripon. 

ALDWARK, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of Bulmer, a part 
in the liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from 
Easingwold, 13 from York. — Population 163. 

This place carries evident marks of antiquity in its name ; and through it, by 
the ferry, the Roman road from Isvriom to Eboracvm passed ; then -went through 
the Forest of Galtres to JBeningbrough, and entered the city of York at Bootham- 
Bar. Drake. 

ALLERSTONE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe; 4 1 miles from Pickering, 11 from Malton, 13| from Scar- 



NORTH-RIDING. 3 

borough, 29 from York. — Population 401. The Church, peculiar, 
is a vicarage, in the deanry of" Rj^dale, Patron the Dean of York. 

ALLERTHORPE, in the township of Swainby with Alierthorpe, 
parish of Burneston. wapentake of Hallikeld ; 5 miles from Bedale, 
8 from Tbirsfc raid Northallerton, 12 from Ripon. — Population, 
included in Swainby. 

Allerthorpe-Hall ? now occupied as a/.l was for gome time the residence 
of the celebrated Mrs EU~aherh Montague, whose letters, many of which are dated 
from this place, have been most favourably received by the literary world. Her 
father was Matthew Robinson, Esq. of West-Layton, and nearly allied to 
Dr. Robinson, who founded the Schools and Aims-House at Burneston. 

ALLERTONSHIRE, a wapentake, of which the Right Rev. the 
Lord Bishop of Durham is Lord and Chief-Bailiff. — The wapentake 
and liberty are co-extensive. It is situated about 25 miles 
north from York, from which point it extends over a narrow tract 
of country to the confines of the county of Durham, and forms a 
part of the rich vale of Mowbray — comprising: 33 townships, of 
which 11 are parishes, and one market-town- -Population, 1,783 
houses, and 8,7 59 inhabitants. Two of the townships are situated 
on the borders of the West Riding, near Ripon ; a third five 
miles south of Thirsk ; and three others on the banks of the Tees. 

ALNE, a parish-town in the wapentake of Bulmer, a part in the 
liberty of St. Peter ; (Alne-House, the residence of Stamp Brooksbahk, 
Esq.) 4 miles from Easingwold , 6 from Boroughbridge, 11 from 
York. — Pop. ?>86. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Mary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value £10/. Patron, William 
John Bethell, Esq. 

AMOTHERBY, in the parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of 
Rydale ; 3 miles from Mai ton, 11 from Kirbymoorside, 15 from 
Helmsley. — Pop. 249. A Chapel of Ease to Appleton-le-Street. 

AMPLEFORTH, a parish-town, in the parishes ofAmpleforth and 
Oswaldkirk, wapentakes of Birdforth and Rydale, a part in the 
liberty of St. Peter; 1 miles from Helmsley, 9 from Kirbymoor- 
side, 15 fromMalton, 22 from York. — Population 1 92.— St. Peter, 
211, total 406. — The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Peter, in the deanry of Rydale, value £4Z. 6s. 5\d. Patron, the 
Prebendary of Ampleforth. 

AMPLEFORTH-OUT-HOUSES, a few houses between Ampleforth 
and Oswaldkirk, two, {one of which is the Roman catholic college) 
in the township of Ampleforth and parish of Oswaldkirk, and the 
rest in the township and parish of Ampleforth, wapentake of Ry- 
dale : 3 1 miles from Helmsley. 

Here is a college for Roman Catholics, established in 1802, by the members 
of the Catholic College of Dieulotfard, near Pont a Moussou, in Lorraine, their 
property there being confiscated by the fatal Revolution in France. In March 
24, 1M)S, the Rev. Robert Nixon", H. D. F. A. S. presented a drawing of an 
Urn to the Antiquarian Society, found in a barrow here, formed by a circle of 
lar^e stones, about 10 feet in diameter; the Urn was at the depth of between 3 
and 4 feet near the centre of the barrow. — Arch.eol. 

ANGRAM, ham. in the township of Muker and parish of Grinton, 
6 miles from Askrigg, 12 from Reeth. 



4 N0RTM-R1D1NG. 

ANGRAM-COTE, /. h. in the township of East-Witton-without, 5 

miles from Middlehara and Masham. 
ANGRAM-GRANGE, a township, in the parish of Coxwold, 
wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; 5 miles from Easing- 
wold, 8 from Thirsk. — Containing 4 Houses and 29 Inhabitants. 
ANG ROVE-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Great- 

Ayton ; 2 miles from Stokesley. 
APPERSET, km. in the township of Bainbridge and parish of 

Hawes ; 2 miles from Hawes. 
APPLEGARTH, Sf. h. two in the township and parish of Rich- 
mond, and one in the township and parish of Marske; 4 miles from 
Richmond, 7 from Reeth. 
APPLETONS, EAST and WEST, a township in the parish of 
Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East ; 2 miles from Catterick, 5 
from Bedale. — Population 87. 

Here died in 1673, that facetious and eccentric genius, Drunken Barnaby, or 
Barnaby Harrington, but whose real name appears to have been Richard Braith- 
waite, a native of Burneshead, in the county of Westmorland, leaving behind 
him, says Wood, the character of a " well bred gentleman and a good neighbour. " 
He was author of many popular pieces, as well as of the Journal. — The following 
monumental inscription to his memory appears in Catterick Church. 
Juxta sitae sunt 
Richardi Braithwaite 
De Burneshead, in comitate 
Westmorelandae armigeri, et 
Maria?, ejus conjugis, Reliquiae. 
Ille quarto die Maii, anno, 1673, 
Denatus est ; haec undecimo Aprilis 1681. 
Supremum diem obiit. Horum filius 
Unicus, Strafford Braithwaite, Eques 
Auratus adversus Mauros Christiani 
Nominis hostes infestissimos, fortiter 
Dimicans occubuit. Cujus Cineres 
Tingi, in Mauritania Tingitana, 
Humantur. 
Requiescant in Pace. 
APPLETON-LE-MOOR, in the parish of Lastingham, wapentake 
ofRydale; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley, 14 
from Malton.— Population 276. 
APPLETON-LE-STREET, a parish-town in the wapentake of 
Rydale; 4 miles from Malton, 9 from Kirbymoorside, 14 from 
Helmsley, 18 from York. — Pop. 173. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry ofRydale, value 71. Ss. §\d. 
Patron, the Rev. J. J. Cleaver. 
APPLETON-WISKE, in the parish of Great-Smeaton, west-divi- 
sion of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Yarm, 8 from Northallerton. — 
Pop. 492. — Appleton is a Chapelry under Smeaton, in the deanry 
of Cleveland. 
ARDEN with ARDENSIDE, a township, in the parish of Hawnby, 
wapentake of Birdforth ; (Arden-Hall, the seat ofD 'Arcy Tancred, 
Esq.) 7 1 miles from Thirsk, 10 from Helmsley, 11 from North- 
allerton. — Population 139. 

Here Peter de Horton founded a Priory, about the year 1 150, for Nuns of 
fche Benedictine Order. — Dugdale. Not a vestige of it now remains. Ed. 



NORTH-RIDTNG. 5 

ARKLESIDE, ham. in the township of Carlton-high-dale and 
parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West ; 8 miles from 
Middleham. 

ARKENGARTHDALE, a parish, in the wapentake of Gilling- 
West; 3 miles from Reeth. 9 from Barnardcastle, (Durham) 11 
from Leyburn, 13 from Richmond and Askrigg*, 18 from Brough, 
(Westm.) 56 from York. — Population 1,512. — The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, 
value, p. r. 62/. Patron, John Lowther, Esq. 

The present Church was erected through the henefaction of the late George 
Brown, Esq. the foundation stone of which was laid September 24, 1817, and 
an inscription to that effect is upon the Church. This parish, of small extent, is 
co-extensive with the township, and inhabited chiefly by miners. The lead 
mines here, appear to have been worked as early as the reign of King John. The. 
annual produce of the mines, carried on under the firm of the Arkengarthdale 
and Darwent Mining Company, was some few years ago, estimated at 2000 tons. 
It is a narrow dale on the north-side of Swaledale 

ARKLE-TOWN, ham. in the township and parish of Arkengarth- 
dale ; 3 miles from Reeth. 

ARNCLIFFE, or INGLEBY-ARNCLIFFE, a parish in the west- 
division of Langbarngh ; 8 miles from Northallerton and Stokesley, 
13 from Thirsk, 36 from York— Population 331. The Church 
is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, value f39/. 
Patron, Brian Abbs, Esq. Near the Church is 

ARNCLIFFE-HALL, the seat of Mrs Mauleverer. 

ARNGILL, /. h. in the township of Lunedale and parish of Ro- 
maldkirk; 5 miles from Barnardcastle, {Bur.) 8 from Gretabridge. 

ARRATHORNE, or ARROWTHORNE, in the parishes of Hornby 
and Patrick-Brompton, wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from 
Richmond, 5\ fromLeyburn, 7 from Middleham. — Population 64. 

ARUNDEL-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Carlton-high-dale, 
parish of Coverham ; 7 miles from Middleham. 

ASHGILL, /. h. in the township of Coverham with Agglethorpe, 
and parish of Coverham; 2 miles from Middleham. 

\SKE, a township, in the parish of Easby, wapentake of Gilling- 
West; (Aske-Hall, the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Dundas) 2 miles 
from Richmond, 5 from Catterick. — Population 109. 

The family of Dundas is descended from Gospatrick, Earl of Northumber- 
land, who, 1066, went into Scotland with King Malcolm Can-more, rather than, 
submit to the Conquerer. Kifig Malcolm 'gave him lands of Dunbar, and many 
other possessions in Scotland. Sir Lawrence Dundas, father of the late Lord, was 
created a baronet in 1762, and the late lord was elevated to the barony of Aske 
in 1794, who was succeded by the present lord in 1821. — Debrett's Peerage. 
Sir Lawrence Dundas purchased the Manor of Aske of the last Earl of Holderness, 
in 1760, or 1762, in which familv it has ever since remained. — Whitaker. 

ASKEW, HIGH and LOW, 2/. h. the former in the township 
of Lastinghani, the latter in that of Spaunton, and both in the 
parish of Lastingham ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside. 

ASKR1GG, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West; 
5 miles from Hawes, 11 from Reeth, 12 from Leyburn, 18 from 
Richmond, 22 from Sedbergh, 49 from York, 246 from London. 
Market, Thursday. — Fairs, May 11, and first Thursday in June, 



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for woollen cloth, &c. October 28 and 29, for horned cattle, 
sheep, &c. — Principal Inn, King's Arms. — Population 765. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the 
deanry of Catteriek, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. f80/. Patron, 
the Vicar of Aysgarth. 

Askrigg is a small market-town, situated high on the hill, on the north-side 
of the river Ure, and adjoining the Moors. It has been a place of great antiquity, 
though now fallen into decay. In the neighbourhood are the water-falls of Mill- 
Gill, Whitfield- Gill, Hardraw-Scar, and Aysgarth- Force. 

ATLEY-HILL, /, k. in the township of South-Cowton and parish 
of Gilling ; 8 miles from Richmond, 9 from Northallerton. 

A YSDALE-GATE, /. k. in the township of Moorsholme and parish 
of Skelton ; 3 miles from Guisbrough. 

AYSGARTH, a parish-town in the wapentake of Hang-West ; 4 
miles from Askrigg, 9 from Hawes, 7 from Leybum, 9 from 
Middleham, 52 from York. — Population 293. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Catteriek, 
diocese of Chester, value $19/.- 6s. Sd. p. r. 122/. lis. Patron, 
Trinity-college, Cambridge. 

Aysgarth is remarkable, as having near the church the finest water-fall in 
the county, called Aysgarth -Force. In this village was born about 1710, James 
Tunstall, a learned and amiable divine. He was educated at St. John's College, 
Cambridge, of which he became fellow and principal tutor. In 1741, he was 
elected public orator of the University, afterwards chaplain to Archbishop Potter, 
created D. D. in 1744, and lastly, vicar of Rochdale. He died in 1772. — Bio- 
graphical Dictionary. 

AYTON, GREAT, a parish-town in the west-division of Lang- 
barugh; 2| miles from Stokesley, 5§ from Guisbrough, 10 from 
Stockton, (Dwr.) 45 from York.— Pop. 1,023. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Cleve- 
land, value, p. r. 70/. 10s. lOd. Patron, the Rev. Geo. Marwood. 
Here is a School-house, which, from an inscription over the door, appears to 
have been first built by the late Michael Postdate, yeoman, in the year 1704, 
and rebuilt in 1785, with a small endowment for the instruction of eight poor 
children within the township. Ayton is famous in story, by the Register- 
Office, written by the late Joseph Reed, of facetious memory ; and in this humbly 
village seminary, the immortal Captain Cook received his school education. 

AYTON, LITTLE, in the parish of Great- Ay ton, west-division of 
Langbarugh; 3 miles from Stokesley , 6 from Guisbrough, 12 from 
Yarm. — Population 68. 

AYTON, EAST, in the parish of Seamer, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe ; 5 miles from Scarborough, 13 from Pickering, 16 from 
Malton. — Pop. 333. A small bridge across the Derwent separates 
it from West- Ay ton. 

AYTON, WEST, in the parish of Hutton-Bushell, wapentake of 
Pickering-Lythe — Population 229. 

Here are the remains of an ancient Castle, which belonged to the Evers, 
and which was afterwards vested in the Clifford's Family. — Hinderwell. 

BAG BY, in the parish of Kirby-knowle, wapentake ofBirdforth; 
4 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Easingwold. — Pop. including Faw- 
dington, 242. Here is a Chapel of ease to Kirby-knowle. 



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BALDERSBY, in the parish of Topcliffe, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 
5| miles from Thirsk, 5| from Ripon, 9 from Bedale, — Pop. 241. 

BALKE, in the parish of Kirby-knowle, wapentake of Birdforth ; 
4| miles from Thirsk. 8 from Easingwold. — Population 125. 

BAINBRIDGE, in the parish of Aysgartk, wapentake of Hang- 
West ; 1 \ mile from Askrigg, 4 from Hawes, 1 1 \ from Ley burn. 
— Population 872. 

This was formerly a Roman station called the Bracchium ; the fortifications of 
which are visible upon a hill, called Borough-Hill, at the junction of the Bain, 
a small stream that flows from Semmerwater and the Ure, close by the village. — 
A part of the 6th Legion was stationed here. Every night at 10 o'cloek, from 
Holyrood, Sept. 27, to Shrovetide^ a horn is blown, called the forest horn, of 
which tradition affirms, that it was intended as a signal to the benighted travel- 
lers, to direct Ids footsteps to the nearest points which could afford him shelter 
and accommodations. — Whitaker. This is a part of the old forest laws. — For an 
account of the Free School, see. Yores-bridge. 

BAINWOOD-READ, /. h. in the township of Spaunton and parish 
of Lastiugham ; 1 miles from Kirbymoorside. 

BARDEN, in the parish of West-Hawkswell, wapentake of Hang- 
West ; 3 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Richmond and Middleham. 
Population 106. in the same township and parish is 

BARDEN-DYKES, three farm houses, and 

BARDEN LANE, Public-House. 

BARFORTH, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 
7 miles from Gretabridge, 8 from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Rich- 
mond. — Population 141. 

" Here," say.- Cade, ''was formerly a Roman station, near an ancient seat of the 
rudsai/s, of which family, I find Anibrose Pudsa//, Sheriff of Yorkshire, anno 
1762." There is a large station above 61 acres. After giving a description 
of its form, &c. he further adds, " the common name, ascribed to the station, we 
are treating of at Barford, has long been called Old Richmond, for no other rea- 
son, I suppose, than its magnitude. " Again, " if any altars or inscriptions were 
found at the station near Barford, it is presumed they have been applied towards 
erecting an old church or chapel, dedicated to St. Lawrence, still remaining close 
by the place, but long disused, and the family seat of the Pudsays, which is of 
antiquity, no doubt, partook of the spoils. — Archjeol. Of the chapel 
alluded to, some remains are still extant. — Ed. 

BARMER-LODGE,/. h. in the township of Hutton-le-Hole and pa- 
rish of Lastingham ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside. 

BARNABY-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Guis- 
brough : 2| miles from Guisbrough. 

BARNB Y, /. h. in the township of Buttercrambe and parish of Bos- 
sall ; 9 miles from Alalton, 1 1 from York. 

BARNB Y, EAST, in the parish of Ly the, east-division of Lang- 
barua b ■ 6 miles from Whitby, J 6 from Guisbrough. — Pop. 270, 

BARNB Y, WEST, in the township of East-Barnby and parish of 
Lythe; 6 \ miles from Whitby, \b\ from Guisbrough. 

BARNINGHAM, a parish-town in the wapentake of Gilling-West, 
(a seat of Mark MilLank, Esq.) 2 miles from Gretabridge, 6 from 
Barnard-Castle. (Durham) 10 from Richmond, 5l\ from York. — 
Pop. 333. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, 
intbedeanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value 19/. lis. Id. 
Patron, the King. — Here is an endowed School, founded by Ack- 
lam Milbank, Esq. date not known. 



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BARTON, in the parishes of St. John Stanwick, and Gilling, wapen- 
take of Gilling-East ; 7 miles from Richmond and Darlington, 
(Dur.J Pop. 436. In this village are two Chapels, that of Stanwick i 
dedicated to St. Cuthbert, value, p. r. f46l. and that of Gilling 
to St. Mary, value, p. r. -f65l. the Vicars of each parish being 
Patrons.— The boundaries of these chapelries are very intricate, 
and not ascertained. 

BARTON-LE-STREET, a parish-town in the wapentake of Rydale, 
(the seat of Henri/ Cockerill Leatham, Esq.) 5| miles from Malton, 
9 from Kirbymoorside, 1 2 from Helmsley, 1 9 from York. — Popu- 
lation 176. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, 
in thedeanry of Rydale, value 14/. 8s. Q\d. Patroness, the Mar- 
chioness of Hertford. 

BARTON-LE-WILLOWS, in the parish of Crambe, wapentake 
of Bulmer ; 8 miles from Malton, 10| from York. — Pop. 188. 

BARUGH, GREAT, in the parish of Kirby-misperton, wapentake 
of Piekering-Lythe ; 6| miles from Pickering, 7 from Malton 
and Kirbymoorside. — Population, including Little-Barugh, 241. 

BARUGH, LITTLE, in the parish of Kirby-misperton, and being 
united with Great-Barugh, form the township of Barughs-Ambo ; 
5 miles from Pickering, 7 from Malton and Kirbymoorside. 

BARUGH, ROOK, see Rook-Barugh. 

BATTERSBY, in the parish of Ingleby-Greenhow, west-division 
of Langbarugh ; 5 miles from Stokesley, 8 from Guisbrough, 13 
from Yarm. — Population 87. 

BAXBY, in the township of Thornton-on-the-Hill with Baxby, 
parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth ; 6 miles from Easing- 
wold. — Population included in Thornton, (a Mill and f. h.) 

BAXTER-HOWE,/, h. in the township of Airyholme, Howthorpe, 
and Baxter-Howe, and parish of Hovingham; 1\ miles from 
Kirbymoorside, 8 from Malton. — Population included in Airyholme. 

BAYSDALE, in the township of Westerdale and parish of Stokes- 
ley, west-division of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Guisbrough, 8 
from Stokesley. 

Guido de Bouincourt founded a Priory here for Nuns of the Cistercian Order, 
to which JViUlam de Percy and others were benefactors, valued at the dissolution 
at 20/. Is. Ad. Dugdale. — 21/. 19s. lOd. Speed. The site of the priory, together with 
the several lands, was granted 36 Henry VIII. to Ralph Bulmer and John 
Thyn, to be held of the King in capite. After divers grants and alienations, it 
became the property of the Fotherleys of Castleton ; and about the year 1 729,. 
was purchased by Ann, daughter of William Peirson, Esq. of the middle temple, 
London ; but the said Ann dying unmarried and intestate, her brother, Bradshaw 
Peirson, Esq. succeeded to her estates. The buildings of the priory retaining 
little of their monastic appearance, are now converted into Farm-houses. 

Burton — Graves. 

BEADLAM, in the parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 3 
miles from Kirbymoorside and Helmsley. — Population 1 43. 

BEALE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornton-Ie- 
street ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 6 from Northallerton. 

BEA RE-PARK, /. h. in the township of Carperby and parish of 
Aysgarth ; 4 miles from Askrigg, 7 from Lej^burn. 

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(commonly styled Metcalfs of Nappci) where they had a park, but which had long 
been destroyed. — Whitaker. 
BED ALE, a Market and parish town, in the wapentake of Hang- 
East (the seat of Henry Peirse, Esq.) 6 miles from Masham, 
7 from Catterick, 8 from Northallerton, 14 from Thirsk, 13 from 
Ripon, 10 from Middleham, 12 from Leyburn and Richmond, 17 
from Boroughbridge, 34 from York, 222 from London. — Market, 
Tuesday.— Fairs, Easter and Whit-Tuesdays, for horned cattle 
and sheep; July 6 and 7, October 11 and 12, for horned cattle, 
sheep, and leather; Monday se'night before Christmas-day, for 
horned cattle, sheep, and pigs. — Principal Inns, Black Swan, 
and Royal-Oak. — Population 1,137. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Gregory, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of 
Chester, value 89/. 45. 9|c/. Patrons, Henry Peirse and Thomas 
Stapylton, Esqrs. 

The Castle ofBedale, the residence arad most probably the workmanship of 
Brian Fitzalan, stood a little to the south-west of the Church-Steeple, from 
which it appears to have been detached only by a street. The foundations have 
been traced to a considerable extent from the gardens of Henry Peirse, Esq. the 
present owner of the site, into a field north-west from the chureli, but no vestiges 
now remain above the surface. Here is an hospital founded by Dr. Samways, 
in 1718, and an ancient grammar school; but neither the time nor the person 
by whom it was founded can be now ascertained. It is supposed to have existed 
before the dissolution, as a stipend of 71. lis. 4d. is paid annually, at the audit 
holden at Richmond, out of the land-revenues of the crown. 
BELLMAN-BANK, iu the township and parish of Guisbrough. 
It is remarkable for being the place where Alum was first produced in Bri- 
tain, about 1595. — The works were wrought for 15 years and upwards, when they 
were transferred to another spot, where it was continued for 15 years or more, 
after which it was totally abandoned. Young's Whitby. 
BELLERBY, in the parish of Spennythorne, wapentake of Hang- 
West ; 2 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 6| from Rich- 
mond. — Populatiou 407. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, 
p. r. 80/. Patron, the Rector of Spennythorne. 
BENINGBROUGH, in the parish of Newton-upon-Ouse, wapen- 
take of Bulmer; 7 miles from York and Easingwold, 11 from 
Borouohbridge. — Population 99. about \ a mile out of the village is 
BENINGBROUGH-HALL. the seat of Mrs Earle. 
BENKIL-GRANGE,(Me seat of the Rev. John J. Mo nson,) in the 

township and parish of Bedalft ; \ of a mile from Bedale. 
BERWICK or INGLEBY-BER WICK, in the parish of Stainton, 
west-division of Langbarugh ; 3 miles from Yarm, 6j from Stokes- 
ley. — Population 1 75. 
BICKLY,/. h. in the township and parish of Ebberston ; 9 miles from 

Scarborough. 
BILSDALE-MIDCABLE, or EAST-SIDE, a township, in the 
parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 8 miles from Helmsley 
and Stokesley, 14 from Thirsk. — Population 780. 
BILSDALE-KIRKHAM, another Township in the same parish and 
wapentake; 10 miles from Helmsley. — Population included in 
Bilsdale-Midcable. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 
60/. 15s. Od. Patron, the Vicar of Helmsley. 

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BILSDALE, WEST-SIDE, a township, in the parish of Hawnby, 
wapentake of Bird forth*, 8 miles from ■ Helmsley and Stokesley, 14 

from Thirsk. — Population 127. 
The above three townships form what is called Bilsdale, a long 
narrow dale, 

BINSOE,' in the township and parish of West-Tanfield, wapentake 
of Hallikeld ; 3 miles from Masham, 6 from Bedale, 7 from Ripon. 

BIRCH, /. k. in the parish of Stonegrave ; 3| miles from Helmsley, 
7 1 miles from Kirbymoorside. 

BIRDFORTH, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth; 
5 miles from Thirsk and Easingwoid. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, in the deanry of Buhner, value, p. r. f84l. Patron, the 
Archbishop of York. — Pop. 42. 

BIRDFORTH, a wapentake, nearly in centre of this Riding, the 
southernmost part being about 1 5 miles north from York, and 
extends through the vale of Mowbray to near Yarm. It contains 
44 Townships, of which 17 are parish-towns, and one Market 
town, containing 2,430 Inhabited Houses and 12,304 Inhabitants. 

BIRKBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; 6 
miles from Northallerton, 11 from Darlington, (Dur.) 38 from 
York. Pop. 90. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, 
in the deanry of Cleveland, value £6Z. 13s. 4c/. Patron, the Bishop 
of Durham. 

BIRKDALE, ham. in the township of Muker and parish of Grin- 
ton ,- 16 miles ixom Reeth. 

BIRK-RIGGS, /. h. in the township of High-Abbotside and parish 
of Aysgarth; 2 §-' miles from Ha wes, 7 from Askrigg. 

BIRKS,/. A. in the township of East-Witton-without, and parish 
of fiast- Witton ; 5 miles from Middieham and Masham. 

BISHOPDALE, a township, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake 
of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Askrigg, 8 from Hawes, 9 from 
Leyburn.— Population 95. 

BLADES, 2 or 3 h. in the township of Melbecks and parish of 
Grinton;' 4 miles from Reeth. 

BLAKEHOW-HOUSE, p. h. in the township of Farndale-East-side, 
and parish of Lastingham ; 8 miles from Kirbymoorside, 15 from 
Stokesley. 

BLANSBY-PARK, ham. m the township and parish of Pick- 
ering ; 2 miles from Pickering". 

BLEAN, HIGH and LOW, (2/. k. in Raydale)in the township of 
Bainhridge and parish of Aysgarth; 4 miles from Askrigg. 

BLUE-ANCHOR, p. L m the township end parish of Middleton- 
Tyas ; 4 miles from Richmond, 41 from Catterick. 

BGLBY-HALL/. h. in the township of Low- Abbotside and parish 
of Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Askrigg, 4 from Hawes. 

BOLDRON, in the parish of Startforth, wapentake of Gilling-West; 
' 3 miles from Greiabridge and Barnardcastle, (Dur.) Pop. 168. 

BOLT BY, in the parish of Feliskirk, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 
miles from Thirsk, 8 from Helmsley. ' Here is a Chapel of Ease to 



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Feliskirk, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, rebuilt in 1804. — Po. 
pulation 403. 
BOSTON or CASTLE-BOLTON, in the parish of Wensley, 
wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Leyharn, ? from Middle- 
ham, 1 1 from Hawes. — Population 278. The Church is a perpe- 
tual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, value, p. r. $<68l. Patron, the 
■ Rector of Wensley. 

Here on the brow of a hill, and on the north-side of Wensleydale, stands 
frowning the remains of a Castle, which was built by Ricfiard-le-Scroge, 
chancellor of England, in the time of Richard IT. This Prince granted his license 
to Richard-le'-Scrop \ chevalier, to fo'ind a chantry of 6 chaplains in this Castle, 
and endowed it with the yearly rent of 106/. 13rf. Ad. In this Castle the Beautiful, 
but unfortunate, Mary Queea. of Scots was -conjimd ml56&. Her name, inscri- 
bed by herself, appeared, till lately, on a. pane of glass in the window of the room 
of her confinement. Although Lord Scrope, her gaoler, had given no reason to 
dispute his vigilence or fidelity, yet Qttee/i Elizabeth caused her to be removed 
to Tatbury- Castle, and committed her to the keeping of the Earl of Shrewsbury. 
Perhaps, as Lord Scrope was brother-in-law to the Duke of Norfolk, who 
formed a design of mounting the throne, by marrying Mary, might be the reason 
why Elizabeth changed her confinement. During the civil wars this Castle was 
long defended for the King, by Lord Scrope, and a party of the Richmondshire 
Militia, against the Parliamentary forces, but surrendered on honourable terms, 
November 5, 1645. Emanuel, Lord Scrope, who died without male issue, in 
the reign of Charles I. was the last of the family who inhabited this Castle. The 
building of this stately fabric, occupied eighteen years, and cost 12,000/. It is 
the property of Lord Bolton, (from whence the title is derived) having descended 
to that family by the marriage of one of his ancestors with a daughter of Emanuel 
Lord Scrope, Earl of Sunderland. It is much demolished with age, and the 
ruins of time, serving as a receptacle for bats, owls, and jackdaws. The situation 
commands an extensive prospect, interesting and picturesque, and forms a- scene, 
which set- description at defiance. — Camden— Dugdale — GaosE.'» 
BOLTON, EAST T, the former comprises 2f.L and the 

latter, one, both iri the township of Bolton and parish of Wensley ; 
51 miles from Levbiirn. 
BOLTON-HALL," (the seat of the Hon. Thomas Orde Powlett,) in 
the township of Preston and parish of Wensley ; %\ miles from 
Ley burn. 

This mansion of the noble family of the Powle tftiilt by the Marqiris 

of Wmehehea, first Duke of Bolton, in 13/"o. — Grose. I c stands in nearly the 

centre Wensleydale. 

BOLTON-UPOX-SWALE, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake 

of Gilling-East; 3 miles from Catterick, 6 from Richmond, 10 

from Northallerton. — Population 100. The Church is a perpetual 

curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in thedeanry of Richmond, diocese 

of Chester, value, p. r. 5'Sl. 12s. \Qd. Patron, the Vicar of Catterick. 

Here is a handsome pyramid which marks the uuve of Henry Jenkins, die 

oldest Englishman upon i ofhimsee Elleridn. 

BOOZ, ham. in the township and parish of Arkengarthdale ; 3 miles 

from Reeth, 18 from Brough, (kVeslm.) 
BORKESGILL, f.h. in the township of C.irlton-high-dale and 

parish of Coverham ; 7| miles from Midd] . 
BORROWB Y, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of Langbarugh ,♦ 

9 miles from Whitby, 12 from Guisbrough. — Population 64. 
BORROW BY, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of Allertonshire; 



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5 miles from Northallerton and Thirsk. — Pop. 267. A part of 
this village is in the wapentake of Birdforth, and forms a township 
of itself, under the name of Geldable, (ad Geldam) — Pop. 128.. 

BOR WINS, Sf. h. in the township of Bainbridge and parish ot 
Aysgarth ; 2 miles from Hawes. 

BOSSALL, ham. and parish in the township of Buttercrambe with 
Bossall, wapentake of Buhner ; 1 miles from York, 8 from 
Malton, 13 from Easingwold. — Population 31. The Church is 
a vicarage, dedicated to St. Botolph, in the deanry of Buhner, 
value 12/. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. 

BOULBY, in the township and parish of Easiugton, east division of 
Langbarugh; 1 1 miles from Whitby and Guisbrough. 

A branch of the ancient family of the Confers resided here for many genera- 
tions, whose mansion is now converted into a farm-house ; over the door of which, 
on a square stone, is an escutcheon bearing the arms of that family. 

BOW-BANK, 3 or 4 h. in the township of Lunedaie and parish of 
Romaldkirk; 9 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 

BOWES, a parish town in the wapentake of Gilling-West ; 4 miles 
from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 6 from Gretabridge, 13 from Brough, 
(Westm.) 16 from Richmond, 60 from York.— Pop. 1,095. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Giles, in the deanry 
of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. fl08Z. 4s. 10</. 
Patron, Thos. Harrison, Esq. 

At the west-end of the church, lie the remains of Roger Wrightson and 
Martha Railton, both of Bowes. The mutual attachment of this humble pair, 
" who died for the love of each other, " gave rise to the ballad of some celebrity, 
called "Bowes Tragedy ; or, a Pattern of True Love ;" and Mallet's beautiful 
and pathetic poem of Edwin and Emma is founded on this story. Here is a free 
Grammar-school founded and endowed by the late William Hutchinson, Esq. of 
Delro, Hertfordshire, about the year 1693. The endowment, according to Car- 
lisle, is worth 339/. 13s. per annum. There are six scholarships at Pembroke- 
Hall, Cambridge, for superannuated scholars from Merchant Taylor's school ; 
and for one scholar, educated at the free-school at Bowes, each 40/. per annum, 
and may be held seven years. Bowes is of great antiquity, being once a Roman 
station. At the N. W. angle of which stands the remains of a Castle, built out of 
the ruins of the Roman fortress, by Alan Niger, the first Earl of that title, who 
placed therein William his relation, with 500 archers to defend it against some 
insurgents in Cumberland and Westmorland, confederated with the Scots. It is 
situated on the brink of a hill declining swiftly to the southward, at whose foot 
runs the river Greta. It is built in the form of a square. This castle appears to 
have belonged to John de Dreux, Earl of Richmond, in the reign of Edward III. 
who granted it to Mary St. Paul, the Countess of Pembroke, in the 5th of the 
same reign ; from her it passed to John Duke of Bedford, third son of Henry 
IV. who died possessed of it; it afterwards devolved on Henry VI. It is now 
as well as the toll for cattle passing through the manor of Bowes, the property of 
Henry Percy Pulleine, Esq. The town of Bowes is situated on the Roman mili- 
tary way, called by Antoninus, Lavatrce. This station, occupying the field called 
the " Baile," and the church-yard, is an exact square consisting of four acres : 
the south vallum is very perfect. Coins of Hadrian Fespasian, Constantine, 
Nero, Faustina, Severus, Sfc. as well as Roman altars, remains of baths and 
aqueducts have been found here:— An old stone was used some time ago, in 
the church, as a communion table, with an inscription in honour of Hadrian. 
— Camden — IIgrsley — Grose. Bowes-Hall, the ancient seat of the family of 
Brunskell, is now the property of Thos. Harrison, Esq. as patron of the church. 

BOWEOKTH, f.h. in the township of Welbuin and parish of 
Kirbymoorside %\ miles from Kirbymoorside, 6 from Helmsley. 



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BRACKENBROUGH, /. h. in the township of Brough and parish 
of Catterick ; J mile from Catterick, 5 from Richmond. 

BRACKENBY, /. h. in the township of Barton and parish of Gil- 
ling; 7 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 7 1 from Richmond. 

BRADLEY, ham. in the township of Carlton-high-dale and parish 
of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West ; 9 miles from Middleham. 

BRAFFERTON, a parish-town in the wapentake of Buhner; 3| 
miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from Easingwold, 9 from Ripon, 
16 from York. — Population 178. The Church is a vicarage, dedi- 
cated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Buhner, value, £9/. 15s. 6d. 
p. r. *79/. 105. Patton, the King". 

On the outside of the chancel (south) are the arms of the Nevilles and other 
quarterings, carved on stone, and underneath, running round in Saxon Monastic 
Characters : " orate pro animo Radulphi Neville fitndatoris hi/jies Ecclesice" — 
" soli deo honor et gloria /." and on the largest bell is also inscribed " Radulphus 
Neville Anniger, I. H. S. 1598." 

BRANDSB Y, a parish, in the township of Brandsby-cum-Stearsby, 
wapentake of Buhner; (Brandsby-Hall, the seat of Francis Ckolm- 
ley, Esq.) 6 miles from Easingwold, 14 from Maiton and 
York. — Pop. including Stearsby, 277. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Buhner, value 9/. 85. 
\[\d. Patron, Francis Cholmlev, Esq. 

BRANSDALE, EAST and WEST-SIDE, a dale, in the wapentake 
of Rydale ; the East-side of which is in the township of Farndale, 
High-Quarter, and parish of Kirbymoerside ; and the West- 
side, a township of itself, in the parish of Kirkdale ; 8 miles from 
Helmsley and Kirbymoerside. — Pop. West-side, included in 
Skiplam. 

BRAITHWAITE-KALL, /. k. in the township of East Witton- 
within. and parish of East-Witton ; 2 raiies from Middleham. 

BRAMPTON or BRANTON, /. h. in the township of Langthorpe, 
and parish of Kirby-on-the-Moor ; 2 miles from Boroughbridge. 

This place vvas for several generations the residence of the ancient family of 
the Tanereds. 

BRAW1TH-HALL, (the seat of Warcop Consett, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Knayton-cum-Brawith, and parish of Leak ; 4 miles from 
Thirsk, .5 from Northallerton. 

BRAWARTH /. k. in the township of Skutterskelfe, and parish of 
Stokes ley : 2 miles from Stokesley. 

BRAWBY, in the parish of Salton, wapentake of Rydale, liberty 
of St. Peter; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside, 7.J from Maiton, 8 
from Helmsley. — Population 188. 

BRAWBY-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Brawby, and parish 
of Salton ; 7 miles from Pickering and Kirbymoorside. 

BRECKENBROUGH, in the township of Newsham-cum-Brecken- 
brough and parish of Kirby-Wiske, wapentake of Bird forth, {the 
seat of John Lineage Jrmiiage, Esq.) 3| miles/rom Thirsk, 1\ 
from Northallerton. 9| from Ripon. Pop. included in Newsham. 
This place, consisting of four farms, formerly belonged to the ancient family 
of the Lascelles, " where/*' as Leland says, ;> Mister Lascelles hath buiided a 
very praty house. ;; Sir Thomas Lascelles died here May, 1619. 



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BRIGNALL, a parish-town in the wapentake of Gilling-West ; 1 
mile from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnardcastle, (Durham) 13 from 
Richmond, 55 from York. — Population 216. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry cf Richmond, 
diocese of Chester, value 8/. 12s. 6d. Patron, the King. 

BRISCOE,/, h. in the township and parish of Lythe ; 6 miles from 
Whitby. 

BRISCOE, EAST, in the township of Cotherstone, and parish of 
Romaldkirk ; 6 miles from Barnardcastle, (Durham.) 

BRISCOE, WEST, in the same township and parish ; 7| miles from 
Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 13 from Gretabridge. 

BROAKES-GILL, /. L in the township of Hipswell, and parish of 
Catterick ; 1 \ mile from Richmond. 

BROATES, 2 h. in the township and parish of Pickering ; 2 miles 
from Pickering, 9 from Kirbymoorside. 

BROATES-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Salton. 

BROCKEN-GILL, / h. in the township of Coverham, with Aggle- 
thorpe. and parish of Coverham ; %\ miles from Middleham. 

BROMAKIN-GRANGE,/. h, in. the township of Exilby, Newton, 
and Leeming, and parish of Burneston ; 2 miles from Bedale. 

BROMPTON, a parish-town in the wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; 
(the seat of Sir George Caley, Bart.) 8 miles from Scarborough, 10 from 
Pickering, 1 4 from M alton, 32 from York.— Pop. 516. The Church is 
a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Rydale, value, 
+12/. p. r. 31/. Patron,*^ Sir Geo. Caley, Bart. 

Of this place the celebrated Monkish historian, John of Brompton was a 
native. He was a Cistercian Monk and Abbot of Jerveaux- Abbey in Richmondshire. 
The " Chronicon that goes under his name begins at the year 558, when Angus- 
tin, the monk came into England, and is carried on to the death of Richard the 
II. anno domini 1198. " But Seldom says, " that this chronicle does not belong 
to the person whose name it goes under, and that John of Brompton, the Abbot, 
did only procure it for his monastery of Jerveaux. " This historian has borrowed 
pretty freely from Roger Hoveden. His chronicle is printed in the " Decern 
Script. Hist. Ang. ' ; The family of the Cay leys, formerly from Norfolk, but 
who have resided here upwards of two centuries, is very ancient. William Cay- 
ley received the honour of knighthood, March 2, 1641 ; and for his services to 
King Charles I. and II. was created a baronet, April 20, 1661. The present 
Sir George is the sixth baronet. 

^[ It would seem as if the Rev. J. Cayley, the present incumbent, was in- 
tituled, to some share in the right of presentation, being possessed of a third 
part of the Glebe-land, charged with the payment of a third part of the repairs 
of the Church, an annual payment to his Grace the Archbsihop of lork, and 
a part of the annual stipend to the Vicar. 

BROMPTON, in the parish of Northallerton, wapentake of Allerton- 
shire ; \\ mile from Northallerton, 13| from Yarm, 14| from 
Stokesley . — Pop. 1 ,223. The Church is a perpetual curacy, Patron, 
the Vicar of Northallerton. 

BROMPTON-G RANGES, 3 /. h. in the township of Brompton, 
and parish of Northallerton ; 2| miles from Northallerton. 

BROMPTON, EAST, in the township of Patrick-Brompton, arid 
parish of Bedale. . It is separated from Patrick-Brompton by a 
small brook. 



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BROMPTON, PATRICK, see Patrick-Brompfon. 
BROMPTON-UPON-SWALE, in the parish of Easby, wapentake 
of Gilling East ; 2 miles from Catterick, 3 from Richmond. — Pop. 

388. 
BROOM FIELD, /. h. in the township of Romanby, and parish of 

Northallerton ; 1 mile from Northallerton. 
BROTTON. in the parish of Skelton, east division of Langbarugh ; 

6 miles from Guisbrough, 15 from Whitby. It is an ancient 
Chapelry dependant on the church of Skelton, enjoying parochial 
rights.— Pop. 332. 

BROUGH, a township, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of 
Hang-East, (Brough Hall, the seat of Sir Henry Maire Lawson, 
Bart.) 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Bedale.— Pop. 90. 

Brough- Ball formerly belonged to the ancient family of Brough, from whom 
it had its name, and from them came into the present family by marriage. It 
has been built above 200 years, but considerably improved and altered to its 
present state, by the last Sir John Lawson, who added the wings. The family 
from whom this is descended, were for many generations seated at Burwell, in 
Northumberland. — Sir John, the first baronet, created July 6, 1665, was captain 
of horse in the army of Charles I. in whose service his elder brother Henry was 
slain. — Sir Henry, the present and 6th baronet succeeded his brother John, June 
27, 1811. 

BROUGHTON, in the parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of 
Rydale ; 1| mile from Malton, 12| from Kirbymoorside. — Popu- 
lation 94. 

BROUGHTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kirkby, west-division of 
Langbarugh; 3 miles from Slokesley, 9 from Guisbrough, 10 
from Yarn). — Pop. J 17. 

BROUGHTON, LITTLE,/, h. in the township of Great-Broughton ; 
2 miles from Stokesley. 

BROXA, in the parish of Hackness, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 

7 miles from Scarborough, 15 \ from Whitby, 18 from Pickering. 
Population 1 .702. 

BULLAMOOR-HOUSES, 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of 
Northallerton; 1| mile from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk. 

BULMER, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner ; 6 miles 
from Malton, 13 from Easingwold, 14 from York. — Pop. 339. 
The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry 
of Buhner, value 11/. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. 

Bnlmer was formerly the seat of the anrient family of the. Idels. 

BULMER, a wapentake, the most southerly in the Riding ; extends 
to the very walls of York, and is bounded on the east by the East- 
Riding, and on the west by the West-Riding. It comprises 65 
townships, of which 33 are parish-towns, and one market-town, 
containing 2,800 inhabited houses, and 15,535 inhabitants. 

BUMPER-CASTLE, (a Shooting-Box) in the township of Bilsdale, 
West-side, and parish of Jlawnby ; 8 miles from Helmsley. 

BURNESTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 J 
from Bedale, 9 from Masham, 9 \ miles from Ripon, 30 from 
York. — Pop. 288. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St 
Lambert, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value 37/. 
6s. 8d. Patron, Gregory Elsley, Esq. 



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Here is an Hospital or Alms-house, and a Free-school, founded and endowed 
in 1681, by the late Rev. Dr. Robinson, vicar of Burneston. 
BURNISTON, in the parish of Scalby, wapentake of Pickering- 

Lythe; 4 miles from Scarborough, 17 from Whitby. Pop. 345. 
BURRELL, in the parish ofBedale, wapentake of Hang-East; 2 

miles from Bedale, 7 from Masham. — Pop. 1 13. 
BURTERSET, ham. in the township of Hawes, and parish of 

Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Hawes, 4 from Askrigg. 
BURTON, in the township of Burton- with- Walden, and parish of 
Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West, (the seat of William Purchas, 
Esq.) 5§ miles from Askrigg, 8§ from Leyburn. — Pop. including 
Walden, 478. 
BURTON-CONSTABLE, in the parish of Fingall, wapentake of 
Hang- West ; (Burton- Hall, the seat of the Rev. Christopher 
Wyville.) 5 miles from Leyburn and Middieham, 5\ from Rich- 
mond. — Pop. 204. 

Burton- Constable is surrounded by one of the largest parks in Richmond- 
shire, abounding with wood, and the house which is a modern magnificent fabric, 
with a portico to two fronts, to make room for which, a house, designed by Inigo 
Jones, is said to have been demolished by the presumption of an architect, in 
the owner's absenee, and contrary to his instructions. Whitaker. 
BURTON, HIGH, and ?2/.A. in the township of Burton- 

BURTON, LOW, HALL, 5 upon-Ure, and parish of Masham; 

the former 1 mile, and the latter | a mile from Masham. 
BURTON-HOUSE, and MILL, in the township of Burton-upon- 

Ure, and parish of Masham; § mile from Masham. 
BURTON, HUM, see Humberton. 

BURTON-UPON-URE, a township, in the parish of Masham, wa- 
pentake of Hang-East ; 2 miles from Masham, 5| from Bedale. — 
Pop. 170. 
BUSBY, GREAT, in the parish of Stokesley, west-division of 
Langbarugh; 3 miles from Stokesley, 10 from Yarm, 14 from 
Northallerton. — Pop. ] J 7. 
BUSBY, LITTLE, in the township of Great-Busby, and parish of 
Stokesley, west-division of Langbarugh ; (Busby-Hall, the seat of 
the Rev. George Marwood) 3\ miles from Stokesley, 10 from 
Yarm, 13 from Northallerton. 

The family of the Marwoods appear to have resided here since 1600, though 
originally from Nunthorpe. — Graves. In 1745, Busby-Hall was in the possession 
of Mrs Turner, widow of Cholmley Turner, Esq. who bequeathed it to the late 
William Marwood, Esq. 
BUSBY-STOOP, p. h. in the township of Sandhutton, and parish 
of Thirsk ; 3 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon, 9 from Northal- 
lerton, 10 from Boroughbridge. 

Busby- Stoop, so called from a per- on of that name, being gibbetted here for 

the murder of Daniel Awtie, about 1702, whose daughter Busby had married. 

BUTCHER-HOUSES, ham. iu the townships of Kirklington and 

Ainderby-Quernhow, and parishes of Kirklington and Pickhili ; 

7 miles from Ripon, 1\ from Thirsk, 8 from Bedale. 

BUTTERCRAMBE, in the parish of Bossall, wapentake of Bulmer ; 

10 miles from York and Malton, 15 from Easingwold. - Pop. 235. 

BUTTER WICK, in the parish of Barton- le-Street, wapentake of 



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Rydale; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Malton, 10 from 
Helmsley. — Pop. including Newsam. 50. 

BYLAND, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth; 6 
miles from Helmsley, 7 from Easingwold, 10 from Thirsk. — Popu- 
lation of By land and its Members, 372. 

Here are the remains of the magnificent Abbey of Byland, situated in a rich 
valley, separated from Bivaulx, by the hilly ridge of Hambleton. According to 
Di/gdale, this Abbey was founded in 1 134, by Roger de Mowbray, and valued at 
the dissolution at 238/. 9s. Ad. It had a noble cathedral and monastery, and was 
dedicated to the. blessed Virgin, and continued to the general dissolution. It was 
surrendered in 1540, by John Leeds, the last Abbot, and twenty-four Monks. The 
scite was granted to Sir Win. Pickering, Knight. — Willis. It would seem from 
Speed, that Roger de Mowbray originally founded this monastery at Hode, (Hood- 
Grange) in 1134, and at the instance of his mother, in 1 143, removed it to a part 
of her jointure near the river Rye, at Byland, opposite to the Abbey of Rivaulx, 
since called Old Byland, which place being thought inconvenient for Religious, 
four years afterwards they removed to Stoking, near Coxwold ; and at last fixed a 
little more easterly, near Whitaker, where it continued in a flourishing state till 
the general dissolution. It is now the property of Martin Stapylton, Esq. of Myton- 
Hall. 

BYLAND-MEMBRIS, a township, comprehending Byland, Wass, 
and Old stead. 

BYLAND, OLD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth ; 4 
miles from Helmsley, 9 from Thirsk. 25 from York. — Pop. 133. 
The Church is- a perpetual curacy, in thedeanry of Rydale, value, 
p. r. f44/. Patron, Sir George Wombwell, Bart. 



CALDBERGH, in the parish of Coverham, wapentake of Gilling- 
West ; 4 miles from Middleham, and Leyburn, 11 from Mas- 
ham.— Pop. 103. 

CALDWELL, in the parish of St. John Stanwiek, wapentake of 
Gilling-West ; 7 miles from Baruardcastte, (Durham) 9 from Rich- 
mond.—Pop. 188. 

This has been a very considerable place and of great antiquity, near the 
Ermi ne-street, leading to Gretabridge and Lavatrse, between which stations ano- 
ther road branched otf'in a direct line, and crossed the Tees at Thorngate, a street 
so called in Barnardcastle. — Arch&ol. " There appere," says Leland, " mines 
of buildingos at Cawdewelle village ;" again, " Cawdewell is so caullid from a 
little font or spring, by the ruines of the olde place, and so rennith into a beke 
halfe a quarter of a mile of." 

CALVERJ -HOUSES, ham. in the township of Muker, and parish 
of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling-West, (the seat of Major Met- 
calfe) ; 8 miles from Reeth. 

CAMP-HILL (the seat of William Rooks Leeds Serjeantson, Esq.) 
in the township of Carthorpe, and parish of Burneston ; 5 miles 
from Bedale, 7 from Masham, 7|fromRipon, 13 from Borough- 
bridge. 

CAMS-HOUSE,/, h. in the township of Low-Abbotside, and parish 
of Aysgarth; 2| miles from Hawes and Askrigg. 

CARKIN, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling-West; 7 
miles from Richmond, 8 from Darlington, (Dtir.) — Pop. 24. 

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CARLTON, ham. in the township and parish of Stockton-on-the 
Forest, wapentake of Bulmer ; 4 miles from York. 

CARLTON, (in Cover dale) in the parish of Coverhara, wapen- 
take of Hang-West; 5 miles from Middleham, 6 from Leyburn. — 
Population 280. 

In this Dale was born, in 1487, Miles Coverdale, the learned Bishop of Exe- 
ter, to which See he was collated in 1551, on account of his extraordinary know- 
ledge in Divinity, and unblemished character. On the accession of Queen Mary 
henvas ejected from his see, and thrown into prison, out of which he was released 
at the earnest request of the King of Denmark, after two years confinement, and 
only banished the realm. At the accession of Elizabeth, he returned to England, 
but refused the Bishopric, and lived privately to the age of 81 years. He died in 
1568, and was buried in Bartholomew's, behind the Exchange. He was the next 
translator of the Bible after Wickliife, which appeared in 1535. — It was dedicated 
to King Henry VIII. and was the first English Bible allowed by Royal Authority ; 
and the first translation of the whole Bible printed in our language. — Chalmers. 

CARLTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; 
(the seat of Joshua Reeves, Esq.) 3 miles from Stokesley, 10 from 
Yarm, 13| from Northallerton, 40 from York. — Population 260. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, 
value, p. r. 52L 15s. Patron, Joshua Reeves, Esq. 

CARLTON, in the township and parish of Helmsley ; 2 miles from 
Helmsley, 7 from Kirbymoorside. 

CARLTON and CARLTON-HALL, (the seat of Samuel Barrett 
Moulton Barrett, Esq.) in the townships of Stanwick and Aldbrough, 
and parish of St. John Stanwick, wapentake of Giiling-West ; 7 
miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 8 from Richmond. 

CARLTON-HIGH-DALE, a township, in the parish of Coverham, 
wapentake of Hang- West ; 7 miles from Middleham.-Pop. 397. 

CARLTON-HUSTHWAITE, (the seat of Valentine Kitchingman, 
Esq.) in the parish of Husthwaite, wapentake of Birdforth ; 6 
miles from Easingwold, 7 from Thirsk. — Pop. 1 53. Plere is a 
Chapel of ease to Husthwaite. 

CARLTON-MINIOTT, in the parish of Thirsk, wapentake of 
Birdforth, liberty of St. Peter ; 2 miles from Thirsk, 9 from 
Ripon.— Pop. 221.— St. Peter's, 169, total, 390. Carlton- Miniott 
with Sandhutton, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Bulmer, 
Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

CARPERBY, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; 
4 miles from Askrigg, 7 from Leyburn. — Pop. 283. 

CARPLEY-GREEN, /. h. in the township of Bainbridge, and 
parish of Aysgarth ; 5 miles from Hawes. 

CARR-BRIDGE, /. h. in the township and parish of West-Roun- 
ton, wapentake of Allertonshire ; 7 miles from Yarm, 8 from 
Northallerton. 

CARR-END, (the seat of William Fotkergill, Esq.} in the township 
of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth ; 3| miles from Askrigg. 

Here, in 1712, was born Dr. John Fotkergill, son of John and Margaret 
Fothergill, Quakers. — He received his education under the care of his grand- 
father, Thomas Hough, in Cheshire, and at Sedburgh, in this county. After hfe 
apprenticeship, he removed to London, in 1736, where he studied two years, and 



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then went to Edinburgh : he afterwards visited Leyden, France, and Germany, 
and in 1740, settled in London. Dr. Fothergill was a man of amiable manners, a 
skilful Physician, a great encourager of learning, and an excellent Botanist. His 
works consisting chiefly of medical pieces, have, been printed in 3 vols. 8vo. with 
his Life prefixed. He formed a Botanical Garden at Upton, in Essex, and 
liberally endowed the seminary for young Quakers at Ackworth. The fortune 
which he acquired, was computed at 80,000/. He died at his house in Harpur 
Street, Dec. 2o, 1780. — Letso.n'r Life, &c. 
CARR-If ALL, (the seat of Mrs Holt) m the township of Ruswarp, 

and parish of Whitby ; 3 miles from Whitby. 
CARTHORPE, in the parish of Burneston, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 
4 \ miles from Bedale, 7 from Masham, 8| from Ripon.-Pop. 301. 
CASTLE-BANK, f.h. in the township of Helton, and parish of 

Wensley; 5\ miles from Ley burn. 
CASTLE-HOWARD, {the seat of the Earl of Carlisle) extraparochial, 
in the township of Hinders kelfe, and wapentake of Buhner ; 6 
miles from Malton, 12 from Helmsley, 15 from York and 
Easing wo Id. 

Here was an old Castle called Hinder 'skclf Castle, built in the reign of Ed- 
ward III. which was burnt down ; and on the place where it stood, the Right Hon. 
Charles Howard, Earl of Carlisle, built the present noble and magnificent Seat, 
from a design of Sir John T'anbrugh, in the same style as Blenheim- House, and is 
esteemed one of the finest mansions in the county. It has a longer line of front 
than Blenheim-house, its exterior is magnificently grand, and the state apart- 
ments are particularly distinguished for their princely appearance. The fine 
collection of Paintings-, Statues, Antique Busts, &c. with which this noble man- 
sion is enriched, must afford the highest gratification to the admirers of the fine 
arts ; whilst the liberality of the noble proprietor entitles him to the praise and 
gratitude of the public, for allowing them to view this elegant repository of taste 
and refinement. The walls are adorned with numerous und excellent paintings, a 
detail of which would be too extensive for our insertion. The paintings of the 
three Maries by Annibaie Carracci, has always been considered as the great Trea- 
sure of Castle- Howard, which for colouring, composition, expression, and pathos, 
and for every quality that constitutes excellence in the art, cannot be surpassed. 
In the park is a stately obelisk, upwards of 100 feet high, in the centre of four 
fine avenues, on which is the following inscription : — 
Virtuti et fortunae 
Johanuis Mariburiae ducis, 
Patriae Europaeque defensoris, 

hoc Saxum, 
Admirationi ac fernee Sacrum 
Carolus comes Cnrliol. posuit 
Anno Domini, M.DCC.XIV. 
Near the north front of the house is an extensive sheet of water, which richly 
merits the more dignified appellation of a lake ; broad and beautiful, it spreads 
over an expanse of many acres; and not far from it is an elegant monument, erect- 
ed by the proprietor of this noble mansion, to commemorate the victories of our 
immortal Nelson: on three sides of it are inscribed in letters of gold, the names of 
Aboutcer, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar. The mausoleum, situated in the Park, 
is a circular edifice crowned with a dom^, and surrounded by a handsome colonade 
of doric pillars. Over the vault is an elegant circular chapel, 34 feet in diameter. 
The noble family of the Howards have often filled, since the time of Henry VI, 
the highest offices of the State, and always made an honourable figure in English 
History The present head of this illustrious family, Frederick Howard, Earl of 
Carlisle, Viscount Dacre, and Knight of the Garter, was born May 28, 1748. 
Heir apparent — George Viscount Morpeth, eldest son of the present Earl, and 
M. P. for Cumberland. 

CASTLETON, ham, in the township and parish of Danby, east- 



20 NORTH-RIDING. 

division of Langbarugh; 9 miles from Guisbrough, 12 from 
Stokesley, 1 4 from Whitby. 

Castleton appears to have been so called, from an ancient castle which stood 
]« ere ; and of which there are still some evident remains > but at what period this 
fortification, which seems to have been of a circular form, was erected, our ac- 
counts are silent. — Graves. It is now the principal place in Danby-Dale. 
CATGILL-HALL,/. h. in the township and parish of Danby-Wiske; 

3 1 miles from Northallerton. 
CATTERICK. a post and parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- 
East; 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Bedale, 13 from North- 
allerton, 15 from Darlington, (Bur.) and Gretabridge, 17 from 
Yarm, 21 from Bish6pauckland, (Dur.) 39 from York. — Pop. 
561. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese 
of Chester, dedicated to St. Anne, value, 251. 2s. Id. Patron, 
the King. 

It is a place of great antiquity, and was unquestionably a Roman city. Here 
the Roman road, the great Ermine Street (which in Saxon signifies a military 
way) crossed the river. The first cohort of the Thracians was garrisoned here 
when Virus Lupus was Propraetor of Britain. Catterick is called Cattaractonium 
and Cateractan by Ptolemy, and Cataracta by Bede : the former of which confers 
no small honor on it, in his second book of geography, from thence taking an ob- 
servation of the posture cf the heavens, describing the 24th parallel through this 
place, and making it distant from the equator fifty-seven degrees. Cade supposes 
this place to have been honoured with ;,n academy for the study of the sciences, 
and that, he thinks, the high mountain mentioned by Camden and other authors, 
was the place set apart for astronomical observations. — Arch^ol. He considers 
Burgh to have been the quarter including the Mint; Thornbrough the station ; 
and the limits of the city from the village to the bridge. But whatever the Roman 
city was, it has now, as Camden observes, nothing great but the memory of what 
it once wa«, having b?en totally destroyed by the Danes ; and the modern Cat- 
terick is now only a village. " Keterick," says Leland, " is now a very poor 
town." Here is an hospital for 6 poor widows, and teaching poor children, found- 
ed and endowed in 1658, bv the Rev. Snydaie — present value. 48/. per annum. 
CATTERJCK-BRIDGE and INN, in the township of Brough, 
and parish of Catterick; 1 mile north from Catterick. 

Of this place Dr. IVhitaker observes, " that whereas Camden understands 
by the vicusjuxta Cataractam, a village near the Cataract, I should conceive that 
he means the village near the Roman Cataractonium, which was certainly by the 
present bridge ; and that the village meant by Bede is the modern town of Cat- 
terick, which, from the site of the church, I conceive to have been the Saxon 
town." Upon the south-end of this bridge was formerly a Chapel or Orator}-, 
where, as tradition tells us, Mass was said every day at eleven o'clock for the 
"benefit of Travellers. By whom or at what time it was founded is not said or 
known. At present it is used as a coal magazine for the adjacent Inn. — Grose. ' 
CATTO. /. h. in the township of Landmoth, and parish of Leak ; 4 

miles from Northallerton, 6| from Thirsk. 
CATTON. in the parish of Topciiffe, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 

miles from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon. — Pop. 99. 
CAWTHORNE, 2/. h. in the township of Cropton-with-Cawthorn^, 
parish of Middleton, wapentake ol Pickering-Lythe ; 4 miles from 
Pickering. 
CAWTON, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Rydale; 6 miles 

from Helmsley, 9 from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 105. 
CAYTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 4 
miles from Scarborough, 19 from Pickering. — Pop. including 



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Killerby and Deepdale 447. Here is a Chapel dedicated to St. 
Leonard. 
CHAPEL-HILL, /. h. in the township of East-Tanfield, and parish 
of Kirklington; 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Bedale. 

From the name of this house, and a field adjoining, called to this day Chapel- 
garth, and the foundations of a building, we are led to suppose there has, at 
some distant period, been a Chapel of ease here. 
C1TTADILLA, p. h. in the township of Brompton-upon-Swale, 
and parish of Easby ; 2 miles from Catterick, 3 from Richmond, 
1 1 from Northallerton. 
CLAXTON, in the parish of Bossall, wapentake of Bulmer ; 8 miles 

from York, li from Mai ton, 13 from Easingwold. — Pop. 135. 
CLEASBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Giliing-East; 5 
miles from Darlington, (Dur) ] 1 from Richmond, 47 from York. — 
Pop. 147. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deamy of 
Richmond, diocese of Chester, Patron, the Dean and Chapter 
of Ripon. 

In this obscure village was born in 1650, Dr. John Robinson, a distinguished 
prelate and statesman. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford — In 1710 he 
was preferred to the bishopric of Bristol, and while in that situation plenipoten- 
tiary at the treaty of Utrecht; in 1714 translated to the see of London, which he 
held till April 1723, when he diexl at Fulham. At this place of his nativity, he 
built the Chapel, Parsonage house, and added a school. The latter is endowed 
with Hi acre* of land, valued at 20 or 22/. per annum, for teaching 6 boys. 
CLEAVES, /. //. in the township of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliff, 

and parish of Feliskirk ; 3| miles from Thirsk. 
CLEVELAND-PORT, formerly CARGOFLEET, in the town- 
ship and parish of Ormesby, west-division of Langbarugh ; 8| miles 
from Guisbrough, 9 from Stokesley and Stockton. 

From this small port, which is situated upon the River Tees, about two thirds 
of the produce of Cleveland are shipped and sent coastwise to London, Newcastle, 
and other markets. The trade carried on here averages nearly 1000/. per day 
throughout the year. — Graves. 
CLIFFE, in the parish of Manfield, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 
{the seat of Henry IFitham, Esq.) 5 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 
10 from Richmond, 11 from Barnard castle. (Dur.) 
CLIFTON, in the parishes of St. Michael-Ie-Belfrey and St. Olave, 
York, wapentake of Bulmer. liberty of St. Peter, adjoins the 
north side of York.— Pop. 269.— St. Peters, 200, total, 469. 
CLIFTON, a township, in the parish of Thornton- Watlas, wapen- 
take of Hang-East. — Pop. 50. In this township and parish is 
CLIFTON-CASTLE, (the seat of Timothy Hutton, Esq.) 2 § miles 
from Masham, 4 \ from Bedale. 

In the reign of Edward II. Groffrey-le-Scrope, who had large possessions in 
these paits, obtained license to make a castle of his house at Clifton-upon-Ure, 
and also for free warren in all his demesne lands at Clifton, &c. — Dugd. Baron. 
This castle has long since cea>ed to exist, and the last remains were removed by 
the present proprietor in 1S02, to make room for the present elegant modern 
mansion. 
CLIFTON-LODGE, {the seat of John Clerveaux Ckaylor, Esq.) 
CLINTS, (the seat of Thomas Errington, Esq.) in the township and 
parish of Marske; 5 miles from Richmond and Reeth. 



22 NORTH-RIDING. 

The time when this mansion was built we are not acquainted with, but from 
its appearance it is doubtless of great antiquity. It formerly belonged to the 
family of Willans, from whom it passed to the Bathursts, and from them to the 
late Sir Charles Turner, who sold it to Miles Stapleton, Esq. of whom the present 
proprietor purchased it. — Angus'views. 

CLOUGHTON, in the parish of Scalby, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe; 5 miles from Scarborough, 16 from Whitby. — Pop. 366. 

CLOUGHTON-NEWLANDS, a few /. h. in the township of 
Cloughton. 

CLO WJBECK, /. h. in the township and parish of Manfield ; 6 miles 
from Darlington, (Bur.) 

COAT-BANK-LODGE, (the seat of D'Oyley Saunders, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Egton ; miles from Whitby. 

COATHAM, EAST, in the township and parish of Kirkleatham, 
east-division of Langbarugh ; \ a mile from Redcar, 6 miles from 
Guisbrough, 14 from Stokesley and Stockton, (Bur.) 24 from 
Whitby. It consists of one row of houses or half street, facing 
the sea, about a quarter of a mile long, and was formerly a small 
Fishing-Town. Few people now resort to it for the purpose of 
bathing, in consequence of its being a greater distance from the 
sea than Redcar. It has, however, one Inn for the reception of 
Company, some Lodging-houses, and two Bathing-machines. 

COATHAM, WEST, similarly situated as East-Coatham, only 
nearer the Tees. It is a small hamlet, consisting of a few farms. 

COBSHAW, /. h. in the township of Langthorne, and parish of 
Bed ale ; 2 miles from Bed ale. 

COCK-BUSH, /. h. in the township and parish of Arncliffe ; 8 miles 
from Northallerton and Stokesley. 

COCK-MILL, /. h. and Mill, in the township of Hausker-with- 
Stainsacre, and parish of Whitby ; 1 f mile from Whitby. 

COCKAN, comprising a few houses, in the township of Bransdale 
west-side, parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale ; 10 
miles from Kirbymoorside. Here is a Chapel of ease. 

COGDEN-HALL, (the seat of Matthew Whiteloch, Esq.) in the 
township of Grinton-with- Whiteside, and parish of Grinton, 1| 
mile from Reeth, 7 from Leyburn. 

COLBURN, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East ; 
3 miles from Richmond and Catterick. — Pop. 133. 

COLD-CAM, 2/. h. in the township of Byland-Membris, and parish 
of Low-Kiibum ; 6 miles from Helmsley, 8 from Thirsk. 

COLD-KIRKBY, see Kirkby-Cold. 

COLEBY, ham. in the township of Helmington, and parish of 
Stainton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 6 miles from Stokesley. 

COLDWELL, see Caldwell. 

COLTON or COULTON, in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake 
of Rydale; 7 miles from Helmsley, 9 from Kirbymoorside, 12 
from Malton. — Pop. 1 1 2. 

COMBOOTS, ham. in the township and parish of Scalby ; 5 miles 
from Scarborough, 1 5 from Pickering and Whitby. 

COMMONDALE, a township, in the parish of Guisbrough, east- 



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division of Langbarugh ; 5 miles from Guisbrougb, 9 from Stokes- 
ley, 16 from Whitby.— Pop. 86. 

This is a narrow secluded Vale, forming the southern boundary of the parish ; 
at which place there was formerly an hermitage or cell to the priory of Guis- 
brough.— Graves. 

CONE YSTHORPE, in the parish of Barton, wapentake of Bulmer ; 
5 miles from Malton, 14 from Easingwold, 16 from York. — Pop. 
160. 

CORNBROUGH, a township, in the parish of Sheriff-Hutton, wa- 
pentake of Bulmer; 7 miles from Easingwold, 9| from York, 13 
from Malton.— Pop. 63. 

CORN-PARK, in the township of Cotherston, and parish of Ro~ 
maldkirk ; 6| miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 9| from Richmond. 

COTCLIFFE, /. h. and Wood, (extraparochial,) in the township of 
Landmoth, wapentake and liberty of Allertonshire ; 4| miles from 
Northallerton, 6 from Thirsk. 

COTESCUE, (the seat of Mrs Smith,) in the townships of Coverham 
and Agglethorpe, and parish of Coverham ; 1 \ mile from Middle- 
ham, 3 from Ley burn. 

COTHERSTON, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake of Gilling- 
West, liberty of Richmondshire ; 3 miles from Barnardcastle, 
(Dirr.} 6 from Gretabridge, 18 from Richmond. — Pop. 706. 

COTTERDALE, ham. in the township of High Abbotside, and 
parish of Aysgarth ; 4 miles from Hawes, 9 from Askrigg. 

COUNTERSIDE, ham. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of 
Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West, liberty of Richmondshire ; 
3 miles from Askrigg, and Hawes. 15 from Leyburn. 

COVER BRIDGE, /. h. and Public-House, abridge over the cover, 
in the township of East-Witton, within, and parish of East-Witton; 
2 miles from Middleham. 

CO VERHEAD, /. k. in the township of Carlton-high-dale, and parish 
of Coverham ; 1 1 miles from Middleham. 

COVERHAM, a parish in the wapentake of Hang- West, liberty of 
Richmondshire ; 2 miles from Middleham, 3 from Leyburn, 45 
from York. — Pop. including Agglethorpe, 131, which being united, 
form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to 
the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, 
value, p. r. tSO/. Patron, Sir James Graham, Bart. At a short 
distance from the church are the small remains of 

COVERHAM-ABBE Y, which stands on the north-side of the rapid 
brook of Cover, which gives name to the dale. 

This AWbey was built by Radulphus, son of Robert Fitz Ralph, for white 
Canons of the Prremonstrantensian order, about the year 1213, who endowed it 
with several lands and tenement?. He died in 1251, and was buried here. The 
house is stiled a Priory, by Leland, but Tanner ^ays it was an Abbey. By an. 
inscription in latin which is now placed over the door of xMrs Lister's house, which 
leads into the garden, it appears that this Monastery was either thoroughly repair- 
ed or rebuilt about the latter end of the reign of King Henry VII. It bears the 
date of 1501 , and states the Abbot " finished this house." In building some out- 
houses, were dug up, some years since, two statues larger than life, habited in the 
armour of knights-templars, in a cumbent posture, ornamented with foliage and 
animals, but in a very rude style. — Ljelaad— Dugdale— Gale— Ta.\>er. These 



24 NORTH-RIDING. 

statues, in 1812, were placed on each side of the door leading into the garden of 
Mrs Lister, and which are said to be the figures of the founder of the abbey, and 
Robert Fitzrandolph, founder of Middleham-Castle. Its revenues at the time, of 
the dissolution, 1538, amonnted to 16(M. 18*. 3d. clear. It was sold in 1557, to 
Humphry Orme, for 419/. 15*. 
COWFOLD-HOUSE, /. h. in the townships of Exelby, Leeming, 

and Newton, and parish of Burneston; 2| miles from Bedale. 
COWLING, in the township of Burrell, and parish of Bedale, wa- 
pentake of Hang-East ; liberty of Riehmondshire ; 2 miles from 
Bedale; 5 from Masham, 10 from Richmond. 
COWSBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bird forth \ 7 miles 
from Thirsk, 9 from Northallerton, 30 from York. — Pop. 91. 
The Church, peculiar, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the 
deanry of Cleveland, value, %5l. lis. 0\d. p. r. 651. Patron, 
Thomas Alston, Esq. Here is an Hospital for decayed Tennants, 
vested in the Alston family, but when or by whom founded is un- 
certain. Lord Crew is the supposed founder. 
COWTON, EAST, or LONG, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Giliing-East ; 8 miles from Northallerton and Richmond, 9 
from Darlington, (Bar.) 40 from York.— Pop. 338. The Church 
is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Richmond, 
diocese of Chester, value, %M 6s. \0^d. Patrons, the Trustees of 
St. John's Hospital, Kirkby-Ravenswortb. 
CO WTON-G RANGE, /. h. in the township of Moulton, and parish 
of Middleton-Tyas ; 8 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Darling- 
ton. (Bar.) 
GO WTON, NORTH, in the parish of Gilting, wapentake of GilJing- 
East, liberty of Riehmondshire; 8 miles from Richmond, 8| from 
Northallerton, 10 from Darlington, (Dur.) — Pop. 270. 
COWTON, SOUTH, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling- 
East / 8 miles from Northallerton and Richmond, 11 from 
Darlington, (Dur.) — Pop. 1 48. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. Mary, under Gilling, value, p. r. f33/. 
These three villages are nearly half a mile from each other. 
COXWOLD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles 
from Easingwold, 8 from Helmsley, 9 from Thirsk, 18 from 
York. — Population 348. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- 
cated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Buhner, Patron, T. E. W. 
Belasyse, Esq. and Lady Charlotte his Wife. 

It is a small handsome light gothic building, with an octagonal tower, the in- 
side of which is decorated with several handsome marble monuments, particularly 
of the Fauconberg family. Near to the church is a Free-Grammar School, found- 
ed in 1603, by Sir John Harte, Knight, Citizen and Alderman of London. Here 
is also a neat Hospital founded in 1696 by Thomas, Earl of Fauconberg, for ten 
poor men ; who are provided with blue coats every two years, with an annual sti- 
pend, and hi. a year laid out in coals for their use ; also another Hospital for eight 
poor wometiy who each receive 405. and eight bushels of coals annually, and five 
yards of cloth every two year?. This was also founded by one of the Fauconberg 
family, but at what time is unknown. In 1760, the facetious Laurence Sterne 
was presented to this curacy by Lord Fauconberg. 
CRACKPOT, 2 or 3 lis. in the township, and parish of Grinton, 
wapentake of Hang- West \ 5 miles from Reeth. 



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" At Crackpot 'were dug up, in the year 1809, several pieces of iron armour* 
together with several battle axes (I presume) of the same metal ; and about a 
mile from this place is a valley, called the bloody vale, the scene unquestionably 
of a sanguinary combat at some remote period." — Whitaker. Crackpot is about 
3 miles westward of,the encampment, called Maiden- Castle. Ibid. 
CRAGG, /. h. in the township of Lartington, and parish of 
Romaldkirk ; 5 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 6 from Greta- 
bridge. 
CRAKE, (a part of the Bishopric of Durham) a parish-town, in the 
wapentake of Buhner ; 2 5 miles from Easingwold, 12 from 
Helmsley and York. — Pop. 538. It is a rectory within the arch- 
deaconry and peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of 
Durham, value, 10/. dedicated to St. Cuthbert, Patron, the Bishop 
of Durham, who is also Lord of the Manor. 

In 685, King Egfridus and Theodore Archbishop of Canterbury, gave to St. 
Cuthbert this village and several lands about it, that he might, going and return- 
ing from York, have a place to rest at ; who here built a monastery, not a vestige 
of which is now to be seen. Here are also the remains of an ancient castle, but 
by whom built we have not the least information, although Drake supposes it to 
have been a Castrum exploratorum of the Romans, and certainly no place could 
have been better chosen for that purpose. The little that retrains of this ancient 
structure is now used as a farm-house and out-offices. It was given by King 
Egbri'ght to the 5th Cuthbert. — Simeon Donelm. — Drake. 
CRAKEHALL, ham. in the township of Elmyre with Crakehail, and 
parish of Topeliffe, wapentake of Birdforth ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 
8 from Ripon. — Pop. included in Elmyre. 
CRAKEHALL, in the parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang-East; 
(the seat of Henry Percy Pulleine, Esq.) 2 miles from Bedale, 10 
from Richmond. — Pop. 550. 
CRAKEHALL, LITTLE, in the township of Crakehail, and only 

separated from it by a small rivulet. 
CRAMBE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer; 6| miles 
from Malton, 11| from York, 15 from Easingwold. — Pop. 152. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry 
of Bulmer, value, +9/. is. Scl. p. r. *127/. 12s. idi Patron, the Arch- 
bishop of York. 
CRATHORNE, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; 
4 miles from Yarm, 8 from Stokesley, 12 from Northallerton, 38 
from York. — Pop. 330. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
All-Saint's, value, 10/. 11.?. 10|g?. in the deanry of Cleveland, 
Patron, the Hon. Mrs Cockayne. Here is a Roman Catholic 
Chapel. 

It is the seat of Geyrge Cratlorne, Esq. lineally descended from a family 
that have been resident here ever since the conquest, and bore as a crest, a Crake 
or Craw. — Graves. 
CRAVEN-HOLME, /. h. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish 

of Aysgarlh; 1 1 mile from Askrigg, 4| from Hawes. 
CROFT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-East; (a seat of 
William Chaytor, Esq.) 4 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from 
Richmond, 12 from Northallerton, 44 from York. — Pop. 388. 
The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, value, 21 /. 8s. \d. 

D 



2& NORTH-RIDING. 

in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, Patron, the 
King. 

In the church is an altar-tomb to one of the Milbanlcs, of Halnaby, and 
another to the Clavereux, ancestors of the C hay tors. Croft is situated upon the 
River Tees, over which it has a handsome bridge into the County of Durham. 
About half a mile west of the village is a mineral spring, to which, during the 
summer months, many people resort. Here is a good Inn and several new lodg- 
ing-houses built for the accommodation of visitors. A Treatise on these 
waters was published by Dr. Cayley a few years ago. In this village was bom 
about the year 1635, Dr. Thomas Burnett, a most ingenious and learned writer, 
the author of the "Theory of the Earth," &c. His early education he received at 
the Free Grammar-School of Northallerton, from whence he was removed in 1651, 
to ■Clare-hall, Cambridge, where he had Dr. Tillotson for his tutor, but afterwards 
removed to Christ's Coilege, where he was chosen Fellow, and took his degree of 
M. A. in 1658. In 1685 he was appointed Master of the Charter House ; ia 
which situation he opposed the attempt of James II. to place a Papist on the 
Foundation of that House. After the revolution he was made Chaplain to the 
King and Clerk of the Closet. He died in 1715.-— Chalmers. 
CRONKLEY, /. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of 

Romaldkirk ; 13 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 
CROPTON, in the township of Cropton-with-Cawthorne, and parish 
of Middleton, wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 4 miles from 
Pickering, 5 from Kirbymoorside, 13 from Malton. — Pop. inclu- 
ding Cawthorne, 343. Here is a Chapel of ease to Middleton. 

" Within about 200 yards of this chapel," says Young in his History of 
Whitby, " is a round Fort, on a projecting point of the heights where the chapel 
and chapel-yard are situated. It looks like a very large tumulus, and measures 
150 feet over, including the height of its sloping sides, and the depth of a trench 
that encircles its base. Its height may exceed 30 feet. The approaches towards 
it from the chapel, have been altered, an old Hall, the ruins of which are still 
discernible, having stood in that direction; from which the fort is called Hall- 
garth-hill,; but in the opposite direction, towards the valley, we find a double 
ditch of great strength, sweeping round the point of the hill, and another ditch 
round the foot of the hill, defending the approach from the plain. These camps 
or forts are decidedly British." This Hall or Castle, as Drake calls it, is within 
a quarter of a mile of several Roman camps, one of which is situated upon the 
Roman road running from Camulodunum to Dunsley, a road which he appears to 
have taken some pains to discover. 
CROSBY, a township, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of Aller- 
tonshire; 3 miles from Northallerton, 6| from Thirsk. — Pop. 39. 
CROSBY-COTE, 2f.h. in the township of Thornton- le-beans, and 

parish of Northallerton; 3 miles from Northallerton. 
CROSBY-HALL, (the seat of the tiev. William Dent) in the town- 
ship of Thornton-le-beans, and parish of North-Ottering ton ; 2£ 
miles from Northallerton, 7\ from Thirsk, 
CROSSETT, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Bilsdale-Midcable, and 
parish of Helmsley ; 8 miles from Kehnsley, 1 2 from Stokesley, 
, ..CROSS-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Burton-with-Walden, and 
■&. ' parish of Ay sgarth ; KH miles from Ley burn. 

CROSS-BUTTS, /. /?. in the township of Ruswarp, and parish of 

Whitby; 2 miles from Whitby. 
CROSSTHWAITE,/. h. in the township of Holwick, and parish of 

Romaldkirk; 11 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 
CUNDALL, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4| miles 
from Boroughbridge, 7 from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon, 18 from 



NORTH-RIDING. 27 

York. — Pop. including Leckby, 170. The Church, a mean 
ediiiee, situated about | of a mile north of the village, is a perpe- 
tual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary and All-Saints, in the deanry 
of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. 30/. Patron, 
Mrs Prest. In Bacon, it is stvled a vicarage in charge, valued at 
3/. 6s. 80. 

D 

DALBY, a parish, in the wapentake of Bulmer ; 9 miles from Ea- 
singwold, 13 from Maltqn, 15 from York. — Pop. including 
Skewsby, 169. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, 
in the deanry of Bulmer, value, £5/. Is. 0\d. Patron, Mrs Ley- 
bourne. 

DALBY, 3f. h. in the township and parish of Thornton, wapentake 
of Pickering- Ly the ; 5 miles from Pickering. 

DALE-END, ham. in the township and parish of Danby, wapentake 
of Langbarugh ; 9^ miles from Guisbrough, 12| from Whitby. 

DALE-HOUSE, /. k. in the township of Borrowby, and parish of 
Lythe; 13 miles from Whitby and Guisbrough, 

DALE-HOUSE MILL, in the township and parish of Hinderwell ; 
11 miles from Whitby, 13 from Guisbrough. 

DALE-TOWN, in the parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Birdforth; 
6 miles from Helmsley, 9 from Thirsk. — Pop. 68. 

D ALTON, in the parish of Topeliffe, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 
miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon. — Pop. 235. 

D ALTON, in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth, wapentake of Gil- 
ling- West: 6 mil's from Richmond, and Gretabridge, 9 from 
Barnardcastle, (Dur.) — Pop. 265. 

DALTON-UPON-TEES, in the parish of Croft, wapentake of Gil- 
ling-East. liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 
10 from Richmond, 11 from Northallerton. — Pop. 167. 

DANBY, a parish, in the east-division of Langbarugh; 9 miles from 
Guisbrough, 12 from Whitby, 14 from Stokesley, 42 from York. — 
Pop. 1,373. The Church, a modern edifice, is a perpetual curacy, 
in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. f90/. Patron, Lord Vis- 
count Downe. 

North of the Church, on the brow of a naked hill, of no great elevation, stands 
the remain? of Danby Castle, supposed to have been built soon after the conquest, 
by Robert de lirus; or more probably by William de Latimer, soon after the 
reign of Edward II. when Danby came to the Latimers by marriage with the 
daughter of Robert de Thweng, as the arms of Latimer appear in the armorial 
bearings on the North Wall. 'From the ruins, we are led to conjecture, that the 
building has been extensive ; but can form no just idea of its strength and ancient 
grandeur. A form-house and its offices now occupy a great part of it. — Graves, 
— oCamden. 

DANBY-BEACON, in the township and parish of Danby; 10| 
miles from Guisbrough and Whitby. 

DAN BY-HALL, ((he seat of Simon Thomas Scroope, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Thornton-Steward ; 2 miles fromMiddleham, 
4 1 from Ley burn. 

The Scropes of Danby have survived every other branch of that illustrious 
name.— Whitakjetv. 



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DANBY-HILL, (the seat of the Rev. William Cust) in the township 
and parish of Danby- VViske ; 3| miles from Northallerton, 8^ from 
Bedale, 13f from Richmond. 
DANBY, LITTLE, /. h. in the township of Yafforth, and parish of 
Danby-Wiske ; 3 miles from Northallerton. 

DANBY-LODGE, (the seat of Lord Downe) in the township and 
parish of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh ; 9 miles Guisbrough. 
This is a modern built house, and intended merely as a Shooting- 
Box. 

DANBY-WISKE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Giiling-East; 
4 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Bedale, 13| from Richmond, 
36 from York. — Pop. 348. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry 
of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 9/. Ss. il^d. Patron, 
the Rev. William Cust, the present rector. 

DANOTTA-HALL,/. L in the township and parish Kirby-Wiske; 
4 1 miles from Thirsk. 

DEEPDALE, /. h. in the township of West-Harlsey, and parish of 
Osmotherley. 

DEEPDALE, /. h. and cot. in the township of Suffield-cum-Everley, 
and parish of Hackness ; 6 miles from Scarborough. 

DEEPDALE, %f. h. in the township and parish of Cayton, 2| miles 
from Scarborough. 

DEEPDALE-MILL, in the township of Lartington, and parish of 
Romaldkirk ; 1 mile from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 

DEIGHTON, in the parish of Northallerton, wapentake of Aller- 
tonshire; 5 miles from Northallerton, 10 from Yarm, 11| from 
Darlington, (Dur.) — Pop. 134. Here is a Chapel of ease. 

DIDDERSLEY-GRANGE,/. h. in the township and parish of Mel- 
sonby ; 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Darlington, (Dur.) 

Didderston or Didder sley -hill, by Bedc called Wilfarus Dun, is memorable 
for the dispersion of King Oswin's army, and the melancholy catastrophe that 
succeeded it at big ethingrum or Gathly. Opposite is another mount of a conical 
form, called Clack-hill. King Oswin's life atoned for his in-auspicious temerity, 
by ostensibly appearing to combat Oswin ; s army, so exceedingly superior to his 
own. — Archjeol, vol. x. p. 55. — Cade. 

DINSDALE, OVER, in the parish of Sockburn, (Dur.) wapentake 
of Allertonshire ; 6 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 7 from Yarm, 
9 from Northallerton. — Pop. 66. 

DISHFORTH, in the parish of Topcliffe, wapentake of Hallikdd ; 
4 miles from Boroughbrldge, 5 from Ripon, 7 from Thirsk. — Pop. 
340. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. +43/. Patron, 
the Vicar of Topcliffe. 

DOE-PARK-HALL, or LEDGARD-HALL. (the seat of William 
Hutchinson, Esq.) in the township of Hunderthwaite, and parish 
of Romaldkirk ; 4 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 

DOWNHOLME, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 
4 miles from Reeth, 4| from Ley burn, 6 from Richmond. — Pop. 
including Walburn, 251. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of 
Chester, value, 51. Ids. I0d. p. r. +8S/. Patron, T. Hutton, Esq. 






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DOWTH WAITE-DALE, or HALL, {the seat of William Shepherd, 
Esq.) in the township of Hutton-le-hole, and parish of Lastingkam ; 
3 miles from Kirbymoorside, 9 from Helmsley. 

DROMANBY, GREAT, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkby, 
west-division of Langbarugh ; *Z\ miles from Stokesley, 10 from 
Guisbrou^h. 

D ROM AN BY, LITTLE, /. h. in the same township and parish; 3 
miles from Stokesley. 

DRUID'S TEMPLE* in the township of Ilton-with-Pott, and parish 
of Masbam ; 4 miles from Masham. 

This place consists of a collection of singularly rude Stones, erected at the 
expence of William Danby, Esq. of Sainton, upon whose moors it is situated. 

DUNBOGS, /. h. in the township and parish of Lythe; 6 miles 
from Whitby. 

DUNCOMBE-FARK, Che seat of Charles Buncombe, Esq.) in the 
township of Rievalx, and parish of Helmsley ; \ a mile from 
Helmslej T . 

This noble seat of the Duncombe family was built from a design of Sir John Van- 
burgh. " The character of the building is Doric, the east front is rather heavy, 
but the west presents a good specimen of that order. Here is a noble terrace, 
terminated by two handsome circular temples, from which is a most beautiful 
prospect. Embossomed in ti-ees appears the noble tower of Helmsley castle, and 
near it, occasionally, peeps forth part of the town ; and deep beneath is seen a 
beautiful valley, with the river Rye winding among hanging woods. On entering 
the hall the spectator is struck with the general air of greatness it conveys ; here 
is a fine piece of sculpture called the Dog of Alcibiades, said to be the work of 
Myron ;" Dallawav in his description of statuary and sculpture, says " it was 
discovered at Monte Cagnuoto, and procured by Henry Constantine Jennings, Esq. 
who brought it to England, and from whom it was transferred to Mr Buncombe 
for a 1000 guineas. It ranks among the five famous dogs of antiquity." Here is 
also the famous statue called Discobulus, which, says Gilpin, " is esteemed the 
first statute in England. It exhibits on every side the justest proportions, and the 
most pleasing attitudes." " Notwithstanding the pi-ejudice and illiberal language 
often u-ed against the fame of Sir John Vanburgh as a builder, he certainly con- 
trived to give an air of grandeur to his structures, rarely to be met with. The 
saloon here (now library) may be adduced among others m proof of the assertion, 
it possessing, an uncommon air of magnificence." It is 87 feet long, and 20 broad, 
thrown into three divisions by ionic columns, and adorned with four antique sta- 
tutes of Apollo, Bacchus, Mars, and Mercury, also two good busts of Cicero and 
Horace. The paintings, which are by the first masters, and in the highest esti- 
mation, are very numerous — they have been collected with great judgment, and 
the easy access to the seeing of them, says Daves, is an honourable testimony of 
he liberal spirit of their present owner. In this splendid collection of paintings 
ire the sco :r_ r inu r of Christ, painted by old Palmer, in successful competition with 
Titian; the head of St. Paul by Leonardo de Vinci, esteemed the finest work of 
lhat great painter ; a ma;rniu<-ent Land-storm, by Nichola Pousin ; and a Candle- 
light Scene (old woman and girl) by Rubens, purchased, it is said, for 1500 guineas. 
The lovers of poetry will, we presume, feel no small gratification from the perusal 
of the following poetical description, (never before printed) by the late Rev. Dr. 
Drake, addressed to Thomas Duncombe, E-q. 

I'ossapere, ei solos nio bene vivere,r/uorum 
Conspicitur nitidis, fund ata pecunia, villis. — Horat. 

Attend my muse, inspire the artless strains, 
And leave awhile those favor 'd southern plains : 



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Indulge no more the Poet's rapt'rous theme, 
Where Thames meandring, rolls his silver stream ; 
Twicknam's cool grot, or Chiswick's shady bowers, 
Or where fam'd Windsor rears his royal towers ; 
Aid me to sing, in these more northern climes, 
Groves yet unknown, and scenes untold in rhymes J 
O ! lend me Denham's pleasing fire, and skill, 
Helmsley shall shine in song like Cooper's Hill ; 
Here art, and nature, join their friendly aid, 
Rise in Rotund, or stretch in sylvan shade. 
On stately columns see the fabric rise, 
And Babel-like insult th' impending skies; 
Tho' strong, yet light, tho' massive, yet not coarse, 
With all Palladio's ease, and Vanburgh's force,; 
Within whose walls immortal Shakespeare shines, 
In Garrick's* action, and in Hogarth's lines ; 
Th' expressive features speak the tortur'd breast, 
And all the savage tyrant stands confest : 
Where Saturn's statue bids the iron shade 
Point the swift minutes, as they rise and fade : 
View the long terrace stretch'd on either hand, 
At whose extremes the Roman Temples stand ; 
Here various objects in perspective rise, 
Burst on the sight, and strike the wond'ring eyes : 
Extensive groves, that rising by degrees, 
Form a grand Circus 'midst the sloping trees ; 
Whilst through the vale the serpentizing flood 
Falls in cascades, and murmurs through the wood : 
Scenes such as these, not Poussin could design, 
Nor Wotton's genius form with rule, or line ; 
Nature's chief master-piece ! whose every grace 
No muse could fancy, nor no pencil trace ; 
Such as in fabl'd tempe's fertile plains, 
Still shine in song, and live in classic strains. 
Mark where in ruins lies the east retreat 
Of motley Villiersf — once the rich, and great : 
He who'erst liv'd in Charles' careless Court, 
In hours of pleasure, and in scenes of sport ; 
Who from his Monarch stole each power to please, 
Lull'd in the softness of that age of ease ; 
With ev'ry vice, and virtue in excess, 
Still in extremes, in plenty, or distress: 
Here sunk in sorrow, and depriv'd of all, 
They saw him greatly live, and meanly fall. 
View from yon summit nobler scenes arise, 
Romantic scenes, that steal upon the eyes : 
Nature's wild efforts [—where each ruder part 
Must charm beyond the rigid rules of art : 
Projecting rocks that o'er the vale suspend, 
Along whose sides the waving woods extend ; 
Gloomy recess ! when in that darkling time, 
The monkish muse first halted into rhyme ; 
Here suckling Clio chose her silent seat, 
And dawning science fix'dher rude retreat: 
Now low in ruins lies the learned pile, I 
Whose gothic seats ill-omen'd birds defile. 






The celebrated picture of Garrick in Richard III, 
f George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. 
% Rievalx Abbey. 



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The murm'ring Rye that rolls his streams along, 

Here seems to mourn in sympathy of song; 

While the brown ivy curls its wreaths around, 

And hollow echo dies in solemn sound. 

Hail gen'rous youth ! on whom kind heav'n bestows 

These seats of solitude, and calm repose ; 

You, who have all Romania's villas known, 

Yet seen no spot more noble than your own. 

Long may the scenes thus wild, without a waste, 

Amuse your leisure, and employ your taste ; 

Bid art with nature dignify the place, 

To Gothic rudeness, join each attic grace : 

See at your word the new Creation spring, 

Which some more able Bard in distant times shall sing. 

JVomersley, Yorkshire, 1749. 

DUNSLEY, in the township of Newholme-with-Dunsley. and parish 
of Whitby; 3| miles from Whitby, 19 from Guisbrough. — Pop. 
included in Newholme. 

This is a small village situated on the bay of Dumim Sinus, of Ptolemy, and 
at the northern termination of a Roman road, now called by the country people 
Wade's Causey, which crossed the moors from York, and where it appears pro- 
bable there was a Roman station, which Young, in his history of Whitby, supposes 
" has stood on the eminence in the middle of the village, where Dunsley chapel 
was afterwards erected." This chapel was destroyed at the dissolution. 

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EARBY, or IRBY, /. h. in the township and parish of West- 

Roimton ; 6| miles from Northallerton. 
EARBY-LODGE, (the seat of William Hutchinson, Esq.) in the 
township of Newsham, and parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth ; 8 
miles from Richmond. 
EARSWICK, in the parishes of Strensall and Huntington, wapen- 
take of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from 
York, 12 from Easingwold, 14 from Malton. — Pop. St. Pe- 
ter's, 113. 
EASB Y, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-West ; (the seat 
of Robert Jaqurs, Esq.) 1 mile from Richmond, 4 from Catterick. — 
Pop. 105. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Agatha, in 
thff deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 21. 13s. 4d. 
p. r. f78/. 8s. 2d. Patron, the King. 

Here is an hospital for four poor women, founded in 1732, by William Smith, 
then rector of Melsonby. A very singular discovery was made in this church 
about 1790, of an epitaph " pon the death of Richard Swale, gentleman," who 
died in 1533. It is written in four different languages, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, 
and English : " The circumstances attending the discovery are not less curious 
than t!*e thing itself.'' Full particulars of which, and the inscriptions, may be 
met with in the Gent's. Magazine for April 1790— History of Richmond, 4to. 
— and Whitaker's Yorkshire. Near to the parish church arc the venerable re- 
mains of the Abbey of St. Agatha, commonly called Easby-Abbey, situated on 
the northern banks of the Swale. It was founded about the year 1152, for Pre- 
monstratensian Canons by Roaldus, constable of Richmond castle, and dedicated 
to St. Agatha, to which Roger de Mowbray, Alan Bygot, and others were bene- 



32 NORTH-RIDING. 

factors. Richard le Scrope, of Bolton, in the time of Richard II. gave the Ab- 
bot and Convent 150/. per annum for the maintenance of ten Canons, over and 
above the number in the monastery, and two secular chaplains ; but Whitaker 
says he only meditated a donation, for which he obtained a licence that year. It 
was valued at the dissolution at 111/. 17s. 1 Id. — Dugdale. The last Abbot was 
Robei't Bampton, who surrendered it in 1535. The site with the possession of the 
monastery, was granted for 30 years to Lord Scrope, of Bolton, at an annual rent 
of 283/. 13^. lid. ; in 1557, it was sold by Philip and Mary to Ralph Gower, of 
of Richmond, for 660/. 3s. Ad. the tenure in- chief for Knight's service ; he dying, 
bequeathed the same to his son John, who being attainted of high treason, had all 
his estates confiscated to the Crown. In the reign of Elizabeth and James I. it 
was again in possession of the Scropes, of Bolton, and at length was purchased 
by Robert Jaques, Esq. for 45,000/. 
EASBY, in the parish of Stokesley, west-division of Langbarugh ; 
(Easby-Hall, the seat of Robert Champion, Esq.) 3| miles from 
Stokesley, 7 from Guisbrough. — Pop. 124. 
EAST-HOLME-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Thoraldby, and 

parish of Aysgarth ; 10 miles from Ley burn. 
EAST-FIELD, f. h. in the township of Mickleton, and parish of 

Romaldkirk ; 7 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 
EASINGTON, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugh ; 
10 miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Whitby, 18 from Stokesley, 
60 from York.— Pop. 507. The Church is a rectory, dedicated 
to All-Saints, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 14 J. 8s. 6d. 
Patron, the King. 
EASING WOLD, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Bulmer; 10 miles from Thirsk, 11 from Boroughbridge, 13 from 
York and Helmsley, 15 from Ripon, *20 from Malton, 212 from 
London. — Market, Friday. — Fairs, July 6, September 26, for 
cattle and sheep. — Principal Inns, Rose and Crown, and New- 
Inn. — Pop. 1,912. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All- 
Saints, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, $12. lis. Old Patron, the 
Bishop of Chester. 
EASTERSIDE, /. h. in the township of Bilsdale West-side, and 
parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Birdforth ; 7 miles from Helmsley. 
EAST-MOOR, ham. in the township and parish of Helmsley ; 4 miles 

from Helmsley, 8 from Kirbymoorside. 
EAST-RAW, in the township of Newholme-with-Dunsley, and 
parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 2| miles from 
Whitby. 
EAST-THORPE, 3 h, in the township and parish of Appleton-le- 
Street, wapentake of Rydale ; (East-Thorpe-House, the residence of 
the Rev. — Gatcliffe) 3 miles from Malton. 
EASTWOOD, s. h. m the township and parish of Barningham ; 1 mile 

from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 
EBBERTSON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering-Lythe; 
6 miles from Pickering, 10| from Scarborough, 13 from Malton, 
31 from York.— Pop. 505. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, 
in the deanry of Rydale, value, %5L 17s. 31c/. p. r. fSOL Patron r 
the Dean of York. 






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Here is a handsome rural seat of the Hotham family, constructed on the plan 
of a Roman villa. Oa the hill, north-east of the house, beyond the plantations, 
are some vestiges of a cave, called by the country people, El/win's or Elfrid's 
Hole, now almost filled up, over which was once placed, (as some old people now 
living can recollect) a stone, and afterwards a board, with an inscription to the 
following purport : — " Alfrid, King of Northumberland, was wounded in a bloody 
battle nigh this place, and was hid in a cave ; and from thence he was removed 
to Little Driffield, where he died." The battle, it is said, was fought on the west 
side of the village, now called the Bloody Field.— Young. 
EDGLEY\ f.k. in the township of Burton -with- Walden, and parish 

of Aysgarth ; 7 miles from Leyburn. 
EDSTONE, GREAT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 
2 miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Pickering", 12 from Malton, 
26 from York. — Pop. 156. The Church is a vicarage, in the 
deanry of Rydale, value, +7/. 10s. p. r. fi40L Patron, George 
Dowker, Esq. 

Over the south door of the Church is a Saxon Dial with an inscription, simi- 
lar to that at Kirkdale, but not so perfect. — Young. 
EDSTONE, LITTLE. /. h. a township, in the parish ofSinnington, 
wapentake of Rydale ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside, 7 frjm Pic- 
kering-, 8 from Helmsley, 10 from Malton. 
EGGLESTONE-ABBEY, in the township and parish of Rokeby, 
wapentake of Gilling-West ; 2 miles from Gretabridge and Bar- 
nardcastle, (Dur.) 

This Abbey, (which Dugdale and Leland by mistake call a Priory) is situ- 
ated upon the high cliffs of the Tees, almost opposite to Barnardcastle, was founded 
by Ralph de Multon, in the latter end of the reign of TIenry II. or beginning of 
that of Richard J. tor white Canons, and dedicated to St. Mary and St. John Bap- 
tist. It had revenues to the yearly value of 651. 5s. 6d. in the whole, and 37/. 
7*'. 2d. clour, Tanner — 31/. 8s. 3d. Dugdale; and was granted 2nd Edward VI. to 
Robert Shelley. The ruins of the Church are in the form of a Cross, and are 
considerable ; a part of the house is entire, and now occupied as a farm-house ;-* 
It is now destitute of monuments, but in the time of Leland, stood " too fait 
tumbes of gray marble, in the greater was buried, as I learned, one Syre Rafo 
Bowes ; and in the lesser, one of the Rokebys." — Burton — Tanner — Grose. 
EGTON, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugh ; 6 miles 
from Whitby, 14 from Pickering, 15 from Guisbrough, 54 from 
York. — Market, Tuesday before Palm-Sunday, and every Tuesday 
after May-day Fair, till Tuesday before old Midsnmmer-day, and 
another Market on Tuesday before old Michaelmas-day, for horses, 
cattle, sheep, &c. — Fairs, September 4, Tuesday before Novem- 
ber 2.'3, Tuesday before February 1 4, and Tuesday before May 
1 3, for horned cattle, &c. a hiring for Servants, November 5. — Pop. 
1.037. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Hilda, 
in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 30/. Patron, the Arch- 
bishop of York. 

It originally belonged to the Church of Lythe, from which it appears to have 

been severed previous to the year 1349, when the present one was consecrated by 

the Bishop of Damascus at Egton. The market, lor which charter was granted, 

l*2th of the reinu of William III. has now nearly fallen into disuse. 

EGTON-BANKS, 4 /. h. in the township and parish of Egton, 7 

miles from Whitby. 
EGTON-BRIDGEj ham, in the township and parish of Egton, east- 

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Si NORTH-RIDING. 

division of Langbarugh ; (the seat of Richard Smith, Esq.) 7 miles 
from Whitby. 
EGTON-GRANGE, f.h. in the township and parish of Egton; 8 

miles from Whitby. 
ELAM-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Kirklington; 

8 miles from Ripon. 
ELLERBECK, in the parish of Osmotherley, wapentake of Aller- 
tonshire; 6 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk, 11 from 
Yarm and Stokesley. — Pop. .81. 
ELLERBURN, a parish, in the wapentake of Pickering-Ly the, ; 2 
miles from Pickering, 9 from Malton, 19 from Whitby, 27 from 
York. — The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Hilda, value, 
•fll. As. 9\d. p. r. fl45Z. Patron, the Dean of York. 

Tn this parish are two townships, viz. Wilton and Farmanby, nearly one mile 
from the parish Church, there being no village of the name of Ellerburn. 
ELLERBY, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of the wapentake 
of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Whitby, 15 from Guisbrough, 23 
from Stokesley. — Pop. 80. 
ELLERTON, or ELLERTON- ABBEY, in the township M EI- 
lerton-with-Stainton, and parish of Downholme, wapentake of 
Hang- West; 3 miles from Reeth, 8 from Richmond. 

Here was a small Priory of Cistertian Nuns, founded, it is supposed, by 
Warnerus, Chief Steward to the. Earl of Richmond, in the time of Henry II. It 
was surrendered, 26th Henry VIII. by Johanna the last prioress, and was valued 
at \5L Ids. 6d. clear. — Burton. It was situated on the south banks of the Swale, 
a little below the Priory of Marriclc, very little of which now remains. The Shell 
pf.the Church is entire. 
ELLERTON-UPON-SWALE, in the parish of Catterick, wapen- 
take of Gilling-East; 1 mile from Catterick, 6 from Richmond, 
10 from Northallerton. — Pop. 1 40. 

Ellerton is famous for being the birth-place of Henry Jenkins, who was born 
in 1500, and died in 1670, being then 169 years old." He remembered the battle 
of Flodden Field, being at that time 12 years of age, when he was sent to Northal - 
lerton with arrows for the army. In the church-yard of Bolton is a plam stone 
pillar, on which is the following inscription on one side of the pedestal. 
This monument was 
Erected by CONTRIBUTION 
In ye year 1743, to ye memory of 
HENRY JENKINS. 
On the other, 
HENRY JENKINS, 
aged 169; 
and in the Church is a Monument to his memory, with an inscription written by 
Dr. Thomas Chapman. 
ELLING STRING, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang- 
East, liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Masham, 6| from Mid- 
dleham, 9 from Richmond. — Pop. 204. 
ELLINGTON, HIGH, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of 
Hang-East ; 5 miles from Masham, 9 from Richmond.— Pop. 152. 
ELLINGTON, LOW, in the township of High-Ellington, and 
parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang- East, a part in the libert}* 
of St. Peter; 4 miles from Masham, 6| from Middleham. 
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wapentake of Buhner; 3 miles From Borougbbridge, 7 from Ripon, 
10 from Ensingwold. Adjoining the principal house is a Presbyte- 
rian-Chapel, liberally endowed by the family or ancestors of Lord 
Grantley. 

ELMYRE, in the township of Ehnyre-cum-Crakehall, in the parish 
of Topcliffe, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles from Thirsk, 7 
from Ripon. — Pop. including Crakehall, 78. 

ELM -HO USE, (the seat of Thomas Other, Esq.) in the township of 
Redmire, and narish of Wensley ; 4 miles from Leyburn. 

ENTERCOMMON, HIGH, p. h. and toll-bar, in the township 
and parish of Great-Smeaton, wapentake of Gilling-East ; 8 miles 
from Northallerton, Darlington, and Yarm. 

ENTERCOMMON, LOW, /. h. in the same township and parish. 

EPPLEBY, in the parish of Gi Hi ng, wapentake of G iiiing- West ; 
8 miles from Richmond and Darlington. — Pop. 157. 

ESKDALESIDE, a township, in the parish of Whitby, wapentake 
of Whitby-Strand ; 5 miles from Whitby, 17 from Pickering.—- 
Pop. 395. 

Here was formerly a Hermitage, but when or by whom it was founded, or at 
what time it ceased to be used as such, is not known : it would seem from Young's 
Whitby, that it had been converted into an Ordinary Chapel previous to 1226. 
The chapel which was called St. John's, is now in ruins, and in which state it 
appears to have been in 1774, when Grose took the view which he has inserted in, 
his Antiquities, (vol. vi.) and where may be found a full account of the murder of 
the Monk at Whitby, which he tells us, gave rise to the building of this chapel. 
— Young. 

ESKE YLITH, s. k. in the township and parish of Arkengar-hdale ; 
4 miles from Reeth. 

ESKLITTS, s. h. in the township of Westerdale, and parish of 
Stokeslev ; \\ miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Stokesley. 

ESTON, in the parish of Ormesby, east-division of Langbarugh : 4 
miles from Guisbrough, 8 from Stokesiey, 81 from Stockton, 
(Dur.J — -Pop. 272. The Chapel which is ancient, and situated a 
little distance from the village, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 
20/. Patron, the Dean of York 

Above the village is the promontory called Eston-Nab, where a Beacon was 
erected during the late wars, commanding a prospect both of sea and land, which 
for variety and extent, can be rarely equalled. — "On the summit of this pro- 
montary," says Graves in his History of Cleveland, " there is an ancient encamp- 
ment, conjectured to be of Saxon origin, consisting of a double circle of rough 
loose stones ; the inner rampart or entrenchment being 150 paces in circumference, 
the whole still perfect, except on the north, where a Miiall portion of the cm-le 
is cut off bv the abruptness of the rock, which on that side is nearlv perpendicu- 
lar. » 

EVERLEY, ham. in the township of Suffield-with-Everley. and 
parish of Hackness, wapentake of Whitby-Strand , 4 1 miles from 
Scarborough, 18 from Whitby. — Pop. included in Suffield. 
EWE or WETHER-COTE, /. h. in the township of Skiplam, and 

parish of Kirkdale ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside. 
EXELBY, in the township of Exelby, Leeming, and Newton, 
and parish of Burneston, wapentake of Hallikeid ; 2 miles from 
Bedale, 8 from Masham, 9 from Northallerton. — Pop. including 
Leeming and Newton, 562. 



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EXELBY-GRANGE, /. A. in the same township and parish ; 2| 
miles from Bedale. 

EYREHOLME, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling- 
East; 4 \ miles from Darlington, (Dur.) \\ from Richmond, 12 
from Northallerton. — Pop. 1 77. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
underfilling-, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p. r. 63/. 10.9. 4c?. 

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FACEBY, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; 
(Faceby- Lodge, the residence of James Favell, Esq.) 4 miles from 
Stokesley, 9 from Yarm, 12 from Northallerton, 39 from York. — 
Pop. 1 78. The Church, which was formerly a donative benefice, 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the 
deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 36/. \6s. Patrons, Trustees of 
the late George Sutton, Esq. The principal part of the township 
is within the parish of Whorlton. 

FADMGOR, in the parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Ry dale ; 
2 miles from Kirbymoorside, 7 from Helmsley, 16 from Maiton. — 
Pop. 1 62. 

FAGGER-GILL, 3 or 4 k. in the township and parish of Arken- 
garthdale ; 6 miles from Reeth. 

FALLING-FOSS, s. h. in the township and parish of Sneaton ; 7 
miles from Whitby. 

FALSGRA VE, in the parish and borough of Scarborough, wapentake 
of Pickering-Lythe ; 1 mile from Scarborough. — Pop. 345. 

A fine stream of water is conveyed from this village in channels of hollowed 
stones, to the town of Scarborough. — Hindeiuvell. 

FAREHOLME, 2/. h. in the township of Morton-upon-Swale, and 
parish of A inderby -Steeple; 5 miles from Northallerton. 

FARLINGTON, a parish-town in the wapentake of Buhner; 6 
miles from Easingwold, 10 from York. 13 from Malton.-Pop. 170, 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Leonard, in the 
deanry of Bulmer, value, f\S3L 12s. Patron, the Archbishop of 
York. 

FARMANB Y, in the parishes of Ellerburn and Thornton, wapentake 
of Pickering-Lythe ; 2| miles from Pickering, 9 from Maiton, 12 
from Whitby.— Pop. 403. 

For a?i account of the hospital, see Thornton which adjoins this place. 

FARNDALE, EAST-SIDE, or HIGH-QUARTER, a township, 
in the parish of Lastingbam, wapentake of Rydale ; 4 miles from 
Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley and Pickering. — Pop. 455. 

FARNDALE, WEST-SIDE, or LOW-QUARTER, a township, 
in the parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale; 4 miles from 
Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley and Pickering. — Pop. 213. 

FAWCETTS, /. L in the township of Mickleby, and parish of 
Lythe ; 7| miles from "Whitby. 

FAWDINGTON, in the parish of Cundall, wapentake of Birdforth; 
5 miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from Easingwold. — Pop. included 
in Bagby. Fawdington is in the constablery of Bagby, but a 
township of itself. 



NORTH-RIDING. 37 

FEARBY, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang- East; 2 

miles from Masham, 8 from Richmond and Bedale — Pop. 214. 
FEETHAM, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grin- 
ton ,• 3 miles from Reeth. 
FEETHAM-HOLME, ham. in the township of G rinton-with- 

Whitaside, and parish of Grinton ; 3 miles from Reeth. 
FELDOM, 4 /. h. in the township and parish of Marske ; 4 miles 

from Richmond. 8 from Reetb. 
FELISKIRK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth; 3 miles 
from Thirsk, 11 from Helmsley, 13 from Easingwold, 26 from 
York. — Pop. 113. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Felix, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 10/. Patron the Archbishop 
of York. 
FENCOTE, GREAT, in the township and parish of Kirkby-Flee- 
tham, wapentake of Hang- East; 4 miles from Bedale, 10 from 
Richmond. 
FENCOTE. LITTLE, in the same township and parish. 
FIELDS, LOW, 5 /. h. in the township and parish of Kirkby- 
Fleetham, wapentake of Hang-East ; 3 miles from Catterick, 6 
from Bedale, 9 from Richmond. 
FIELD-HOUSE, (the seat of Christopher Richardson, Esq.) in the 
township of Ruswarp, and parish of Whitby ; 2 miles from Whitby. 
FILEY, a parish-town and township, in the wapentakes of Pickering- 
Lythe and Dickering (E. RJ ; 8 miles from Scarborough, 9 from 
Bridlington, 18 from Driffield, 39 from York. The Church, 
(which with a/, h. are the only parts in the North-Riding) is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Dic- 
kering, value, p. r. 120/. Patron, Humphrey Osbaldeston, Esq. 

Filey is a small fishing town, south-east of Scarborough. It is particularly 
celebrated for its excellent fish and lobsters. The sands, which sweep round a 
beautifully curved bay of four or five miles in extent, are bounded on the north 
by a remarkable ridge of rocks, projecting nearly half a mile into the sea, and 
distinguished by the name of Filey- Bridge, and thought to resemble the cele- 
brated Mole of Tangier in Africa. Their pouthorn limit is a stupendous range of 
chalk-cliff's, running onward to Flamborough Head. 
FINGALL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 
miles from Lej'burn and Middleham 7 from Bedale. — Pop. 126. 
The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry 
of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 18/. ISs. 4 d. Patron, the 
Rev. Christopher Wyville. 
FIRBY. in the parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang-East; 1 mile 

from Bedale. 6 from Masham, 9 from Northallerton. — Pop. 76. 
FIRBY-GRANGE, ham. in the township of Firby, and parish of 

Bedale. wapentake of Hang-East ; 1 mile from Bedale. 
FISHER'S-LODGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Tanfield; 7 

miles from Ripon, 5 from Masham. 
FLASK-INN, in the township and parish of Fylingdale ; 9 miles 

from Whitby, 1 1 from Scarborough. 
FLAWITH, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of Bulmer, liberty 
of St. Peter; 5 miles from Easingwold and Boroughbridge, 12 
from York.— Pop. 94. 



38 NORTH-RIDING. 

FLAXTON, in the parishes of Bossall and Foston, wapentake of 
Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 9 miles from York, 9 § 
from Malton, 1 1 from Easingwold. — Pop. 299. Here is a Chapel 
to Bossall. 

FLEETHAM, in the parish of Kirkby-Fleetkam, in the wapentake of 
Hang- East; 5 miles from Bedale, 9 from Richmond. — Pop. 566. 

FLEETHAM, KIRKBY, a parish, in the wapentake of Hang- 
East ; (Kirkby-Hall, the seat of Mrs Lawrence) 5 miles from Bedale, 
8 from Richmond. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Mary, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 9/. 
18s. 2d. p. r. *147/. 17*. 6d. Patron, the King. 

FLEENSOP, ham. in the township of Carlton-high-dale, and parish 
of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West ; 7 miles from Middleham. 

FLUIDS HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of East-Witton- 
within, 3 miles from Middleham. 

FOOLRICE, ham. in the townships and parishes of Bransby and 
Whenby, wapentake of Bulmer; 7 miles from Easingwold, 12 
from Malton, 1 4 from York. 

FORCETT, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 
(For cett- Hall, late the seat of Charles Mitchell, Esq.) 7 miles from 
Richmond, 8 from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Barnard castle, 
(Dur.) — Pop. 86. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated ta 
St. Cuthbert, value, p. r. 1*38/. Patron, the Vicar of Gilling. 

FOSSDALE /. h. in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish of 
Aysgarth • 1 \ mile from Hawes. 

FOSTON, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Bulmer ; 7| miles 
from Malton, 11 from York, 13 from Easingwold. — Pop. 91. 
The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry 
of Bulmer, value, 14/. Patron, the King. 

FOXBERR Y,/. h. in the township of Caldwell, and parish of St. John 
Stanwick ; 7 miles from Richmond. 

FOXHALL, p. h. in the township of Ravensworth, and parish of 
Kirkby -Ravensworth ; 6 miles from Richmond, 7 from Catterick. 

FOXTON, ham. in the township of Thimbleby, and parish of Sigston, 
wapentake of Allertonshire ; 5 miles from Northallerton. 

FOXTON, ham. in the township and parish of Crathorne, wapentake 
of Langbarugh ; 4 miles fom Yarm. 

FREEBURGH-HILL, in the township of Moorshohne, and parish 
of Skelton ; 4 miles from Skelton. 

Conjectured by some to have been a Druidical work. It is a detached moun- 
tain of a conical form, having a natural rock on its top now worked as a quarry. — 
Graves. 

FREMINGTON, in the township of Reetb, and parish of Grinton, 
wapentake of Gilling- West ; (A. D. Hall, the residence ofG. Leigh 
Heck, Esq.) 1 mile from Reeth, 9 from Richmond. 

Here is a School founded in 1643, by Mr Alderman James Hutchinson of 
York, and endowed by him with a salary of about 70/. per annum, arising from 
lands at Gate-Fulford and Fremington ; to be kept in repair by the master of the 
said School. 



NORTH-RIDING. 39 

FRITH, 2 h. in the township of Maker, and parish of Grinton ; 7 
miles from Askrigg, 14 from Reeth. 

FRYOP, GREAT and LTTTLE, 2 dales, in the township and 
parish of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh ; 1 1 miles from Guis- 
brougb, 1 5 from Stokesley . 

FRYTON, in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of Rydale; 7§ 
miles from Malton, 9 from Helmsley and Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 62. 

FYLINGDALE, a dale, and parish, in the wapentake of Whitby- 
Strand ; 7 miles from Whitby, 14 from Scarborough, 16 from 
Pickering, 43 from York. — Pop. 61. The Church of Fyling is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Stephen, in the deanry of Cleve- 
land, value, p. r. +106/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

FYLING-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Fylingdale ; 7 
miles from Whitby. 

This was formerly the seat of Sir Hugh Cholmley, which he sold to 
his kinsman, Sir John Hotham, in 1634, and in which family it now remains. 

G 

GAILES, in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth, wapentake of Gil- 

ling-West; 5 miles frOm Richmond, 7 from Gretabridge, 10 from 

Barnardcastle, (Dur.)— Pop. 218. 
GAL LOW-GREEN, s. h. in the township and parish of Sneaton ; 

2 miles from Whitby. 
GAL LOW-HE ADS, /. h. in the township of Marton, and parish of 

Sinnington ; 3 miles from Pickering. 
GAMMERSGILL, ham. in the township of Carlton-high-dale, and 

parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West; 6| miles from 

Middleham, 1\ from Leyburn, 9 from Kettlewell. 
GANTHORPE, in the parish of Terrington, wapentake of Bulmer ; 

{the seat of Mrs Forth) 6 miles from Malton, 10 from EasingwoW* 

lo from York.— Pop. 106. 
GARRISTON, in the parish of West-Hawkswell, wapentake of 

Hang- West ; 3 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 6 from 

Richmond. — Pop. 52. 
GATHERLEY, HIGH and LOW, 2 /. k. in the township of 

JMoulton, and parish of Middleton-Tyas ; 5 miles from Richmond, 

6 from Catterick. 
GATENBY, in the parish of Burneston, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4| 

miles from-Bedale, 9 from Northallerton, 13 from Ripon. — Pop. 88. 
GAYLE, ham. in the township of Hawes, and parish of Aysgarth, 

wapentake of Hang- West ; \ a mile from Hawes, h\ from Askrigg. 
About 200 yards east of this place are to be ?een the vestiges of a Roman 

encampment, supposed to have been an out-post to the Roman station on Borough- 
Hill, near Bainbridge. 
GA YLE-BANK, /. h. in the township and parish of Wensley ; 3 

miles from Leyburn and Middleham. 
GEBDYKE, /. h. in the township and parish of Well j 1 mile from 

Masham. 5 from Bedale. 



40 NORTH-RIDING. 

GERSHAM, /. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Ro- 
maldkirk; 16 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 20 from Greta- 
bridge. 

GERRICK, ham. in the township of Great-Moorsholme, and parish 
of Skelton, east-division of Langbarugh. 

GILES-ALLEY, /. h. in the township of Coverhani-with-Aggle- 
thorpe, and parish of Coverham ; 2 miles from Middleham. 

GILES, ST. /. h. in the township of Brough, and parish of Catterick ; 
3 miles from Catterick and Richmond. 

On the south side of the Swale, opposite to Brompton, " was the ancient 
Hospital of St. Giles, founded, it is supposed, by Henry Fitz Randolph, of Ravens- 
worth, in the beginning of the reign of Henry III. the master of which, held two 
bovates of land in Brompton. The annual payment of 81. which constituted the 
principal part of its revenues, at the reformation, was then confiscated to the 
Crown, and becoming afterwards a rent-charge upon the estate of Sir John Law- 
son, of Brough-Hall, it was purchased by him some years ago from the Crown. 
The hospital was for a long time after its dissolution, made use of as a farm-house, 
but wanting many repairs, it was pulled down, and every appearance of it is now 
obliterated. The site, and the estate belonging to it, is now the property of Sir 
Henry Maire Lawson, Bart." 

GILLAMOOR, in the parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Ry- 
daie; 2 miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Helmsley, 16 from 
Malton. — Pop. 195. It is a Chapel of Ease to Kirbymoorside. 

GILLING, a parish-town in the wapentake of Giliing-West ; (the 
seat of the Rev. William Wharton.) 3 miles from Richmond, 5 from 
Catterick, 8| from Gretabridge, 47 from York. — Pop. 921. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Agatha, in the deanry of 
Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 23/. lis. 5\d. Patron, John 
Wharton, Esq. 

It was here that Oswyn, King of Deira, was murdered by Oswin of Bernicia, 
A. D. 651. To atone for this foul murder, Eanfleda, wife of Oswin, who was also 
related to Oswyn, founded the monastery oflngethlingum, so called by Bede, not a 
vestige of which is now to be seen. Gilling is remarkable also as having been the 
residence of the Saxon Edwin and his progenitors. The Castle, the seat of the 
Saxon Earls was situated upon a hill, nearly a mile to the south of the village, 
the vestiges of which were removed some time since. 

GILLING, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale; (Gilling- 
Castle, the seat of Charles Gregory Fairfax, Esq.) 5 miles from 
Helmsley, 8| from Easingwold, 10 from Kirbymoorside, 18 from 
York. — Pop. 168. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to the 
Holy-Cross, in the deanry of Rydale. value, 13/. 10s. Patrons, the 
Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge. 

The Castle here, which stands upon an eminence on the west side of the 
village, formerly belonged to the family of the Mowbrays, has now been long in 
the possession of the ancient family of the Fairfax's. — Camden. The most 
ancient part is the east end which is circular, and commands the vale below. 
Thos. Fairfax came into possession of Gilling-Castle and Estate, 7th of Henry VII. in 
consequence of his marriage with Elizabeth Etton.— Drake. In this Castle, " a 
singular record is extant of the gentry in this county in the beginning of the 
reign of Queen Elizabeth. In the upper part of the pannels of the wainscot of 
the great dining-room, are painted armorial trees, bearing the arms of each family 
in every wapentake in this county at that period, one wapentake occupying each 
pannel, all of which, together with the beautiful finishing, wainscotting, and can- 
ing of the whole room, are still in perfect preservation." — Strickland. 



NORTH-RIDING. 41 

GIL LING -EAST, a wapentake, situate on the west-side of Aller- 
tonsbire, being separated from that wapentake by the River- Wiske ? 
and from the county of Durham, on the north, by the Tees. It is 
a low, warm, and fertile tract, without one Market-Town ; and 
contains 32 townships. 10 of which are parish-towns, 1,453 
inhabited houses, and 7,200 inhabitants. 

GILLING-WEST, the western part of the ancient wapentake of 
Gilling, which contains a large part of that district called Rich- 
mondshire, its southern boundary is the Swale, and the northern 
the Tees, whilst it has Westmorland on the west. It is a moun- 
tainous district, and has only two Market-Towns, Richmond and 
Reeth. It contains 49 townships, 16 of which are parishes, 
3,392 inhabited houses, and 1 7,735 inhabitants. Giiling-East, 
and West have unquestionably at some early period been one 
wapentake, but at what time separated does not appear to be known* 

GILMOjNB Y, in the parish of Bowes, wapentake of Gilling- West ; 
4 miles from Barnardcastle, (Bar.) 7 from Gretabridge, 17 from 
Richmond. — Pop. 175. 

GIRLINGTON, /. ft. in the township of Thorpe, and parish of 
Wycliffe; 6 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 9 vfrom Richmond. 

GIRSBY, in the parish of Sockburn, (Dur.) wapentake of Aller- 
tonshire; 6 miles from Yarm, 7 from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from 
Northallerton. -Pop. 85. 

GLASEDALE, a township, in the parish of Danby, east-division of 
Lang'oarugh ; 9 miles from Whitby, 15 from Guisbrough, 19 from 
Stokesley. — Pop. 1.043. The Chapel here is a perpetual curacy, 
value, +38/. 16s. ]Qd. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Glase- 
dale is a fertile valley, watered by the Esk. 

GODELAND or GOADLAND, a township, in the parish of Pic- 
kering, wapeutake of Pickering-Lythe; 10 miles from Whitby, 
1 1 from Pickering. — Pop. 335. Here is a Chapel of ease to 
Pickering. 

Here was a Hermitage granted by Henry I. 1117, to Osmund, a Priest, and 
a few Brethren, who took up their habitation there, but soon after transferred to 
the Abbey of Whitby. It was dedicated to St. Mary, and probably stood above a 
mile norrh-east of the present Godeiand Chapel, at a place called Abbot's House.—* 
Purtov. — Young. 

GOLDSBROUGH, in the township and parish of Ly the ; east-divi- 
sion of Langbaruffh; 6 miles from Whitby, 16 from Guisbrough. 

GOLDSBROUGH-FIELD-HOUSE, s. h. in the township and 
parish of Lythe ; 6 miles from Whitby. 

GOULTON, ham. in the township of Potto, and parish of Whorl- 
ton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 4 miles from Stokesley. . 

GOW 7 NLEYFOOT, ham. in the township of Healey-with-Sutton, 
and parish of Masham ; 4 miles from Masham. 

GRANGE, ham. in the township of Low-Abbotside, and parish of 
Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Askrigg, 4 from Hawes. 

In 1807, Christopher Alderson, Esq. of Homerton, Middlesex, a native of 
Askrigg, founded and tndowed here an Aims-House, for 6 poor widows, with 10£ 
per annum each. Not far from this place, " and close to Meerbeck," Dr. 
Whitaker informs us, " is the original site of Jervaulx- Abbey, since ite aban- 

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42 NORTH-RIDING. 

donment, long kn6Wn by the name of Dale-Grange, and now by that of the Grange 
alone. The Abbey of Fors, or de Caritate, stood almost on the brink of the 
Meerbeck, about 100 yards south from the road leading from Askrigg to Bain- 
bridge. Some recent alterations having been made in a barn which occupies the 
spot, I discovered one round-headed light, a genuine remnant of the original 
building ; and there still remains in the wall a single tiefoil window, from which 
I infer that the Monks of Jervaulx, out of reverence to the place of their origin, 
maintained a small cell upon the site long after, and perhaps to the dissolution." 

GRANGE, 3/. h. in the township and parish of Oswaldkirk; %\ 
miles from Helmsley. 

QRA SING-NOOK, /. h. in the township and parish of Fingall; 6 
miles from Leyburn. 

GRAYSTONES, /. h. in the township of Caldwell, and parish of 
St. John Stanwick ; 5 miles from Darlington, (Durham.) 

GREENGATES, /. k. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of 
Romaldkirk ; 1 miles from Barnardcastle, (Durham.) 

GREENHOWE, in the parish of Ingleby-Greenhowe, west-division 
of Langbarugh ; 5 miles from Stokesley, 1 1 from Guisbrough, 13 
from Yarm. — Pop. 102. 

GREENS, 2f. h. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton ; 
10 miles from Reeth. 

GRENDALE.— See Handale. 

GRETABRIDGE, two Inns, the George Inn, (Post-Office) on the 
north side of the river ; and the Moritt's Arras on the south, both 
Posting-houses, in the township and parish of Brignall, wapen- 
take of Gilling- West ; 3 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 1 2 from 
Richmond, 13 from Reeth, (moor road) 14 from Catterick-Bridge, 
19 from Brough, (Westm.) 

Near to this place are vestiges of a Roman Camp, and old Coins are fre- 
quently found here. Not long since a Roman Altar was discovered, having a 
Roman Inscription upon it.— Camden. The encampment here alluded to, is 
immediately behind the George Inn. 

GRIMESCAR, a Mill and/, h. in the township and parish of Scru- 
ton ; 3 miles from Bedale, 6 from Northallerton. 

GRIMESTONE, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Rydale ; 
6 miles from Helmsley, 10 from Kirbymoorside, 14 from Mai ton. 
Pop. 56. 

GRINKLE-PARK, (the seat of Robert Wharton Myddleton, Esq.) 
in the township and parish of Easington ; 1 1 miles from Guis- 
brough, 1 4 from Whitby. 

GRINTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 1 mile 
from Reeth, 7 from Leyburn, 10 from Richmond, 49 from York. 
Pop. 689. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in 
the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, £12/. 5s. Id. p. r. 
140/. Patron the King. This parish is situated at the head of 
Swaledale. 

GRINTON-CASTLE, (a shooting residence of the Rev. William Carr 
Fenton* now occupied by Col. Hillyard) in the township of Grinton, 
and parish of Grinton ; I § mile from Reeth. 

GRISTHORPE, in the parish of Filey, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe; 6 miles from Scarborough, 12 from Bridlington, 18 from 
Pickering. — Pop. %\Z. 



NORTH-RIDING. 43 

GRISTHWAITE, 3 /. h. in the township and parish of Topcliffe. 
wapentake of Bird forth; 'Z\ miles from Thirsk, 9 from Ripon. 

GROW MOND-ABBEY, in the township and parish of Egton, east- 
division of Langbarugh ; 8 miles from Whitby, 19 fromGuisbrough, 
21 from Stokesley. 

This was a Cell to the Abbey of Gramont, in France, 'given by Joan, wife of 
Robert de Turnham, and confirmed by King John, in the 15th year of his reign. 
At the general dissolution it was valued, according to Dugdale, at 12/. 2s. Sd. and 
according to Speed, at 14/. 2s. Sd. The site, 35 Henry VIII. was granted to 
Edward Wright, Esq. for the sum of 184/. 13s. 2d. subject to a yearly payment of 
ISs. lOd. The next year it came into the possession of Sir Richard Cholmley, 
Knight, and continued till 1668, and now belongs to Richard and Matthew Agar, 
and Mr John Linskill. From the ruins of the convent a spacious farm-house 
with out-offices, has been long ago erected, at the west-end of the Priory Church. 
Burtox . — Graves. It was situated on the northern banks of the River Esk. 

GROWMOND-BRIDGE, in the township and parish of Egton ; 
8 miles from Whitb3 r . 

Near this place are the remains of an ancient Forge, where Iron has been 
manufactured, occupying a space about 100 feet square. — Young. 

GUISBROUGH. a market and parish-town, in the east-division of 
Langbarugh ; 8 miles from Stokesley and Redcar, 12 from Stock- 
ton, (Dur.) 14 from Yarm, 21 from Whitby, 24 from Kirbymoor- 
side, 5\ from York, 248 from London. — Market, Tuesday. — Fairs, 
the last Tuesdays in March and April ; Tuesday before Whitsun- 
tide ; third Tuesdays in August and Sept. ; second Tuesday in 
Nov. for horned cattle, horses, &c. last Tuesday in June for long 
wool, and last Tuesday in July for short wool. — Principal Lin, the 
Cock. — Pop. 1,912. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. £100/. 
Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

Robert Chaloner, Esq. obtained the King's Letters Patent for these Fairs ami 
Mar ho in 1M4. 

The town is of considerable antiquity, and is supposed by Baxter to be the 
Urbs Caluvium of the Romans, although it does not appear that any Roman re- 
mains have been found here. In Doomsday-Book it is called Ghigesburg, and 
at that time contained three manors, one of which was an ancient demesne of the 
Crown : at an early period after the Conquest, these manors became united under 
the fee of Robert de Brus, Lord of Skelton, who, at the instance of Pope Calixtus 
II. and Thurstin Archbishop of York, in 1129, [Camden states the date to be 
1119, making a difference of 10 years, and as Pope Calixtus II. by whose advice 
the Priory was built, died in 1124, it is more than probable that he is correct] 
founded here a rich and magnificent Priory for Canons regular of the order of St. 
Austin, and dedicated it to the Virgin Mary. — Chroxic Johaxnis Bromptox. 
Few monastic ruins can boast of the stately grandeur of this Priory. The large 
east window, which forms a part of its venerable remains, is a complete model of 
the finest gothic architecture, which makes one lament that more ol this beautiful 
etructure has not been preserved. 

" but all things have their end ; 

" Churches and cities (which have diseases like to men,) 
" Most have like death that we have." 
The founder died in 1141, and was buried in this monastery, as were many 
of his successors ; it was also the common burial place of most of the nobility of 
these parts. The yearly revenues of these Monks were estimated at 628/. 3s. Ad. 
Dugdale — and 612/. 6s. 6d. Speed. It was surrendered by Robert Puraglove 
alias Silvester, in 1540, who had a pen-ion of 166/. 13s. Ad. assigned him out of 
the revenues. The site was granted, 4th Edward VI. to Sir Thomas Chaloner, 
and is at present the property of his descendant, Robert Chaloner, Esq, In the 



44 NORTH-RIDING. 

Cottonian Library there is a curious letter, from which it appears that ■' the 
Prior of Guisbrough kept a pompous house, in so much that the towne consyst- 
inge of 500 householders had no lande, but lyved all on the abbey" and that " a 
Steward of theirs was turned out of office, because he had aforehand bufroneh/ 
four hundred quarters of groyne to serve their house." Except the great east 
window, little remains of this once magnificent edifice, but a small gateway to- 
wards the west. The famous Walter Hemingford, a chronicler of much celebrity, 
whose work extends from 1066 to 1303, was an ecclesiastic in this priory. In 
those days every abbey had at least one person, whose office it was to instruct 
youth; and the .historians of this country are chiefly beholden to the Monks for 
their knowledge of former national events. In these houses the arts of painting, 
architecture, and printing, were likewise cultivated. Here were formerly the 
first Alum-works in England. The art was first brought by that learned natura- 
list, Sir Thomas Chaloner, from the Pope's Alum-works at Rome, for which his 
holiness fulminated an anathema against him, as well as against those he had se- 
duced. Here is a Grammar- School and Hospital, situated on the north side of 
the Church-yard, founded by Letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, dated 19th of 
June, 1561, granted to Robert Pursglove, clerk, the last Prior of Guisbrough, 
who endowed the same with his lands, &c. at Bolarn, in the parish of Gainforth, 
and with 68a. Or. 26p. in the parish of Smeaton, in this county. By a late divi- 
sion of the common fields at Bolam and some additional grants to this charity, its 
revenues have been greatly increased, — the lands being now 361 acres, and its 
present rental 375/. 15s. 1\d. per annum. The School-house adjoins the Hospi- 
tal on the east — The master's salary 50/. — Ten boys on the foundation. — There 
are six old men and women in the hospital, who have clothing and 5s. per week, 
with a small dwelling, and 11. 8s. per annum for coals. — Carlisle's Hist, of Gram. 
Schools. Mr G. Venables, an old inhabitant of the tower, London, died Aug. 1814, 
was made the honoured instrument of founding a noble edifice here, called Providence 
School, in which are constantly educated ninety poor children. To accomplish this 
great and important work, he travelled upwards of 20,000 miles at his own ex- 
expence;-— Gent. Magaz. Sept. 1814. 
GUELDABLE, properly GELDABLE,— See Borrowby in Aller- 

tonshire, of which this is a part. 

Its name implies that it paid Geldage or Danegeld. Geldum, Gildum, and 
Geldage are frequently mentioned in Doomsday . It was an annual tax of 2s. im- 
posed in the reign of King Ethelred, on every hide of arable land in the kingdom. 
GUNNERSIDE or GUNNERSETT, in the township of Melbecks, 

and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling- West ; 6 miles from 

Reeth, 8 from Askrigg. 

H 

HABTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kirbymisperton, wapentake 
of Picked ng-Ly the ; 4 miles from Malton, 6 from Pickering, 9 
from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 136. 

HABTON, LITTLE, in the parish of Kirl^misperton, wapentake 
of Pickering-Ly the ; 4 miles from Maiton, 6 from Pickering, 9 
from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 50. 

HACK FORTH, in the parish of Hornby, wapentake of Hang-East, 
liberties of St. Peter and Richmondsbire ; 3 miles from Catterick, 
4 from Bedale, 8 from Richmond — Pop. 134. 

Here was born about 1474, the celebrated Bishop Tunstall. He was a na- 
tural son of a Mr Tunstall, by a daughter of the Conyers family. He studied at 
Oxford, Cambridge, and at Padua, where he took the degree of Doctor of Laws, 
and was accounted the best Mathematician of his time. He was consecrated 
Bishop of London in 1522 ; and the year following made keeper of the Privy Seal. 
In 1527 he attended Cardinal Wolsey in his pompous embassy into France ; and 
in 1530 was translated to the bishopric of Durham, of which he was deprived in 






NORTH-RIDING. 45 

the reign of Elizabeth, for denying her supremacy ; having previously been sent 
to the tower in lool, where he continued a prisoner till 1553. He died in the 
Palace at Lambeth, Nov. IS, 1559, when in the custody of Parker, Archbishop of 
Canterbury. He wrote " De Arte Supputandi" Lond. 1522, 4to. and o other 
works— Gen. Biog. Diet. — Nichols 7 Lit. Anecdotes. 

HACKNESS, a parish-town in the wapentake of Whitby -Strand. 
(the seat of Sir Richard Bejnpde Johnstone, Bart.) 4 miles from Scar- 
borough, 1 4 from Pickering, 1 7 from Whitby, 40 from York. 
Pop. 143. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
Peter, in the deanry of Dickering, value, p. r. f88/. Patron, Sir 
Richard Beropde Johnstone, Bart. 

In 1088, Serlo, Prior of Whitby, built a cell for Monks, subordinate to Whit- 
by, and King William Rufus gi-anted them six caracutes of land in Hackness and 
North Field — Burton. There had previously been a cell here, built by Lady 
Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, in 680, for eight Nuns. 

HAGG, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirbj^moorside ; 2| miles 
from Kirbymoorside. 

HAGG-COTTAGE, in the township and parish of Grinton ; 2 miles 
from Reeth. 

HAGWORTH-HILL. /. h. in the township of Cotherstone, and 
parish of Romaldkirk ; 8 miles from Barnardcastle. (Dur.) 

HALFPENNY-HOUSE, s. k. in the township of Barden, and 
parish of West-Hawxwell ; 3| miles from Leyburn. 

HALIKELD, /. h. in the township of Winton, and parish of Sigs- 
ton ; 2.7 miles from Northallerton. 

HALLIKELD, a wapentake in Richmond shire, a narrow but rich 
tract of land, stretching from Leemingbeck south to Boroughbridge, 
having the Swale all the way for its eastern boundary. The Ermine- 
Street, now called Leeming-Lane, runs through the centre of this 
wapentake, which has not one market-town in it; but contains 29 
townships, 8 of which are parishes, and 1,218 inhabited houses, 
5,958 inhabitants. 

HALL-GATE, ham. in the township of New-Forest, and parish of 
Kirkby-Ravensworth ; 5 miles from Richmond. 

HALL-GATE-HOW, similarly situated. 

HALLWITH-HOUSE, /. k. in the township and parish of Spenni- 
thorne ; 2 miles from iMiddlehara, Z from Leyburn. 

H ALNAB Y-HALL, (the seat of John Peniston Milbanh, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Croft, wapentake of Gilling-East ; 6 miles 
from Darlington, (Dur.) 7 from Catterick, 71 from Richmond. 

HAMBLETON-HOUSE, in the township and parish of Cold-Kirby ; 
7 miles from Thirsk and Helmsle}', 1 4 from Northallerton ; cele- 
brated as a training-ground for Race-Horses. 

HAMERS, s. h. in the township of Hartoft, and parish of Middleton ; 
9 miles from Kirbymoorside. 10 from Pickering. 

HAMLEY-HAGG, /. h. } in the township of Appleton-le- 

HAMLEY-HOUSES, 2/. h. <f Moors, and parish of Lastingham ; 

, 4 1 miles from Kirbymoorside. 

HAMMER, /. h. in the township of East- Witton-without, and parish 
of East-Wition; 4 miles from Middleham, 6 from Leyburn. 



46 N0RTR-RID1NG. 

HANDALE, or GRENDALE, in the township and parish of Loft- 
us, east-division of Langbarugh, (Handale- Abbey, the seat of 
Edward Tttrton, Esq.) 9 miles from Guisbrougb, 12 from Whitby. 
A Benedictine Priory was founded here in 1133, dedicated to the Virgin 
Mary, by William de Percy, grandson of the first W. de Percy, who endowed it 
with lands in Grendale, Dunsley, and Staxton. At the dissolution there were eight 
Nuns, when the revenue was only 13/. 19s. Dugdale, 20/. 7s. 8d. Speed. The 
site of this Priory was granted, 35 Henry VIII. to Ambrose Beckwith, in whose 
descendants it continued for several generations. It is now the property of Thos. 
Stevenson, Esq. — Tanner. — Burton. Little of this monastic building now re- 
mains, except the west-end of the chapel, and some of the walls which are observ- 
able in the farm-house erected on the site. — Graves. 
HANG-BANK, in the township and parish of Melsonby ; 5 miles 
from Darlington, (Dur.) 6 from Richmond, 7 from Catterick. 
It is a small public-house, and well known as a repository for coals. 
HANG-EAST and WEST, two wapentakes in Richmondshire. 
They are bounded on the south by the West-Riding, on the west 
by a part of Westmorland, on the north by Gilling-West, and on 
the east by the river Wiske and the wapentake of Hallikeld. The 
major-part of Hang-East is a low, warm, and fertile district. It 
contains two market-towns, Bedale and Masham ; 34 townships, 
10 of which are parishes, 2,050 inhabited houses, and 10,050 in- 
habitants. Hang- West is a mountainous district, particularly to 
the westward ; the Ure winds its way through that part of it called 
Wensleydale. In Hang-West are three market-towns, Hawes, 
Leyburn, and Middleham ; and it contains 50 townships, 12 of 
which are parishes, 3,606 inhabited houses, and 18,317 inhabitants. 
These two wapentakes, like the Gillings, have originally been but 
one. 
HARAM, in the parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 3 miles 
from Helmsley, 4| from Kirbymoorside, 15| from Malton. — Pop. 
1 90. Here is a Chapel of ease to Helmsley. 
HARAM-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Aisenby, and parish 

of Topcliffe ; 5 miles from Ripon. 
HARDRAW, in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish of 
Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West; \\ mile from Hawes, 5| 
from Askrigg. — The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry 
of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, f65l. Patron, James 
Archibald Stuart Wortley, Esq. 

Here is a Water-Fall, called Har draw- Force, of a very striking character ; 
the water falling in one vast sheet, from a ledge of rocks ninety-nine feet in per- 
pendicular height. The ravine, or chasm, which extends below the fall, is 
bounded on each side by huge masses of rock, and is about 300 yards in length. 
Behind the fall is a deep recess, or cavern, whence a good view of it may be ob- 
tained with safety. During the hard frost in the year 1741, a prodigious icicle is 
recorded to have been found here, of the whole height of the fall, and nearly 
equal in circumference. — Dayes. 
HARDY-FLATS, s. h. extraparochial, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 

If mile from Kirbymoorside. 
HARKERSIDE, in the township and parish of Grinton ; 2§ miles 
from Reeth. Houses scattered on the mountain side. 



NORTH-RXDING. 47 

HARLSEY, EAST, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth ; 

(the seat of John Charles Maynard, Esq.) 6 \ miles from North- 
allerton, 10 from Stokesley, 12 from Thirsk, 35 from York. — Pop. 
420. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleve- 
land, value, p. r. 75/. Patron, John Charles Maynard, Esq. 

HARLSEY, WEST, a township, in the parish of Osmotherley, 
wapentake of A llertonshire ; 5 miles from Northallerton, 1 1 from 
Thirsk, 1H from Stokesley.— Pop. 51. 

Here, says Leland, * Strangwaise the judge builded a praty castelle. " The 
keep of this castle on the estate of the Earl of Harewood, having received consi- 
derable injury from lightning, was, a few years since, taken down. 

HARMBY, in the parish of Spennithorne, wapentake of Hang- 
West; 2 miles Ley burn, 4 from Middleham. — Pop. 194. 

HARTFORTH, in the township and parish of Gilling, wapentake 
of Gilling- West ; (the seat of Sheldon Craddock, Esq.) 4 miles from 
Richmond, 8 from Catterick, and Gretabridge. 

Here is a school, founded in 1670, by Sir Thomas Wharton of Edlington, 
K. B. and endowed with a small estate in Cleveland, for the instruction of a 
certain number of poor scholars. At this school the Rev. W. Beloe, received the 
ground work of his classical education, under the Rey. Matthew Raine, father of 
the late Dr. Raine of the Charter-House, and Jonathan Raine. Esq, an eminent 
Barrister. — Nichols* Lit. Anec. 

HARTOFT, or HARTOFT-DALE, in the parish of Middleton, 
wapentake of Pickering- Ly the ; 8 miles from Pickering, 9 from 
Kirbymoorside, 15 from Whitby. — Pop. 134. 

HARTCAKES, 3 h. in the township of Muker, and parish of Reeth ; 
10 miles from Reeth. 

HARTON, in the parish of Bossall, wapentake of Eulmer ; 9 miles 
from York, 9| from Malton, 13 from Easingwold. — Pop. 190. 

HARE WOOD-DALE, in the parish of Hackness, wapentake of 
Whitby-Strand ; 7 miles from Scarborough, 14 from Whitby. — 
Pop. 235. Here is a Chapel of ease to Hackness. 

Querns and stone instruments have been dug up in this neighbourhood, for 
an account of which, see Young's Whitby, p. 764. 

HARRIOT-AIR, /. h. in the township of Rievalx, and parish of 
Helmsley ; 2§ miles from Helmsley. 

HAWCLIFFE-HOUSE,/. h. in the township and parish of Spenni- 
thorne ; 3 miles from Middleham. 

HA WES, a small market-town, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapen- 
take of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Askrigg, 1 4 \ from Sedbergh, 
17 from Kettlewell, Ingleton, and Leyburn, 18 from Middleham, 
22 from Settle, 61 from York, 250 from London. — Market, 
Tuesday. — Fairs, Whit-Tuesday, for woollen goods, &c. Sep- 
tember 28, for horned cattle, horses, sheep; woollen-cloth, &c. — 
Principal Inn, White-Hart. — Pop. 1,408. The Church is a perpe- 
tual curacy, value, p. r. *86/. 195. Patrons, the Land Owners 
of the township. 

Hawes is situated in Wensleydale, on the south banks of the River Ure. 
Here is a Grammar School, founded by the Inhabitants, and endowed by them with a 
galarv of KM. per annum. 

HAWKNEST, /. h. in the township and parish of East-Harlsey ; 2 
mile^ from Tontine-Inn, 6 from Northallerton. 



48 NORTH-RIDING. 

HAWXWELL, EAST, in the parish of West-Hawxwell, wapen- 
take of Hang- West ; (the seat of Mrs Gale, and residence of Foster 
Lecmere Coore, Esq.) 4| miles from Leyburn, 5 from Richmond, 
6 from Middleham. 
HAWXWELL, WEST, a parish -town, in the wapentake of Hang- 
West; 4 7 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Richmond, 6 from Middle- 
ton, 40 from York. — Pop. including East Hawxwell, 176. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated io fet. Oswald, in the deanry of Cat- 
tenck, diocese of Chester, value, 20/. 14s. \\d. Patroness, Mrs 
Gale. 
HA WKHILL-FARiM, /. h. m the township and parish of Easing- 

wold ; 1 mile from Easingwold. 
HAWNBY, a parish-town in the wapentake of Bird forth ; 6 miles 
from Helmsley, 10 from Thirsk, 14 from Northallerton, 29 from 
York. — Pop. 286. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All- 
Saints, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, %ll. 1 8s. €>\d. p. r. 147/. 
Patron, Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish. 
HAWKER,/, k. in the township of Killerby, and parish of Catterick.; 

3 miles from Catterick, 6 from Bedale. 
HAWSKER, a township in the parish of Whitby, wapentake of 
Whitby-Strand ; 3 miles from Whitby, 18 from Scarborough. — 
Pop. including Stainsacre, 634, which united form a township. 

Here was formerly a Chapel to Whitby, dedicated to All-Saints ; an ancient 
cross 6| feet high, neatly carved on all sides, is almost the only thing remaining 
to point out the site. — Youjvg's Whitby. 
HAXBY, in the parish of Strensall, wapentake of Bulmer, liberty 
of St. Peter; 4 miles from York, 10 from Easingwold, 15 from 
Malton. — Pop. 4 J 7. 
HAZLEHEAD, a few houses, in the township and parish of Egton; 
10 miles from Whitby, 1 1 from Pickering. A Roman-Road runs 
in front of this p'ace. 
HEALAUGH, or HELAGH, in the townships of Melbecks and 
Reeth, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Giiling-West; 1 
mile from Reeth. 

On a very lofty site, en the great projection of Hertay, on the south side of 
the Swale, opposite to the village of Healaugh, and commanding a very extensive 
view of Swaledale, is an encampment called Maiden Castle. It is as nearly circular 
as the nature of the ground will admit, and the ditches still continue deep and 
wide. On the east-side is an avenue, about 120 yards long, leading towards it, 
and formed by stones gathered from the adjoining common. Near the east-end 
of the avenue, but towards the north, is a large barrow of stones and gravel, 
which has been imperfectly opened, and of which tradition reports, that it yet 
contains an iron chest filled with money. About 300 yards south-west from the 
encampment is another oblong barrow, about 6 yards high, and further west are 
the remains of several cairns. — Whitaker. 
HE A LEY, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang-East; 3 
miles from Masham, 9 from Middleham. — Pop. including Sutton, 
413, which being united, form a township. 
HEALEY-COTE, /. h. in the township of Healey-with-Sutton, and 

parish of Masham ; 31 miles from Masham. 
HEANING-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thoraiby, and parish 

of Aysgarth ; 5\ miles from Askrigg, 9 from Leyburn. 
HEATH WAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Whoriton ; 6 
miles from Stokesley, 1 1 from Northallerton. 



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HEDGEHOLM, /. h. in the township of Barforth ; 10 miles from 
Richmond. 

HELBECK-LUNDS or HELGILL-BECK, a brook that divides 
Yorkshire from Westmorland. — See Lunds. 

HELMING. /. h. in the township of Rookwith, and parish of Thorn- 
ton- Watlas ; 4 miles from Bedale. 

HELMSLEY, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Ry- 
dale; 6 miles from Kirbymoorside, 13 from Easingwdld, 14 from 
Thirsk. 16 from Stokesley and Malton, 20 from Northallerton, 23 
from York, 221 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, May 
19, July 16, Oct. 1 and 2, Nov. 5 and 6. for horned cattle, sheep, 
linen and woollen cloth. <tc. ; if the fairs for horned catlie fall on a 
Monday, the sheep fairs will be held on the Saturday preceding.— 
Principal Inn, Black Swan. — Pop. 1 ,520. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Rydale, value ±11/. Ss. 
6\d. Patron, Charles Duncombe, Esq. 

Helmsley, called by Bede Ulmetum, is a small town situated on the east-side 
of Hambleton-Hills, or llanibleton-Blackmoor, and is frequently called Helmsley 
Blackeymoor. It had formerly the protection of a Castle on the west, which, ac- 
cording to Camden, was built by Robert de Ross, and called Castle Fursam. It 
was besiaged in 1644, by Sir Thomas Fairfax, and surrendered to the arms of 
parliament Nov. 21, and by their order soon afterwards dismantled. The ruins, 
yet remaining, consist of a lofty Tower and some other small detached parts, with 
a Gateway from the south, situated on an eminence surrounded with a double moat. 
The old Tower and Helmsley Church are very conspicuous objects from the Ter- 
race at Duncombe- Park. Helmsley formerly" belonged to the Duke of Bucking- 
ham, which he obtained by marriage of the heiress of the Duke of Rutland. After 
his death it came into the possession of his son, the well-known George Villiers, 
Duke of Buckingham, who sold it, along with the whole of his estates in the 
parishes of Helmsley and Kirkdale, to Sir Charles Duncombe, ancestor of the 
present Charles Duncombe, Esq. of Duncombe- Park. 

HELMSLEY, GATE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer, 
liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles from York, 13 from Easingwold, 14 
from MaltOn. — Pop. 229. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. .Mary, in the deanry of Buhner, value, £2/. p. r. 1i03/. Patron, 
the Prebendary of Osbaldwick, York. 

HELMSLEY, OYER, or UPPER, a parish-town, in the wapentake 
of" Bulmer; 7 miles from York, 12 from Malton, 14 from Easing- 
wold. — Pop. 60. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, 
in the deanry of Bulmer, value, $4/. 195. 2d. p. r. *i05l. 13s. 2d. 
Patron, the King. 

HELPER BY. in the parish of Brafferton, wapentake of Bulmer, 
liberty of St Peter: 5 miles from Boroaghbridge, 6 from Easmg- 
wold. 9 from Ripon, 16 from York.— Pop. 61 E 

HEMLINGTON, in the parish of Stainton, west-division of Lang- 
barugh ; 6 miles from Stokesley, 7 from Yarm. 9 from Guisbrough. 
Pop. 72. 

HELYY1TH, in the township of New-Forest, and parish of Kirkby- 
Ravensworth ; 6 miles from Richmond. 

HESSE LTONE, /. A. in the township and parish of Fingall ; 6 miles 
from Ley burn. 

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50 NORTH-RIDING. 

HEWORTH, in the parishes of St. Cuthbert, St. Saviour, and St. 
Giles, York, wapentake of Bulmer; J mile from York, 14 from 
Easingwold, 17 from Maltou. — Pop. 146. 

HIGH-CLOSE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of St. John 
Stan wick ; 6 miles from Richmond, 7 from Darlington, (Dur.) 

HIGHTHORN, (the seat of William Hotham, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Husthwaite ; 4 miles from Easingwold. 

HTLDENLEY', (the seat of George Strickland, Esq.) a township 
in the parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of Ruimer ; 2 miles 
from Malton, 17 from York, 18 from Easingwold. — Pop. 23. 

HILDERWELL, or HINDERWELL, a parish-town, in the east- 
division of Langbarugh ; 8 miles from Whitby, 1 4 from Guisbrougb, 
21 \ from 8tokesley,^56 from York.— Pop. 1 ,483. The Church is 
a rectory, dedicated to St. Hilda, in thedeanry of Cleveland, value, 
15/. Patron, the Rev. William Smith, the present incumbent. 

HILLER-GREEN, /. h. in the township and parish of Hackness ; 

7 miles from Scarborough. 

HILTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; 4 

miles from Yarm, 5 from Stokesley, 42 from York. — Pop. 135. 

The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, 

value, p. r. f47/. Patron, Lord George Augustus Henry Caven- 
dish. 

It was anciently a Chapel of Ease to Rudby ; but on being augmented by the 

bounty of Queen Anne, it was made parochial It still contributes to the repairs 

of the Mother Church. — Graves. 
HINDERSKELFE, (extraparochial) a township, in the wapentake 

of Bulmer; 6 miles from Malton. — Pop. 159. It is a donative, 

but no church or chapel. 

Here was an old Castle, called Hinderskelfe-Castle. — See Castle- Hmcard. 
H1NDERSKELFE-MOOR-HOUSES, ham. in the township of 

Hinderskelfe, and parish of Bulmer ; 6 miles from Malton. 
HINDLEYTHvVAlTE, 2 /. h. in the township of Carlton-high- 

dale, and parish of Coverham; 6 miles from Middlehara. 
H1PSWELL, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East ; 

3 miles from Richmond, S from Leyburn. — Pop. including St. 

Martin's Abbey, 296. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, 

p. r. f55/. Patron, the vicar of Catterick. 
HIPSWELL-LOOGE, (the seat of Thomas Hutchinson, Esq), in the 

township of Hipswell, and parish of Catterick; 2| miles from 

Richmond. 
HOLE OF HERCUM, nfewf. h. in the townships of Levisham and 

Lock ton. and parish of Levisham, wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 

8 miles from Pickering, 13 from Whitby. 
HOLLIN-H1LL, /. h. in the township of Yearsley, and parish of 

Coxwold ; 3 mi'es from Easingwold. 

HOLL Y-HJLL, (the seat of Richard P. Strangways, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Well ; 3| from Masham, 4 miles from Bedale. 

HOLME, or CRAVEN-HOLME, /. h. in the township of Bain- 
bridge, and parish of Aysgarth ; 1 \ mile from Askrigg. 



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HOLME, in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Allertonshire ; 6 
miles from Bedale, 8 from Northallerton. 9 from Ripon. — Pop. 102. 

HOLME, NORTH and SOUTH, see North and South-Holme. 

HOLT13 V, a parish-town, in tne wapentake of Buhner; o miles from 
Fork, 1 5 | from Malton. — Pop. 1 70. The Church is a rectory* 
dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Buhner, value, 8/. 
Patroness, Mrs C. Nelson. 

HOLTB Y, GREAT or HIGH, in the township of Ainderby-Myers- 
wiih-Holtby, and parish of Hornby •, (iloltby-House, the seat of 
Thomas Robinson, Esq.) 3| miles from Bedale, 4 from Catterick. — 
Pop. included in Ainderby-Myers. 

HOLTBY, LITTLE or LOVV, s. h. in the township of Ainderby- 
Myers-with-Holtby, and parish of Hornby ; 4 miles from Bedale. 

HO L WICK, in the parish of Romald kirk, wapentake of Giiiing- West ; 
1 1 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 1 3 from Gretabridge.--Pop. 201. 

HOOD-GRANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Low-Kilburn, 
wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon; 7 miles from Thirsk, 
9 from Helmsley. 

Hero was an Hermitage to Whitby, where Robert de Alnetto, a Monk &f 
Whitby lived; hut in 1138, through the influence of Roger de Mowbray and 
Gundred his mother, was converted into an Abbey for Monks of the Cistercian 
order, which was removed to old Byland in 1143, and finally to Byiand near 
Coxwold in 1147. — Burton, Speed, Dugdale. It i- now merely a farm-house, 
the thick walls of winch, with its antique windows, and a stone coffin placed in the 
wall of the west buildings, prove its antiquity. 

HOPE, a township, in the parish of Barningham, wapentake of 
Gilling-West; 3 miles from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnardcastle, 
(Dur).— Pop. 44. 

HORNBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang'-East, a part 
in the liberty of St. Peter ; 5 miles from Bedale, 7 from Richmond, 
39 from York. — Pop. 102. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Mary, a peculiar under the church of Ripon, in the deanry of 
Catterick, diocese of Chester; value, £6/. 15s. 6d. p. r. 85/. Patron, 
the Dean and Chapter of York. Nearly adjoining the village, is 

HORNBY-CASTLE, (the seat of his Grace the Duke of Leeds) 

Leland says " Horneby Castle a iii miles from Swale and a ii from Keter- 
ick." This noble mansion was the ancient seat of* the St. Quintins, which after- 
wards belonged to the Coniers. It came into the possession of Ricbard Lord 
Lumley, by his marriage with Anne, one of the daughters of Sir John Coniers. — 
Camden. — Magna Biutan. A lar^e portion of this Castle is as early as the Con- 
quest ; but the modern parts were built by Robert, the last Earl of Holderness, 
from whom it passed into the present family, by marriage Of Francis, the fifth 
Duke, with Amelia D'Arcy, only surviving daugbtcr and sole heiress of the said 
Rol>ert, Earl of Holderness. It is a spacious structure, some parts of which are 
of Gothic Architecture, and others finished in the modern stile. The paintings 
are numerous, and many of them by the first masters. 

HORNBY, in the parish of G reat-Smeaton, wapentake of Allerton- 
shire ; 8 miles from Northallerton and Yarm, 10 from Darlington, 
(Dur.) — Pop. 238. In this township is 

HORNBY-GRANGE, (the seat of Henry Hew gill, Esq.) 7 miles 
from Northallerton. 

HORSEHOUSE, ham. in the township of Carlton-bigh-dale, and 
parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang-West; 7i miles from 



62 NORTH-RIDING. 

Middleliam, 8 from Leyburn and Kettlewell. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, under Coverham, value, p. r. f-70/. 

HOWLANBS or E WE LANDS, /. h. in the township of Hurst, 
and parish of Marrick ; 3 miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. 

HOVINGHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale; (the 
seat of Edward Worstey, Esq.) 7 miles from Helmsley. 8 from 
Kirbymoorside, 9 from Maiton, 19 from York. — Pop. 649. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry 
of Rydale; value, p, r. f57l. Patron, the Earl of Carlisle. 

Young, in bis six months tour, thus describes Mr Worsley's house. " The 
approach is through a very large stone gateway, upon which is the following 
inscription ; 

Virtus in actione consistit. 
and as the building looks pretty much like the gable end of a large house, I mis- 
took it at first (with that inscription) for an hospital : The entrance is directly 
out of the street for coaches, through a narrow passage into a large riding-house, 
then through the anti-space of two stables, and so up to the house door. In the 
hall is an antique basso relievo of a Bacchanalian group : Two bronzes — Hercu- 
les squeezing Antceus ; and a Hercules and a Stag. ; likewise a very good portrait 
„of Bishop IVUliams. The chimney-piece is of white Sienna* Marble, with doric 
pillars, an instance of the bad effect oi pillars without bases even of that order. 
The pannels of the room are painted in fresco, Sarifice to Diana, &c.'* In 
the library, drawing, and dining-rooms, are several busts and small statues, draw- 
ings, and pictures. 

HOWE, in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld; 5 miles 
from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon and Boroughbridge. — Pop. 32. 

HOWE, and HOWBRIDGE, 3 h. in the township and parish of 
Old- Maiton ; 2 miles from Maiton. 7 from Pickering:. 

HOWGRAVE, in the parish of Kirklington, wapentake of Halli- 
keld ; 6 miles from Ripon, 7| from Bedale. — Pop. included in 
Sutton. 

The singular situation of this place is as follows, it consists of only three 
farms, one in the township of Sutton, in the parish of Kirklington ; a second in. 
that of Holm, in the parish of Pickhill ; and a third in that of Nunwick, in the 
parish of Ripon.— The house in Nunwick has of late been converted into cottages. 

HOW-HILL, in the township of Newby, and parish of Seamer ; 3 
miles from Stokesley. 

This is a remarkable tumulus, and on the side of the hill towards the south 
are evident marks of an intrenchment, probably Saxon, and in the plain below, 
it is reported that armour, swords, and human bones have frequently beeu found. 

HOWLSIKE, in the townships of Danby and Glandale, and parish 
of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh; 10 miles from Guisbrough 
and Whitby. 

HOWTHORPE, /. h; in the township of Airyholme, Howthorpe, 
and Baxter-Howe, and parish of Roving-ham, wapentake of Ry- 
dale ; 7 miles from Malton, 8| from Kirbymoorside and Helmsley. — 
Pop. included in Airyholme. Airyholme, Howthorpe, and Baxter- 
Howe, 3 farms, have a Constable and an Overseer of the Poor 
appointed annually. 

HUB Y, In the parish of Sutton-on- the- Forest, wapentake of Buhner; 
4 miles from Easingwold, 9 from York. — Pop. 497. 

HUDSWELL, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang- 
West j 2 miles from Richmond, 9 from Leyburn. — Pop. 305. 



NORTH-RIDING. 53 

The Church is a perpetual curacy, vaJue, p. r. -\-66l. Patron, the 
Vicar of Catterick. 

HUM-BURTON, or HUMBERTON, a township, in the parishes of 
Kirby-on-the-Moor and Aldborougb, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 
miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Ripon, 9 from Thirsk. — Pop. 
including a part of Milbv, 120. 

HUMERSTY, s. h. in the township and parish of Loftus ; 10 miles 
from G u i sbrough . 

HUNDERTH WAITS, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake of 
Giliing-West ; 6 miles from Bamardcastie, (Bur.) 9 from Greta- 
bridge, 21 from Richmond. — Pop. 313. 

HUNTERS-HALL, /. h. in the township of Carlton-bigh-dale, -and 
parish of Coverham ; 10 miles frori? Middleham. 

HUNT-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Goadland, and parish of 
Pickering; 10 miles from Pickering, 1 3 from Whitby. 

HUNTINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner ; a 
part in the liberty of St. Peter; 3 miles from York, 13 from Ea- 
singwold, ]6 from Malton. — Pop. 346. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry ^>f Buhner, value, £o/. p. r. 
fl30/. Patrons, the Sub-chanters and Vicars-Choral, York. 

HUNTON, in the parishes of Patrick-Brompton and Hornby, 
wapentake of Hang- West, a part in the libert}* of St. Peter ; 6 
miles from Ley burn, Middleham, and Richmond. — Pop. 49Si 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, (rebuilt in 1 794) dedicated to St. 
John, value, p. r. f63/. and annexed to Patrick-Brompton. 

HURST, in the parish of Marrick. wapentake of Gilling-West ; 3 
miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. 

HURY, /. h. in the township of Hunderthwaite, and parish of Ro- 
nicddkirk ; 7 miles from Bamardcastie, (Dur.) 

HUSTHWAITE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth, 
liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Easingwold, 5 from Thirsk, 
17 from York. — Pop. 324. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in 
the deanry of Buhner, value, p. r. 91/. 4s. Patron, Thomas 
Edward Wynn Belasvse, Esq. and Lady Charlotte his wife. 

HUTTON, or H UTTON juxta RUDB Y, in the parish of Rudby, west- 
division of Langbarugh; 4| miles from Stokesley, 6 from Yarm, 
12 from Northallerton. — Pop,. 919. 

HUTTON, or HUTTON juxta SESSAY, in the parish of Sessay, wa- 
pentake of Allertonshire; ;5 miles from Easingwold, 6 from Thirsk. 
Pop. 129. 

HUTTON-BONVILLE, a township, in the parish of BirTdry, wa- 
pentake of Aliertonsbire ; (Huiton-Hall, the seat of tfm. Batlie 
fVrightson, Esy.) 5 miles from Northallerton, 1 1 \ from Dar- 
lington, (Dur.) — Pop. 107. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. Laurence, value, p. r. flO/. Patron, 
Henry Peirse, Esq. 

The mansion and estate of Hutton-JBonrille, recently purchased by Henry 
Peirse, Esq. and adjoins his other estates at Lazenby, &c. all once the property 
and residence of the ancient family of Conyers. The last Baronet of that family 
(Sir Thomas) died a few years ago in Chester-le-Street. 

HUTTON-BUSHELL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Picker- 



54 NORTH-RIDING. 

! ing-Lythe ; (the seat of George Osbaldeston, Esq.) 6 miles from 
Scarborough, 12 from Pickering, 15 from Malton, 34 from York. 
Pop. 419. The Cbu.-ch is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Matthew, in 
the deanry of Rydale, value, 14/. lis. 6d. Patron, Earl Fitz- 
william. 

In the Church is a marble monument to the memory of Dr. Richard Osbal- 
deston, Bishop of London, who died in 1764* A great part of the manor-house 
was burnt to the ground, Jan. 4, 1809. 

HUTTON-CONYERS, a township, (but extraparochial) in the wa- 
pentake of Allertonshire ; 1 1 mile from Ripon, 6 from Borough- 
bridge. — Pop. 127. 

This place was anciently the residence of a branch of that ancient family, 
the Conyers , of isockburn, whose Hall appears to have been on the North 
side of the village in a held, now called the Ball Garth, the foundations of 
which shew themselves in every direction — it appears to have been moated 
round — The Mailories of Studley, having, by marriage, afterwards come into 
possession of this estate, it is now the property of Mrs. Lawrence. 

The following singular custom of holding the courts here, is extracted 
from "Blount's Ancient Tenures." "The lord holds his court the first day 
in the year, and to entitle the several townships of Hutton Conyers, Mel- 
merby, Baldersby, Rainton, Dishforth, and Hewick, to right of eslray for 
their sheep to certain limited boundaries on the common or moor of Hutton 
Conyers, the shepherd of each township attends the court, and does- fealty 
by bringing to the court a large apple- pye, and a twopenny sweet-cake, ex- 
cept the shepherd of Hewick, who compounds by paying sixteen pence for 
ale, (which is drunk as after mentioned) and a wooden spoon; each pye 
is cut in two, and divided by the bailiff, one half between the steward, bai- 
liff, and the tenant of the coney- warren, ( upon the Moor,) and the other 
half into six parts, and divided amongst the six shepherds of the before- 
mentioned six townships. In the pye, brought by the shepherd of Rainton, 
an inner one is made filled with prunes. The cakes are divided in the same 
manner. The bailiff of the manor provides furmety, and mustard, and de- 
livers to each shepherd a slice of cheese and a penny roll. The furmety, 
well mixed with mustard, is put into an earthen pot and placed in a hole in 
the ground, in a garth belonging to the bailiffs house, to which place the 
steward of the court, with the bailiff, tenant of the warren, and dx shep- 
herds, adjourn, with their respective wooden spoons. The bailiff provides 
spoons for the steward, the tenant of the warren, and himself. The steward 
first pays respect tp the furmety, by taking a large spoonful; the bailiff has 
the next honour, the tenant of the warren next, then the shepherd of 
Hutton-Conyers, and afterwards the other shepherds, by regular turns ; 
then each person is served with a glass of ale (paid for by the sixteen-pence 
brought by the Hewick shepherd ) and the health of the lord of the manor is 
drunk; then they adjourn back to the bailiffs house, and the further busi- 
nesses of the court is proceeded in". He further adds "each pye contains 
about a peck of flour, is about sixteen or eighteen inches diameter, and as 
large as will go into the mouth of an ordinary oven ; that the bailiff of the 
manor measures them with a rule, and takes the diameter, and if they are 
not of a sufficient capacity, he threatens to return them, and fine the town. 
If they are large enough, he divides them with a rule and compasses into 
four equal parts, of which the steward claims one, the warrener another, 
and the remainder is divided amongst the shepherds." The Moor having 
now been inclosed some years the custom is abolished. 

HUTTON-HALL, in the township of Hutton-Conyers ; 2 miles 
from Ripon. 

HUTTON-HANG, HIGH, /. h. in the township of Fingall, and 
parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Bedale, 
6 from Leyburn. — Pop. 25. 

HUTTON-HANG, LOW, 4 cottages, similarly situated. 



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HUTTON-LE-HOLE, in the parish of Lastingham, wapen- 
take of Rydale ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside, 7 from Pickering. — 
Pop. 304. 

HUTTON, HIGH and LOW, which being united, form the parish 
of Huttons-Ambo, wapentake of Buhner; (Hutton-Lodge. the rest 
dence of General JSVLeod) 3| miles from Mai ton, 15 from York, 18 
from Easingwold. — Pop. 445. The Church, situated m High- 
Hutton, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St Magaret, in the 
deanry of Bulmer, value, p. r. f\06l. Patron, the Archbishop of 
York. 

HUTTON-LONGVILLIERS. or MAGNA, in the parish of Gil- 
ling, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 3 miles from Gretabridge, 9| 
from Richmond. — Pop. 248. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
value, p. r. t36/. Patron, the Vicar of Gilling. 

HUTTON. LITTLE, ham. in the township of Barforth, and parish 
of Gilling; 3 miles from Gretabridge. 

HUTTON-LOWCROSS, or LOCRASS, a township, in the parish 
of Guisbrough, east-division of Langbarugh ; 2 miles from Guis- 
brough, 8| from Stokesley. — Pop. 56. 

Here was a house or hospital, for lepers dedicated to St. Leonard, which was 
given to the Priory of Guisbrough, by William de Bernaldby; and the donation 
was confirmed by Peter, son of Peter de Brus. — Tanner. — Burton. Some mu- 
tilated arches of doors and windows in one of the farm-houses point out the situa- 
tion of this house. 

HUTTON-MULGRAVE, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of 
Langbarugh ; 6 miles from Whitby, 16 from Guisbrough, 22 from 
Stokesley.— Pop. 90. 

HUTTON, SAND, see Sandhutton, in the parish of Thirst 

HUTTON, SAND, see Sandhutton, in the parish of BossalL 

HUTTON, SHERIFF, see Sheriff hutton. 



IBORN-DALE, s. k. in the township of Ugglebarnby, and parish of 
Whitby ; 4 miles from Whitby. 

ILTON. or HILTON, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of 
Hang-East; 4 miles from Masham, 10 from Ripon, 13 from Rich- 
mond.— Pop. 266. 

1NG-HEAD, /. h. in the township of Hurst, and parish of Marrick ; 
7 miles from Richmond, 8 from Leyburn. 

INGLEBY. in the township and parish of Arncliffe, west-division 
of Langbarugh ; 8 miles from Northallerton, Yarm, and Stokeslej'. 

TNGLEBY-CROSS, ham. in the township and parish of Arncliffe. 

INGLEBY, or INGLEBY juxta GREENHOW, a parish-town, in 
the west-division of Langbarugh; 4£ miles from Stokesley, 8 from 
Guisbrough, 44 from York. — Pop. 158. The Church is a perpe- 
tual curacy, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Cleveland, 
value, p. r. 68/. 195. 4d. Patron, Sir William Foulis, Bart. At 
a short distance from the village is 

INGLEBY-MANOR, (the seat of Sir William Foulis, Bart.) 

A descendant of Sir David Fouli*, Bart, who came into England 
with James I. was made a Knight in 1603, and created Bart, in 1619. "He 



56 NORTH-RIDING. 

was a native of North Britain, and employed by James VI. of Scotland, in se- 
veral commissions to Queen Elizabeth. He received the honour of Knight- 
hood in 1603, and attending his royal master to Oxford. In 1609 he purchased 
of Ralph, Lord Eure, Lord President of the Council in Wales, the Manors of 
Ingleby and Battersby, the Manor-houses, the Parks, with the Rectorv and 
Church of Ingleby, and lands in Ingleby, Battersby, and Greenhow. — For further 
account, see Graves' Cleveland. In this house was born that eminent historir 
an and divine, Henry Foulis, the second son of Sir Henry Foulis, he was sent to 
Queen's College, Oxford, and was soon after e'ected Fellow ot Lincoln College, 
in 1659. He wrote " the History of Wicked Conspiracies," and " a History 
of the Romish Treasons and U-urpations." He died Dec. 24„ 1669, aged 33 
or thereabouts, and was buried in the chancel of St. Michael's Church, Oxon. 
— ibid.— Wood in his Athenae Oxou, says " the products of his writings shew him 
to have been a true son of the Church of England." 

IRTON, or URiON, in the parish of Seamer, wapentake of Pic- 
kering-Lythe; 4 miles from Scarborough, 15 from Pickering", 19 
from Malton.— Pop. 105. 

ISLEBECK, in the township of Carl ton- Miniott, and parish of Kirkby- 
Knowle, wapentake of Bird forth ; 4 miles from Thirsk. 

IVELETT, ham. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton ; 
5 miles from Askrigg, 7 from Reeth. 

JEATOR-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Thimbleby, and parish 
of Sigston ,* 5 miles from Northallerton. 1\ from Thirsk. 

JERVEAUX-ABBEY, (a seat of the Earl of Ailesbury) in the 
township of East- Witton-without, and parish of East- Witton, wa- 
pentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Masham and Middleham, 7 
from Leyburn and Bedale. 

" Gervalx Abbey," says Leland, "of white Monkes, ripa citeriori a ii miles 
beneth Middleham." Akarius Fitz Bardolph, in the time of King Stephen, gave 
to Peter de Quinciano, a Monk, and to other Monks of Savigny, certain lands at 
Fors and Worton, in Wensleydale, being part of his possessions ; where in 1 145, 
they began to lay foundations of a Monastery of their order, Cistertians, which was 
successively called the Abbey of Fors, Wensleydale, and Charity. The donations 
that had been made by Akarius and others, appear to have been confirmed by 
Alan, Earl of Richmond. — Serlo, then Abbot of Savigny, disapproved of the 
foundation, as made without his knohvedge and consent ; neither did he choose, 
though repeatedly solicited by Peter, to supply it with Monks from his Convent, 
on account of the great difficulties experienced by those he had before sent into 
England. He therefore, in a general chapter, proposed that it should be trans- 
ferred to the Abbey of Belland (Byland) which from its vicinity would be better 
able to lend the necessary assistance required in its yet infant state. — This being 
agreed to, twelve Monks, with Joker de Kingston for their Abbot, were sent them 
from that house. — After undergoing great hardships from the smallness of their 
endowment and sterility of their lands for some time, (during which they had re- 
ceived occasional relief from the Abbot of Byland) Conan, son to Alan, Earl of 
Richmond, greatly increased their revenues ; and, in 1156, removed their Mo- 
nastery to a pleasant and healthy valley in East- Witton, the present situation. 
This was done with the consent of Harveus, the son of Akarius, the founder ; who 
took care to reserve to himself the patronage of the Abbey, as well as the prayers 
of the Monks, usually offered up for the founder and his relations ; and that the 
bones of his lather and mother should he removed to an honourable place in the 
new Monastery. In this place the Monks erected a magnificent Church and 
Monastery, which, like most of the Cistertian order, was dedicated to St. Mary. 
— At the dissolution it #as valued at 455/. 10^'. 5d. Speed ; 2347. 18s. od. Dug- 
dale. The site in the 36th of Henry VIII. was granted to Matthew, Earl 
of Lenox, and Lady Margaret his wife. What little remains of this ancient struc- 
ture, had become nearly overgrown with rough wood and briars, and scarcely any 
trace of it, as a building, remained, except fome few arches, nearly level with 
the ground; when in 1805, the late Earl of Ailesbury, visited this place;; and 
among a great variety of improvements projected upon his estate, Avas much 



tfORTH-RIDING, , 57 

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pleased with an experiment that had heen made ijy his steward in digging down 
to the bottom of one of the arches, which proved to be the door of the Abbey 
Church, and led to a beautiful floor of tesselated pavement. His Lordship caused, 
the whole of this ruin to be explored and cleared out; which was done in 1806 
and 1807, at a very considerable expense, as the base of the building was buried 
several feet below the surface ; when the Abbey-church and choir, with the 
cross ailes, — the high altar, and several tombs, — the chapter-house, with 
marble-piljars, formerly supporting the roof, were discovered ; also the Abbot's 
house, the garden, kitchen, refectory, cloisters, and dormitory. The restoration 
was under the skilful superintendance and direction of John Clarklge, Esq. who 
resides near the spot, that this object was so successfully accomplished. In order 
to preserve this ancient site, it has been enclosed by a sunk fence, in part, or by 
a wail ; and over the entrance, is the following inscription, viz. 
YOREV ALE-ABBEY, 
Founded Anno Domini 1141, 
Demolished Anno Domini 1537- 
These ancient Ruins were traced out and cleared by order of 
The Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of ' Ailesbury , 
Anno Domini 1S07. 
JOHN, ST. STANWICK, see Stanwiek. 
JOLBY,/. h. and Mill, in the township and parish of Croft ; 2 miles 

from Croft, 3 from Darlington. (Dur.) 
JULY-PARK-HOUSES, a few h. in the township and parish of 
Egton; 8 miles from Whitby, 15 from Pickering. 

" Here are the traces of an ancient large building, which had been moated 
round. " — Burton. It was the seat of Lord Mauley ; a church or chapel stood 
near it, and the field is still called Kirkfield. About 40 yards west, may be 
traced the remains of an ancient Roman Military Road, called Wade's Causeway. — 
Graves. 



KEARTON, in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grinton, wa- 
pentake of Gilling-West ; S miles from Reeth, 7 from Askrigg. 

KELD, ham. in the township of Maker, and parish of Grinton; 9 
miles from Askrigg, 13 from Reeth. 

On the site of the ancient Chapel, said to have been demolished in a riot of 
the inhabitants, previous to 1580, and which Bacon states to be in ruins, is 
now a dissenting Chapel of the independent connection. 
KELDHOLME, in the township and parish of Kirbymoorside; 1 
mile from Kirbymoorside. 

In the time of King Henry I. a nunnery, for Monks of the cistercian order, 
was founded here by Robert de Stuteville, and dedicated to the Virgin. At the 
dissolution here was a Prioressand eight Nuns, who had a yearly revenue of 29/. 
6s. Id. The site was granted to Ralph Earl of Westmorland.— Burtox. Not a 
vestige of this house is now remaining ; and on the site is erected an oil and flax 
mill. — In IS 13, when part of the foundations was cleared away, several tomb- 
stones and stone coffins were discovered. 
KELTON, /. h. in the township of Mickleton, and parish of Ro- 

maldkirk; 10 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 
KEMPSVVIDDEN, /. h. in the township and parish of Kildale ; 7 

miles from Guisbrough. 
KEPVVICK, in the parishes of Leak, Cowsby, and Over-Silton, 
wapentake of Birdforth ; 8 miles from Northallerton, 9 from 
Thirsk, 11 from Helmsley.— Pop. 107. 

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58 NORTH-RIDING. 

KETTLENESS, in the township and parish of Lythe / east-division 
Of Langbarugh; 7 miles from Whitby, 15 from Guisbrough. 

Here is an extensive Alum Work, begun about 1728. It has been the pro- 
perty of Lord Mul grave, ever since 1767, and produces annually about 455 tons. 
KIDSTONES, /. hs. in the township of Bishopdale, and parish of 

Aysgarth ; 5 miles from Askrigg, 12§ from Leyburn. 
KILBURN, HIGH in the township and parish of Low-Kilbum, 
wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 7 
from Easino^wold, 8 from Helmsley. 
KILBURN, LOW, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth, 
liberty of Ripon ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Easingwold, 8 from 
Helmsley, 20 from York. — Pop. 530. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buhner, value, 
p. r. f65L Patron, the Archbishop of York. 
KILDALE, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; 
(the seat of Robert Bell Livesey, Esq.) 6 miles from Stokesley and 
Guisbrougb, 14 from Yarm, 49 from York. — Pop. 209. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of 
Cleveland, value. +10/. 3s. Ad. p. r. 150/. Patron, Robert Bell 
Livesey, Esq. 

Here was formerly a Castle, which belonged to the Earls of Northumberland. 
— Camden. In the Park of Sir Arnold de Percy, within this parish, about the 
year 1312, the Friars of the Holy Cross began to build an oratory and other offices 
for' their settlement here ; but the place was interdicted by Archbishop Grenfield, 
till it should be made appear that this sort of mendicants was allowed by the 
Pope. — Tanner. No traces of the foundations appear at present. 
KILGRAM-BRIDGE, f.h. in the township of East- Witton-without, 

and parish of East-Witton ; 4 miles from IVJasham. 
KILLERBY, a township, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of 
Hang-East ; (the seat of John Booth, Esq.) 1 1 mile from Catterick, 
6 from Bedale, 6| from Richmond. — Pop. 48. 

In the 19th Edward I. Brian Fitz-Alan of Bedale, obtained license to 

make a Castle of his house at Kihcardeby. — Dugdale. The Castle which stood 

here, was in ruins in Leland's time, who says " Killarby Castil Ruine in Riga 

citer Swalee, about a ii mile south from Keterick." 

KILLERBY-HALL, /. k. in the township and parish of Cayton ; 

4 miles from Scarborough. 
KILLERBY-GRANGE, /. h. in the same township and parish. 
KILMONT- WOOD, / h. m the township and parish of Bowes ; 3 

miles from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnardcastle, (Bur.) 
KILTON, in the parish of Skelton, east-division of Langbarugh ; 7 
miles from Guisbrougb, 15 from Stokesley. — Pop. 100. 

Formerly there was a Castle here which belonged to the ancient family of the 
Thwengs. — Camden. This edifice is now in so ruinous a state, as to render it im- 
possible to form any idea of its former strength and magnificence. — Graves. It is 
now the property of John Wharton, Esq. of Skelton- Castle. 
KILTON-THORPE, /. h. in the township of Kilton, and parish of 
Skelton; 6 miles from Guisbrougb. 

In this farm are two ancient Manors, which at the general survey were held 
by Torchil, under the names of Chiliune and Torp. 
KILVINGTON, NORTH, in the parish of Thornton-le-street, wa- 
pentake of A Uertonshire; 2 1 miles from Thirsk, 6 \ from North- 
allerton.— Pop. 68. 



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KILVINGTON, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Birdforth ; U mile from Thirsk, 8 from Northallerton, E4| from 
York. — Pop. 260. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. 
Wilfrid, in the deanry of Buhner, value, 17/. 10V. \0d. Patron, 
Sidney-College, Cambridge. 

In this Church is a Baptismal Font, made about the time of Edward IV. on 
which is engraved the arms of the Scropes of Bolton and Upsal. The constant 
tradition of the neighbourhood has been, that it was removed to its present situa- 
tion from the chapel of Upsal Castle, in this parish.— For particulars of this 
Font, see Archeeoiogia, vol. XL. . 
KINGTHORPE, in the parish of Pickering', wapentake of Pick - 
ering-Lythe ; (the seat of John Fothergill, Esq.) 3 miles from 
• Pickering-, 12 from Malfon, 18 from Whitby. — Pop. 52. 
KIPLIX, a township, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of 
Gilling-East ; (Ktplin-HaU, the seat of the Itight Hon. Earl Tur- 
comwl) 5 miles from Catterick, 7| from Northallerton, 8§ from 
Richmond.— Pop 100. 

The title of Earl Tyrcbnnei. George Carpenter, the first Lord, was created 
Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, in 1719 ; and George Carpenter the third Lord, and 
first Earl, advanced to the dignities of Viscount Carlingford, and Earl Tyr- 
connel, in 1761 - — Debrett. John Delaval Carpenter, the fourth and present 
Earl, torn Dec. 16, 1790, married the only daughter and heiress of the late 
Robert Crowe, Esq* of Kipl in. 

Here in 15S2, was born George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore. He was 
educated at Trinity-College, Oxford, after which he went abroad, and at his 
return entered into the service of Robert Cecil, Secretary of State to James I. 
In I60o he was created M. A. in 1617 he received the honour of Knighthood; 
and in 1619 he was appointed to be one of the principal Secretaries of State : 
In 16 - 2o he Mas created (by the name of Sir George Calvert, of Danby-wiske, 
in Yorkshire, Knight) Baron of Baltimore, in the county of Longford, in Ireland. 
He wrote " Carmen funebre in D. Hen. Untonum, and many other pieces." 
There arp some of his letters in the Harleian M. S. collection, and some in 
Hearne's collection; 4to. — Magwa Brit. 

KIRK BRIDGE, /. h. in the township and parish of St. John Stan- 
wick ; 8 miles from Richmond. 

KIRKBY, COLD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth; 
J miles from Helmsley, 8 from Thirsk, 23 from York. — Pop. 185. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, and peculiar, in the deanry of 
Rvdale ; value, p. r. toSL 5s. Patron, Thomas Duncombe, Escj. 

KIRKBY-ON-THE-MOOR, or KIRKBY-H1LL, a parish-town, 
in the wapentake of Hallikeld ; 1 mile from Boroughbridge, 5 from 
Ripon, ii> from York. — Pop. 190. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry ot Boroughbridge, (fcocese 
of Chester, value, £7/. 13s. 6|rf. Patron, the King. 

KIRKBY-FLEETHAM, see. Fleetham, Kirkby. 

KIRKBY-HALL, (the seat of Mrs Lawrence) in the township of 
Fleetham. and parish of Kirkby-Fleetham ; 5 miles from Bedale, 
8 from Richmond. 

KIRBY-XXOWLE. a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bird- 
forth ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 9 from Northallerton, 29 from York. — 
Pop. IMS. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Bui mer, 
value, 8/. '2s. \d. Patron, Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. 

KIRBY-MILLS, in the township and parish of Kirbymoorside, 
wapentake of Rydale ; 1 mile from Kirbymoorside. 



60 NORTH-RIDING. 

KIRKBY-MISPERTON, or KIRKBY-OVERCARR, a parish- 
town, in the wapentake of Piekering-Ly the ; (the seat of the Rev, 
F. W, Blomberg) 4 miles from Pickering, 6 from Malton, 8 from 
Kirbymoorside, 24 from York.— Pop. 170. The Church is a rec- 
tory, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Rydaie, value, 
251. ]s. 10 jd. Patron, Charles Duncombe, Esq. 

Here was born, in 1 703, the Rev. John Clarke, M. A. whose life has been 
given to the public by the late Dr. Zouch, under the title of " the Good School- 
master exemplified, in the character of the Rev. John Clarke, M. A." He was 
the son of an honest and industrious mechanic, who^e extreme anxiety to give him 
a liberal education deserves every encomium. The Rector of the parish, (Mr 
Peter Dubordieu, M. A.) quick to discern and willing to encourage merit, placed 
him in the school at Thornton, a village in the neighbourhood, whence he subse- 
quently obtained a small exhibition to assist him at the University. He died at 
Scarborough, in the house of his brother Mr Francis Clarke. He was buried at 
the Church of Kirkby-Misperton, Feb. 11, 1761, where an elegant Monument has 
been erected to his memory, at the expense of not less than 148 of the sons of the 
principal gentry in the county of York, as well as those of other counties, all his pu- 
pils. A plain marble tablet is also placed in each of the schools over which he 
presided, with inscriptions by Dr. Zouch. 
KIRBYMOORSIDE, a parish and market-town, in the wapentake 
of Rydaie; 6 miles from Helmsley, 8 from Pickering, 14 from 
Malton, 24 from Guisbrough, 26 from York, 228 from London. — 
Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, Wednesday in Whitsun-week, and 
September 18, for horned cattle, sheep and linen. — Principal Inn, 
White Horse. — Pop. 1,878. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to All-Saints, in the deanry of Rydaie, value, $14/. 0*. lOd, 
Patron, the King. 

The church is an ancient edifice, in which " is a curious marble monument, 
with a brass plate, gilt, on which are carved figures of a Lady Brooke and her six 
sons and five daughters, all kneeling."— History of Whitby. Here died on the 
15th of April, 1687, in a miserable house in the market-place, in extreme want 
and misery, the gay, the witty, and profligate George Vil Hers, second Duke of 
Buckingham, of that name. The house has since undergone considerable repairs, 
and is now in the possession of Mr Atkinson, His extensive possessions at 
Helmsley and Kirbymoorside passed into the Duncombe family. In the follow- 
ing description Pope seems to have taken a poetical license, or been misinformed, 
as there is no tradition of the house ever having been an /nw, and the floor of the 
jroom is of old deal, and shewn to the curious. 

In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, 

The floors of plaister and the walls of dung, 

On once a flock bed, but repair'd with straw, 

With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, 

The George and Garter dangling from that bed, 

Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, 

Great Villiers lies— alas ! bow chang'd from him, 

That life of pleasure and that soul of whim ! 

Gallant and gay, in Cliefden's proud alcove, 

The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; 

Or just as gay, at Council, in a ring 

Of mimicked Statesmen, and their merry King, 

No Wit to flatter, left of all his store 1 

No fool to laugh at, which he valu'd more ; 

There, Victor of his health, of fortune, friends, 

And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. — Pope. 
Prom a letter to his intimate friend, Doctor Barrow, which the Duke wrote 
a few days before his death, it seems that he died in the utmost possible penitence, 



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t( afflicted," as lie says " with poverty, haunted with remorse, despised by my 
country, and, I fear, forsaken by my God." The parish register simply records 
his burial in the following manner: — *' 1687 — April 17th, Gorges Vilaus Lord, 
dooke of bookingam." 
KIRBY-WISKE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-East ; 
4 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Northallerton, 12 from Borough- 
bridge, 10 from Ripon, 27 from York. — Pop. 197. The Church 
is a rectory, dedicated to St. John Baptist, in the deanry of Rich- 
mond, diocese of Chester, value, 27/. 16s. 5\d. Patron, the 
Duke of Northumberland. 

Near this village are traces of an ancient encampment and a tumulus in which 
human bones have been found. It is famous for being the birth-place of the ce- 
lebrated Roger Ascham, third son of John Ascham, steward to the ancient family 
of Scrope, born 1515, and died in 1568. He. was Greek Professor of St. John's 
College, Cambridge ; instructor in Latin and Greek to Prince Edward and Princess 
Elizabeth ; Latin Secretary to Queen Mary, and afterwards Latin Secretary 
and private Tutor to Queen Elizabeth, in the Greek tongue. — His principal works 
are Toxophilus, published in 1544, and the Schoolmaster, composed in 1563, and 
published after his death by his widow. — His works were published in 1 vol. 4to. 
1761, by Bennett, with a Life and remarks upon him by Dr. Johnson. — Biog. Diet. 
— Life by Johnson. 

It also gave birth to Dr. Palliser, Archbishop Qf Cashill, and Dr. Hickes, 
Dean of Worcester, both men of eminent abilities. — Nichols. Dr. Hickes was 
born at a farm-house, called Ifoorhouse, in the village of Newsham, in this parish, 
June 20, 1640, and educated under Mr Thomas Smelt, in the Free Grammar- 
School at Northallerton. He was admitted Servitor of St. John's College, Oxford, 
thence removed to Magdalen College, and afterwards to Magdalen Hall ; and in 
1664, was chosen Fellow af Lincoln College. He was made Chaplain to the Duke 
of Lauderdale, in 1676 ; who took him next year into Scotland, where he received 
the degree of D. D. from Sharpe, Archbishop of St. Andrews. He took the same 
degree at Oxford, and was promoted to a Prebend of Worcester, in March 1679- 
80 ; made Chaplain to the King in 1681 ; and Dean of Worcester in August 1683. 
At the Revolution, refusing with others to take the oaths, was deprived of his 
deanry in February following. — He continued in possession, howexer, till May ; 
when reading in the Gazette that his deanry was granted to Mr William Talbot, 
(afterwards Bishop of Durham) he immediately drew up in his own hand-writing, 
a claim of right to it, directed to all the members of that Church, and in 1691 
affixed it over the entrance into the choir. From this time he was under the ne- 
cessity of absconding, till May 18, 1699, when Lord Somers, out of respect to his 
literary character, obtained an order in Council directing tho Attorney- General 
to enter a Writ of Noli prosequi, to all proceedings against him. He was a man of 
universal learning, deeply read in the primitive Fathers of the Church, and par- 
ticularly skilful in the old northern languages and antiquities. His chief works 
are, Linguarum veterum Septentrionalium Thesaurus, folio ; and Grammatical 
An^lo-Saxoniea, 4to. He died in 1715 — See Nichols' Literary Anecdotes — 
Biog. Diet. — Zouck's Sketches of Biogr. — Mag. Brit. 

John Hickes, Dr. Hickes' brother, was also born here, but of different prin- 
ciples. He became a presbyterian, and was deprived of the living of Stoke, in 
Devonshire, in 1662, for non-conformity. In 1685, he joined the Duke of Mon- 
mouth's army, for which he was executed. — Calamv.— Palmer. 
KIRKBY, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugb ; 2\ 
miles from Stokesley, 10 from Guisbrough and Yarm, 41 from 
York. — Pop. J 68. The Church, devoid of taste, and rebuilt in 
1816, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Augustine, in the deanry of 
Cleveland, value. 21/. 8.9. 6\d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 
According to Torr* it consisted both of a rectory and a vicarage ; 
the patronage of the latter belongs to the Hector, and is valued at 
tSL 6s. 3d. 



62 NORTH-RIDING. 

Not far from the Church, there is a Free-School, Math a house and garden for 
the use of the master, built in 1683, by Henry Edmunds, Esq. who endowed the 
same with lands here, that produce an annual income of about 40/. — GravesT* 
KIRKBY-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Crakehall, and parish 
of Bedale, wapentake of Hang-East ; 2 miles from Bedale, 5 from 
Catterick, 9 from Leyburn. 
KIRKBY-RAVENSWGRTH, or KIRKBY-ON-THE-HILL, a 
parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-West; 4i miles from 
Richmond, 7 from Catterick, 8 from Gretabridge, 48 from York. — 
Pop. 161. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
Peter and St. Felix, in thedeanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester. 
It was formerly a rectory, valued at 251. 5s. 'Z\d. belonged to the 
Monastery of St. Mary's, at York, and was one of the rectories 
annexed to the see of Chester, in 1541, the 33rd. Henrv VIII. 

7 7 u 

The present Church was built in 1397. — Near the church-yard is the Hos- 
pital or Alms-house, of St. John the Baptist, and School, founded by John 
Dakyn, L. L. D. (last Rector of the Church and Archdeacon of the East-Riding, 
and who had been concerned as Commissioner in the reign of Henry VIII. to take 
an account of the religious houses in Richmondshire) by a license granted to him 
for that purpose, dated Oct. 26th, in second and third of Philip and Mary, 1566. 
The original foundation of the Hospital or Alms-house consisted of two guardians, 
one preceptor, and four poor persons. — The revenue arises from certain lands 
and tenements near Richmond, and others in the parish of East-Cowton. It is 
now estimated, says Dr. Whitaker, at 1300/. per annum. 
KIRKDALE, a parish, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 2 miles from 
Kirbymoorside, 4| from Helmsley, 21 \ from York. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Rydale, value, 
p. r. f97l. Patron, the University of Oxford. 

The parish is very extensive, but there is no village bearing its name, yet it 
contains one of those curiosities rarely to be met with in this country, a Saxon 
inscription, at once recording the name of the founder, and the date of its erection, 
prior to the Norman Conquest, over an original Saxon Arch, within the porch of 
its Church, although no other part of the original is in existence. The Church is 
situated in a sequestered but beautiful spot, inveloped with woods, but there is 
nothing in the building worth notice, except the inscription, which is engraved 
on one entire free-stone, 7 feet 5 inches long, and 1 foot 10 inches high. The 
inscription was first discovered in 1771, by the Rev. William Dade, of Barmston, 
and in a letter from J. C. Brooke, Esq. to Mr Gough, read before the Society of 
Antiquaries in 1777, full particulars of which, with a view of the Church, and 
a facsimile of the inscription may be found in the 5th voi. of the Archaeologia . 
the fac simile is also given in Young's History of Whitbyl 

Kirkdale is not more remarkable for its Saxon inscription than for a Cave 
recently discovered, in which were some of those wonderful phcenomena not 
easily accounted for, viz. : — a large collection of Bones of animals hitherto un- 
known in this country, among which were several teeth, particularly of the 
Elephant and Hyena. 
KIRKLEATHAM, a parish-town, in the east-division of Lang- 
barugh ; (the seat of Henry Vansiitart, Esq.) %\ miles from Redcar, 
4 1" miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Yarm and Stockton, (Dur.) 
12| from Stokesley, 56 from York.— Pop. 686. The Church is 
a vicarage, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Cleveland, 
value, +13/. 6s. 8d. p. r. f50/. Patron, Henry Vansittart, Esq. 

There are few situations in the north which arrest more forcibly the atten- 
tion of the traveller than Kirkleatham, where all the beauty, and elegance, in 
every branch of building are happily combined, and give it such an air of prince- 
ly grandeur rarely to be equalled. 



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The Church is a very handsome stone building, supported by Tuscan columns, 
and at the west end is a well -toned organ. Adjoining the east window of the 
Church is a mausoleum, erected by Cholmley Turner, Esq. in 1740, underneath 
which is the family-vault. Here is a very superb Hospital, and which reminds 
one of the expression used by King William on his visiting Greenwich, " There 
are in England, Cottages for Princes, and Palaces for Peasants." It is a large 
and commodious building, inclosing three sides of a square, the fourth orna- 
mented with large iron gates. This benevolent charity was founded in 16/6, 
by Sir William Turner, Knight, Lord Mayor of London in 1669, who, at his own 
particular desire, was buried among the poor of his hospital, and in the chancel of 
the Church is a monument to his memory. He endowed it with lands, said to 
be worth 15007. per annum, for the support of a master and mistress, ten boys 
and ten girls, ten old men and ten old women, &c. The latter are admitted at 
the age of 63, and have each a salary of til. per annum, a good dinner provided 
(or them every day, by the master and mistress of the hospital, and are well 
clothed. 

In the front of the building is a neat chapel, bnilt in a style of superior 
elegance. From the centre of it is suspended a large chandelier, richly gilt 
with gold and burnished ; and above the altar is a beantiful window of painted 
glass, much superior to any similar work in the kingdom. In the centre of 
it is represented the offerings of the Magi at the birth of our Saviour ; on one 
side a full length figure of Sir William Turner, the founder, in his robes 
as Lord Mayor of London ; and on the other, John Turner, Esq. Serjeant at Law. 
The Library occupies a spacious room within the hospital, id which 
there is a choice collection of scarce and valuable books, and in it are nume- 
rous natural and artificial curiosities.— One singularly curious is a representa- 
tion of St. George and, the Dragon, cut out of a piece of box and finely carved. 

Sir William Turner, also by his will bequeathed 5,000/. tor found- 
ing a Free Grammar-School here, which was erected in 1709 by Cholmley 
Turner, E-q. his nephew : it is a large and handsome quadrangular building 
near the hospital. The master's salary is 100/. and that of the usher, 50/. ; but 
the school has been discontinued many years. The. building contained apart- 
ments for the master and usher, as well as the school-room. The Lord or Lady 
of the manor of Kirkkatham, who is sole Governor or Governess of the hospital, 
is sole trustee of the school. 

At the entrance to the Hospital, a stately oak points out the spot where stood the 
cottage that gave birch to Tom Brown, the hero of Dettengen, which took place 
about 1715. He was born of obscure but honest parents, and served hi§ time as 
an apprentice to a shoemaker in Yarm. Early in life he served as a private 
in brigadier Bland's regiment of dragoons. This regiment being ordered for 
foreign service, Brown took his departure with the rest for Germany, and at 
the battle of Dittengen, so honourable to the allies, he signalised himself by 
such uncommon intrepidity and personal bravery so as to merit the applause 
and approbation, not only of his comrades and officers, but of the whole 
army. In the early part of the engagement he had two hor6es killed under 
him, and two fingers from his right hand w 7 ere severed by a sabre ; notwith- 
standing which, upon the loss of their standard, Brown rushed into the 
thickest of the fight, determined to regain it, which he effected by shooting 
the Gens d'arrues, who were in possession of it, and made his way back 
through the ranks of the enemy. In the performance of this daring exploit, 
he received eight cuts in his face, head, and neck, and two balls in his back, 
and in this mangled condition he rejoined his regiment with the standard he 
had retaken, and was hailed on his safe arrival with repeated huzzas from the 
whole of his troop, aud the rest of the army who were spectators of this gallant 
exploit. This rung through the whole kingdom; his health was drank in 
public-houses; — his head elevated on sign-posts; — and there was scarcely a 
village but had the walls of its cottages decorated with a portrait of Tom 
Brown. After his recovery he served some time in the horse-guards, and his 
intrepid heroism Mould have been rewarded by a commission, but the want 
of education, and a habit of drinking which he had contracted, prevented his 
advancement. Being at length unlit for service, he retired to the town of 
Yarm, on a pension of 30/ per annum, which he did not long enjoy, but died 



64 NORTH-RIDING. 

and was buried there, January 19, 1746 ; and to perpetuate the remembrance 
of his undaunted courage, a sign was erected in that town, which remains to 
this day, representing our hero covered with wounds, and bearing the 
standard he had taken from the enemy. 

KIRKLEVINGTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Lang- 
barugh; 2 miles from Yarm, 6 from Stokesley, and Tontine-Inn, 
10 from Northallerton. 40 from York.— Pop. 282. The Church 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of 
Cleveland, value, p. r. 30/. Patron the Archbishop of York. 

KIRKLINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hallikeld ; 6 
miles from Thirsk and Bedale, 7 from Ripon, 1\ from Masham, 
27 from York. — Pop. 337. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry 
of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 25/. Is. Sjd. Patroness, 
Lady Ormond. 

The old Hall here of the ancient family of the "VVandesfords is still in exist- 
ence, and used as a farm-house. 

KNAYTON, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of Allertonshire ; 3| 
miles from Thirsk, 6 from Northallerton, 17 from Stokesley. — 
Pop. including Brawith, 377. 

KNEETON-HALL, and ? 2/. A. in the township and parish of Mid- 

KNEETON, UNDER, 5" dleton-Tyas ; 5 miles from Richmond, 
7 from Darlington, (Dur.) 

Kneeton Hall, now reduced to a single/, h. appears to have been at some 
time of much more importance, and had a Chapel, vide Whitaker's Yorks. 



LACKENRY, ham. in the township and parish of Wilton, east-di- 
vision of Langbarugh ; \\ miles from Guisbrough. 

LAISTHORPE, /. h. in the township of East-Newton, and parish 
of Stonegrave, 3 miles from Helmsley, 7 from Kirbymoorside. 

LAITHKIRK, /. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Ro- 
maldkirk ; 9 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) J 3 from Gretabridge. 
Here is a Chapel to Romaldkirk, valued at p. r. 22/. 

This chapel, according to Dr. Whitaker, appears to have originally been at 
Th02tigarth, which had probably been delapidated, when the family of the Fita- 
hughs gave a barn or laith for public worship, which denominates the present 
chapel Laithkirk. — The rector of Romaldkirk allows a stipend of 20£ per 
annum to the curate. — Bacon. 

LAMB-HILL,/, k. in the township of Burton-upon-Ure, and parish 
of Masham ; 2 miles from Masham, 6 from Bedale. 

LAMB-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Bowes ; 4 miles 
from Gretabridge, and Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 

LANDMOTH, a township, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of 
Allertonshire; 4 miles from Northallerton, 6| from Thirsk. — Pop. 
including Catto, 59. 

LANE-HEAD, in the township of Hutton-Longvilliers, and parish 
of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 3 miles from Gretabridge, 
9 from Richmond. 

LANE-HOUSE, /. k. in the township of East- Witton-without, and 
parish of East- Wilton ; 6 miles from Middleham. 

LANGBARUGH, 2/. k. (which gives name to the wapentake) in 



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the township and parish of Great- Ayton ; 3 miles from Stokesley, 
5 from Guisbrough. 

LANGBARUG1X, a wapentake, which comprehends the whole of 
that district called Cleveland, bounded on the east and north-east 
by the German Ocean, on the west by Aliertonshire, and on the 
north-west by the River Tees. The Rev. George Marwood is 
Lord and Chief Bailiff. The wapentake and liberty are co-exten- 
sive. It contains three market-towns, Guisbrough, Stokesley, 
and Yarm, 83 townships, 31 of which are parishes, 6,298 inhabited 
houses, occupied bv 29,753 inhabitants. 

LANGTHORNE, in the parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 
3 miles from Eedale, 9 from Mashara. — Pop. 135. 

LANGTHORPE, in the parish of Kirkby-on-the-Moor, wapentake 1 
of Hallikeld ; fa mile from Boroughb ridge, 5 § from Ripon, 7| 
from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 143. 

LANGTON, GREAT, or JLANGTON-UPON-SWALE, a parish, 
in the wapentake of Gilling-East ; 6 miles from Northallerton, 9 
from Richmond, 38 from York. — -Pop. 116. The Church is a 
rectory, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 
£6/. 105. lOd. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. 

The few houses here that give name to the parish are situated so near the 
brink of the river Swale, that they are frequently in danger of being swept away. 
The church stands about r quarter of a mile from the village. 

LANGTON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish of Great-Langton, 
wapentake of Gilling-East ; 5 miles from Northallerton, 10 from 
Richmond. — Pop. 86. In this township is 

LANGTON-LODGE, (the seat of Francis Redfearn, Esq.) 

LANG WITH, /. h. in the township of Snape, and parish of Well; 
3 miles from Bedale, 5 from Masham. 

LARPOOL-HALL, (the seat of Edmund Turton, Esq.) in the" 
township of Hawsker-with-Stainsacre, and parish of Whitby ; 1 mile? 
from Whitby. 

LARTINGTON, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake of Gil- 
ling- West ; (the seat of Mrs Silvertop Maire) 2 miles from Bar- 
nardcastle, (Dur.) 6 from Gretabridge. — Pop. 243. 

At Lartington was formerly a chantry of our Lady, probably founded by the 
Fitz-hughes from whom the Maire family can trace their descent, although this 
manor appears, from Whitaker's Yorkshire, to have come to them by purchase* 
The chantry wa^ valued (37, Henry VI ff.) at 51. 6s. K/f. per annum. 

LASKILL, orLASKILL-PASTURE, in the township of Rivals, 
and parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 6 miles from 
Helmsley, 12 from Kirbymoorside. (scattered farms) 

LASTING HAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale; 4 
miles from Kirbymoorside, 6 from Pickering, 10 from Helmsley, 
30 from York. — Pop. 225. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Mary, in the deanry of Rydale, value, %\~l. 7. 6d. Patron., 
the King. 

In 648, Edilwald, son of Oswald, Kingoi Northumbria, gave to Cedde, bishop" 
of the East-Saxons, a piece of ground, called Lesti/iguy, for building a monastery, 
He instituted here the same discipjine as at Lindisforn, where he had been edu- 
cated. In this monastery he died about the year 664. — Dludale, Tliis monas* 

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68 NORTH-RIDING. 

tery was destroyed in 870, restored in ] 078, and in 1088 the fraternity removed 
to York. Underneath the choir of the present church, and of the same dimensions, 
is a vaulted crypt, 13 paces by 8, the massy cylindrical columns of which, with 
their variously sculptured columns and arches, are all in great preservation, and 
exhibit excellent specimens of Saxon architecture. The entrance is through a 
trap-door from the west-end of the choir, and consists of a centre and two side 
ailes, lighted by a small window at the east-end of each aile, and being situated 
on the brow of a steep hill, admit light. The east-end is circular, resembling the 
crypt or bone-house at Ripon minster, which was built about the same time. 

LAYTON, EAST, in the parishes of Melsonby and St. John Stan- 
wick, wapentake of Gilling-West ; {the seat of Thomas Barker, Esq.) 
6 miles from Richmond, 7 from Gretabridge, 8 from Catterick. — 
Pop. 137. 

LAYTON, WEST, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling- 
West ; (the seat of Lord Rokeby) 6 miles from Richmond and Gre- 
tabridge. — Pop. 69. 

Morris Robinson, the present Baron Rokeby, of Armagh, and an English 
baronet, is descended from a long line of an illustrious family, the Robinsons of 
Rokeby and West-Layton, who have, at different time', filled various important 
offices in the state. They appear to have come into possession of the Layton 
estate in 1644, by marriage with a daughter of the Lay tons. — Richard Layton, a 
younger son of the Laytons, of West-Layton, was dean of York in Henry the 
8th's time, and was one of the persons whose authority that monarch principally 
made use of in dissolving the monasteries. The first Lord Rokeby was Richard 
Robinson, created a baron in 1777, Sir Leonard Robinson being knighted by 
King William III. — Heir presumptive, Matthew Montague, Esq. his Lordship's 
brother. — Debrett. 

LAZENBY, ham. in the township and parish of Wilton, east-divi- 
sion of Langbarugh; 5 miles from Guisbrough, 10 from Stokesley. 

LAZENBY-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Northaller- 
ton ; 4 miles from Northallerton. 

LEAK, a parish and township, in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; 
5 miles from Northallerton, 6 from Thirsk, 29 from York. — Pop. 
11. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, 
in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 16/. Patron, the Bishop of 
Durham. 

LEALHOLME, ham. in the township of Glaisdale, and parish of 
Danby, east-division of Langbarugh; 9 miles from Whitby, 13 
from Guisbrough, 18 from Stokesley. 

LEALHOLME-HALL, /. h. in the township of Glaisdale, and 
parish of Danby ; 8| miles from Whitby. 

LEASE-CAR, /. A. in the township of Brompton, and parish of 
Northallerton ; 3 miles from Northallerton. 

LEASES, (the seat of Mrs Arden) in the township of Aiskew, and 
parish of Bed ale ; %\ miles from Bedale, 4| from Catterick, 6| 
from Northallerton. 

LEASEHEAD, /. h. in the township of Ugglebarnby, and parish of 
Whitby ; 7 miles from Whitby. 

LEBBERSTON, in the parish of Filey, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe ; 4 miles from Hunmanby, 5 from Scarborough. — Pop. 1 43. 

LECKBY, 3/. h. in the township and parish of Cundall, wapentake 
of Hallikeld ; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Thirsk. 

LEEMING, in the township of Exilby, Leeming, and Newton, 
and parish of Burneeton, wapentake of Iiallikeld; 2 mile* from 






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Bedale, 6| from Catterick, 7 from Northallerton. — Pop. included 
in Exilby. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
John, value, p. r. 43/. 6s. 2d. Patron, the Vicar of Burneston. 

Leeming-Lane, hence the name of this village, is a Roman road, called the 
Ermine- Street. It is called Leeming-Lane from its stony composure, Lhe sig- 
nifying a way, and Mean, in British, a stone. — Stukeley's Itiner. Curios. 

LEEMING, LITTLE, /. h. in the township of Aiskew, and parish 
of Bedale ; 2 miles from Bedale. 

LEIGHTON, 'Zf. k. in the township of Healey-with-Sutton, and 
parish of Masham ; 5 miles from Masham, 10 from Middleham. 

LE YEN-BRIDGE, ham. in the townships of Ingleby-Berwick, 
and Hilton, and parishes of Stainton and Hilton, west-division of 
Langbarugh ; 4 miles fiom Stockton, (Dur.) 

LEYEN-GROYE, (the seat of the Dowager Lady Amherst) in the 
township of Skutterskelfe, and parish of Rudby ; 2 miles from 
Stokeselv, 6 from Yarm. 

LEYEN, HIGH, orNEW-TOVVN, see New-Town. 

LEYLNGTON, CASTLE, a township, in the parish of Kirkleving- 
ton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 3 \ miles from Yarm, 5 from 
Stokesley. — Pop. 14. 

Here is a large steep hill, called the Castle-Hill, from which Castle- 
Levington probably derives its name. It is situated on the banks of the Leven, is 
of a circular form, characteristic of a Danish fortification, but no vestiges of any 
building have ever been discovered.— Graves. 

LEYINGTON, KIRK, see Kirklevington. 

LEYISHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering-Ly the ; 
6 miles from Pickering, \5 from Malton, 16 from Whitby, 33 from 
York. — Pop. 152. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of 
Rydale, value, 11. 8s. \\d. p. r. fllOl. Patron, the Rev. Robert 
Skelton. 

LEYBURX, a market-town, in the parish of Wensley, wapentake 
of Hang- VY est; 2 miles from Middleham, 8 from Reeth, and 
Richmond, 10 from Masham, 12 from Askrigg and Bedale, 45 
from York, 235 from London. — Market, Friday. — Fairs, second 
Fridays in February, May, October, and December, for horned 
cattle, sheep, &c— Bankers, Wensleydale-Bank, Messrs Huttoii, 
Other, & Simpson, draw on Messrs Sir Peter Pole, Thornton, <fe 
Co. 1 , Bartholomew-Lane. — Principal Inns, Bolton's Arms, and 
King's Arms. — Pop. 810. 

LILLIXG, EAST and WEST, which being united, form the 
township of Lillings-A^nbo, in the parish of Sheriff-Hutton, wa- 
pentake of Buhner; 9 miles from York, 10 from EasingwofcL, 
and Malton.— Pop. 208. 

LILLY -JOCKS, see Plantation. 

LIMBER -HILL, 2 h. in the township and parish of Egton ; 8 miles 
from Whitby, 1 5 from Guisbrougb. 

LIMEKILN-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Arden, and parish of 
Hawnby ; 9 miles from Northallerton, 10 from Thirsk. 

LINGYMOOR, /. hs. in the township of Monlton, and parish of 
Middleton-Tyas ; 5 miles from Catterick and Richmond. 



08 NORTH-HIDING. 

LINGYMOOR, 2f. h. In the township of Spaunton, and parish of 

Lastinghani ; 3 miles from Kirhymoorside. 
LINTHORPE, or LEVENTHORPE, in the parish of Acklam, 

west-division of Langharugh ; 4 miles from Stockton, (Dur.) 7 

from Stokesley. — Pop. 196. 
LINTON, in the parish of Newton-upon-Ouse, wapentake of Bulmer; 

6 miles from Easingwold, 8 from Boroughbridge, 10 from York.— 

Pop. 268. 
LITHERSKEW, in the township of High- Abbotside, and parish of 

Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Hawes, 4 from Askrigg. 
LITTLE- ASHES, /. h. m the township of Appleton-le-moof. and 

parish of Lastinghara ; 31 miles from Kirbymoorside. 
LITTLE-BECK, ham. In the townships of Ugglebarnby and Esk- 

daleside, and parish of Whitby ; 7 miles from Whitby. 
LITTLE-BURN-HOUSE, (a residence of Lord Rokeby) in the 

township of Thoraldby, and parish of Aysgarth; 10 miles from 

Leybura. 
LITTLE-MOOR-HOUSE,/, h. in the township and parish of Spen- 

nythorne ; 3 miles from Middleham. 
LIVERTON, in the parish of Easington, east-division of Lang- 

barugh; 9 miles from Guisbrougb, 15 from Stokesley, 16 from 

Whitby.— Pop. 251. 

It is an ancient chapelry dependent on the church of Easington. The chapel 
has parochial rights, but the inhabitants pay no acknowledgment to Easington. — 

Graves. 
LOBSTER-HOUSE, an Inn, in the township of Claxton, and 

parish of Bossall ; 7| miles from York, 10| from Malton, 12 from 

Easingwold. Here the Magistrates for the wapentake of Buhner 

hold their Meetings. 
LOCKTON, in the parish of Middleton, wapentake of Pickering- 

Lythe; 6 miles from Pickering, 15 from Malton and Whitby.— 

Pop. 324. Here is a Chapel of ease to Middleton. 
LODGE-GREEN, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of 

Grinton, wapentake of Gilling- West ; 6 miles from Reeth. 
LOFTHOUSE, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugh ; 

(the seat of Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas, Bart.) 8 miles from Guis- 

Jbrough, 14 from Whitby, 16 from Stokesley, 59 from York. — 

Pop. 1,178. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Leonard, 

in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 10/. \\s.0\d. Patron, the King. 
It was given by William de Saucey, to the prior and convent of Guisb rough, 

and continued a rectory under their patronage till the dissolution of that mo- 
nastery, when it came to the crown. 

Lofthouse was, in the last century, the seat of the well known Zachary Har- 
nage Moore, Esq. who having expended, with unbounded liberality, a very princely 
fortune, was reduced to the necessity of accepting an ensigncy at Gibraltar, in the 
47th year of his age. In Crazy Tales we have the following monumental inscription 
to his memory. 

Z. M. Esq. 

A living Monument 

Of the friendship and generosity of the great J 

After an intimacy of thirty years, 



NORTH-RIDING. 69 

With most of the peat personages of these Kingdoms, 

Who did liim the honour to assist him, 

In the laborious work, 

Of getting to the far end of a great fortune, 

These his noble friends, 

From gratitude, for the many happy days and nights, 

Enjoy'd by Ms means, 

Exalted him, through their influence, 

In the 47th year of his age, 

To an insigncy ; 

Which he actually enjoys at present 

In Gib'raltar. 

LONDONDERRY, in the township of Exelby, Leeming, and 

Newton, and parish of Burneston, wapentake of Hallikeld; (the 

seat of the Rev. John Rape?- Hunton) 3 miles from Bedale, 8 from 

Northallerton. 12 1 from Ripon. 

LONG-HULL, (the seat of Robert Chaloner, Esq.) in the township 

and parish of Guisbrough ; | mile from Guisbrough. 
LONGTHWAITE, in the township and parish of Arkengarihdale, 
wapentake of Gilling-West ; 3 miles from Reeth, 10 from Rich- 
mond 
LONTON, /. k. in the township of Holwick, and parish of Romald- 

kirk ; 8 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 1 1 from Gretabridge. 
LOUPS, /. h. in the township of Lart'mgton, and parish of Romald- 

kirk ; 4 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 7 from Gretabridge. 
LOUSEY-CROSS, p. h. in the parish of St. John Stanwick ; 7 

miles from Richmond and Darlingon, (Dur.) 
LOVESOME-HILL, ham, in the township of Hutton-Bonville, and 
parish of Birkby, 3| miles from Northallerton, 12| from Darling- 
ton. (Dur.) 

LOW- FIELD, see Field, Low. 
LOW-FIELDS, 3f. h. in the township and parish of Bowes, 4 miles 

from Gretabridge, 5 from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 
LOW-MOOR, 4/. h. in the township of West-Harlsey, and parish 

of Osmotherley ; S\ miles from Northallerton. 
LOW-MOORS, see Land Forest. 
LO W-NESS and HIGH-NESS, 2 /. h. in the township and parish 

of Pickhill; 51 miles from Bedale, 8 from Thirsk. 
LOW- ROW, 3 h. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grin- 
ton, wapentake of Gilling-West ; (the seat of Ralph Parke, Esq.) 5 
miles from Reeth, 6 from Askrigg. 
LUNDS, in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish or Aysgarth, 
wapentake of Hang- West ; 6 miles from Ha wes, 10| from Ask- 
rigg. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f72/. 7*. 6d. 
Patron, the Vicar of Aysgarth. 
LUND-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Spaunton, and parish of 

Lastingham; 31 miles from Kirbymoorside. 
LUND-FOREST, or LOW-MOORS, 4 /. h. in the township of Ry- 
ton. and parish of Kirkby-Misperton ; 4 miles from Malton, 5 from 
Pickering, 12 from Kirbymoorside. 
LUNE-DALE, a township, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake 
of Gilling-West; 7 miles from Barnardcastle. (Dur.) 10 from Gre- 
tabridge. — Pop. 265. 



70 NORTH-RIDING. 

L YTHE, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugh ; 4 miles 
from Whitby, 17 from Guisbrough, 52 from York. — Pop. 1,134. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry 
of Cleveland, value, $1(M. 12s. 6d. p. r. fS5L Patron, the Arch- 
bishop of York. 

M 

MAINS, HTGH and LOW, 2 /. k. in the township and parish of 
Masham ; the former 2 miles and the latter 1 mile from Masham. 

MALTBY, in the parish of Stainton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 
4 miles from Yarm, 6 from Stokesley, 1 1 from Guisbrough. — 
Pop. 168. 

MALTON, NEW, a market- town, in the parishes of St. Leonard 
and St. Michael, wapentake of Rydale, a part in the liberty of St. 
Peter; 9 miles from Pickering and Yeddingham, 12 from Sled- 
mere and Snainton New-Inn, 14 from Kirbymoorside, 16 from 
Helmsley, 18 from York and Sainton, 20 from Easingwold, 22 
from Scarborough, 27 from Thirsk, 28 from Beverley 30 from 
Bridlington, 217 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, Satur- 
day before Palm-Sunday, for horned cattle, and that day, and the 
week preceding for horses ; Saturday before Whit-Sunday, & July 
15, and Saturday before Nov. 11, for cattle, sheep, &c. — Bankers, 
Messrs. Bower, Brown, Dewsbury, aud Thompson, draw on 
Messrs. Curries, Raikes, & Co. 29, Cornhill; North-Riding 
Bank, Messrs. Hague, Strickland, & Allen, draw on Messrs. 
Barclay, Tritton, & Co. 54, Lombard-Street. — Principal Inns, 
New-Talbot, and White-Horse.— Pop. St. Leonard, 2,339— St. 
Michael, 1,666 — Total, 4,005. The Churches are perpetual cura- 
cies, in the deanry of Rydale, value, together with St. Mary, 
at old Malton, p. r. 1 17/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

The entrance to Malton from Scarborough, is Over a spacious stone bridge 
crossing the river in three directions, on the right-hand of which are some remains 
of the once large castle, for thus Leland describes it, " The castel of Malton hath 
been larg, as it epperith by the ruine. There is at this tyrne no habitation yn it, 
but a mene house for a farmer." This castle and manor, soon after the conquest, 
\vas given to Gilbert Tyson, from whose son, William, the Vescies descended, 
and in whose hands it continued till William de Vesci (slain in the battle of 
Striveling) left no heirs. John de Mowbray was constituted governor by Edward 
II. In the reign of Stephen, Thurston, Archbishop of York, took possession of 
this castle, and burnt the town. In the same reign, Eustace Fitz-John, father of 
William de Vesci, was taken into favour again, and rebuilt the tower ; from this 
period it was called New- Malton. 

Malton has long been considered the camulodunum of Ptolemy ; where vast 
quantities of roman coins of various emperors, some as old as Trajan and Hadrian 
have been found — and a sepulchral inscription was found in the Pye-Pits, oppo- 
site to the castle, in 1753, viz. :— 

D. M. Dis Manibus 

AUR. MA Aurelius Ma- 

CPvINUS EX crinus ex 

EQ SING AUG. equitibus singularibus Augusti. 

Gough's Camden. 
Mr Young, in his history of Whitby, labours with great ingenuity to prove 
that Malton w the Roman Derventio, against the opinions of Camden who place* 
it at Aldby, Horsley at Kexby, and Drake at Stamford-Bridge. 



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Malton made two returns of members to Parliament, the 23rd and 26th Edw. 
I. and was restored to send members again to Parliament in 1640. The last con- 
test was in 1807, when Lord Headley was returned, but on a petition being pre- 
sented by Brian Cooke, Esq. against such return, the house declared the latter 
duly elected. — Oldiield. 

John Topham, a learned antiquary, was a native of this place ; and in an 
humble situation under the late Philip Carteret Webb, Esq. solicitor to the trea- 
sury, acquired such a knowledge of ancient hands and monuments, as raised him 
to a place in the State Paper-office. His publications in the Archaeologia are 
numerous. He was elected F. S. A. in 1767, and treasurer in 1785, also F. R, S. 
in 1779. He died at Cheltenham, Aug. 19, 1803.— Gent. Biog. Diet. — Nichols 3 
Lit. Anecdotes vol. II. 

MALTON, OLD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale, a part 
in the liberty of St. Peter, about a mile distant from New-Malton. 
Pop. 1,064. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
Mary, in the deanry of Rydale. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. 

In Leland's time, it appears to have been the mother-church to St. Michael 
and St Leonard, at New-Malton ; and has been built where stood the priory, found- 
ed by Eustachius, or Eustace Fitz-John, for canons of the order of St. Gilbert. In 
1200, William Laceles, Knight, granted them two bovates of land in Old- Malton, 
in lieu of certain tithes, — valued at the dissolution at 197^' 19.9. 2d. — Duodale. 

In 1546, Robert Holgate, D. D. Archbishop of York, founded a free gram- 
mar-school here, and endowed it with lands and tenements, of the value of 20/. 
per annum. " The master is appointed by the Archbishop of York. — Anciently, 
it appears, there were lands belonging to this school ; but now instead of them, 
there are certain money payments amounting to about 100/. per annum, with a 
good house and garden attached to it." — Carlisle's Grain. Schools. 

MANFIELD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-East ; 5 
miles from Darlington, (Dur). 9 from Richmond, 47 from York. 
Pop. 440. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in 
the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 61. Is. '3d. 
Patron, the King-. 

" Manfield," says Cade, " is now an insignificant village, but anciently a 
very considerable place of great extent, on an elevated situation, and probably 
once a British Oppidum, being every where strewed with small hillocks, re- 
sembling tumuli, and the neighbouring fields lined with the foundations of build- 
ings and other vestigia ; but nothing can be gleaned of its origine or downfall.— 
Arch.eologia. 

MARDERBY, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Feliskirk, liberty 
of Ripon ; 3 miles from Thirsk. 

MARJSHES, EAST, a few f. h. in the township and parish of 
Thornton, wapentake ot Pickering-Lythe; 4 miles from Pickering. 

MARISHES, WEST, a township, in the parish of Pickering, wa- 
pentake of Pickerinsr-Lythe; 4 miles from Pickering, 5 from 
Malton.— Pop. 210. 

MARRICK, or MAR WICK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Gilling-West ; 3 miles from Reeth, 8 from Richmond, 52 from 
York. — Pop. 621. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, 
value, p. r. 44/. 1 5 s. Patron, Josiah M or ley, Esq. 

Marrick is situated on the northern banks of the Swale, below which is the 
church, being the nave of the chapel that belonged a Nunnery of Benedictine 
Nuns, founded here in the latter end of the reign to king Stephen, by Roger 
de Ask. It was, according to Dugdale, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but 
^cording to M S S in the Bodleian Library, to St. Andrew. This house had 
the king's license to continue after the dissolution of lesser houses. It was 
surrendered by Caristabella Cowper, the Priori -9 and sixteen Nuns, November 



72 NORTH-RIDING. 

17th, 1540, the 31st. Henry VIII. The site was granted to John Uvedale, 
The yearly revenues were rated by Speed at £64 8s. 9d. The Hospital on 
Stanemore belonged to these Nuns. — Burton, Burnett. 

MARRICK-ABBE Y, /. h. in the township and parish of Marrick ; 
3 miles from Reeth. 

MARRICK-PARKS, (the seat of Josiah Morley, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Marrick, 4 miles from Reeth, 9 from Richmond. 

MARRIFIRTH, s. h. in the township and parish of Thornton- 
Steward ; 5 miles from Bedale, Masham, and Midd'eham. 

MARSETT, ham. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Ays- 
garth, wapentake of Hang- West; 4 miles from Hawes, 4| from 
Askrigg, 15 from Ley burn. 

M ARSKE, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugh ; (Marske- 
Hall, the seat of the Eight Hon. Lord Dunclas) 3 miles from 
Redcar, 6 miles from Guisbrough, 14 from Stokesley, 20 from 
Whitby, 57 from York. — Pop. 576. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Germain, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, £10/. 
lis. lO^d. p. r. 72/. Patron, Lord Dundas. 

The Church, which is very ancient, stands r»t a little distance from the 
village, and within a few yards of the cliff washed by the sea ; the spire of which 
affords a conspicuous land-mark to mariners that frequent the coast. 

M ARSKE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling- West ; (the 
seat of John Hutton, Esq.) 5 miles from Richmond, Reeth, and 
Leburn, 49 from York. — Pop. 290. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Cutbert, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of 
Chester, value, 12/. 6s. 5\d. Patron, John Button, Esq. 

The patronage of this church has been in the family of Hutton ever since 1598, 
when Matthew Hutton, archbishop of York, purchased this estate. — In the 
grounds of J. Hutton, esq. is an obelisk, which covers the body of Matthew 
Hutton, formerly a captain in the army, who dying in the year 1813 at Mac- 
clesfield, requested his executors to bury him in this place, where, when a 
boy, he had often sat, enchanted with the beauties of this mountainous 
Country. 

At Marske, was born, January 5, 1692 — 3, Dr. Matthew Hutton, arch- 
bishop of Canterbury. — He went to school at Kirkby-Hill, near Richmond, in 
1702, under the care of the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, (of Jesus College, Cambridge,) 
whom he accompanied to Ripon, on his being appointed Master there in 1704, 
and remained under his tuition 6 years. — He was admitted at Jesus College, 
Cambridge, in 1710, took his degree of B. A. at that College, 1713, and in 
the same year was made chaplain to the Duke of Somerset. At a proper age 
he was ordained Deacon, by Bishop Fleetwood ; and elected Fellow of Christ's 
College, in 1717, and in the same year M. A. — In 1726 he was rector of 
Trowbridge in Wiltshire. — In 1729 bcame rector of Spofforth in this County. 
He was madePrebendary of York, by archbishop Blackburn, was appointed one 
of the chaplains to George II. and went with his Majesty to Hanover, in 
1736. — He obtained a Canonry of Windsor in 1737 ; exchanged May 18, 1739 
for a Prebend of Westminster ; which he resigned in 1745, when he became 
Bishop of Bangor. — In December 1745, he was translated to the archbishoprick 
of York ; and April 1757 to that of Canterbury : He died at Duke Street, West- 
minster in 1758, aged 65, and lies buried at Lambeth, near the communion Table. 
" The Family of Hutton of Marske is the only one in this kingdom who can 
be said to have yielded to the church two English archbishops, who both 
appear to have been great and good Prelates/' and that within a century of 
each other — Matthew archbishop of York dying in 1735, and Matthew of Can- 
terbury was translated to the same see in 1745. — Nichols. 

Matthew of York left a Son, Sir Timothy, who was High Sheriff io 
1 1607.— Drake, 



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MARTIN'S, ST. ABBEY, in the township of Hipswell, and parish 
of Catterick, wapentake of Hang- East ; 1 1 mile from Rich- 
mond, 5 from Catterick. — Pop. included in Hipswell. 

Here was a Priory of Benedictine Monks, founded about the year 1100 by 
Whyomar, lord of Aske, chief steward to Allan, earl of Richmond. • It was 
valued at the dissolution in 1528, clear rental, at 43/. 16s. 8c?. and surrendered 
by John Matthew, the last Prior, and nine Monks. The site was granted in the 
4th of Edward VI. to Edward, lord Clinton, lord high admiral of England, who 
sold it the same year to William Pepper, of St. Martin's, Esq., and to Cuthbert 
and William Walker, of Richmond. The walls of the chapel, a tower, and some 
other fragments are all that remain of this Priory, and are fast mouldering away. 
— Burton. 

MARTON, in the parish of Sinnington, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Pickering, 
5 from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 255. 

MARTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarngh ; 
(Marton- Lodge, the seat of Bartholomew Rudd, Esq.) 5 miles from 
Stockton, (Dur.) 7 from Guisbrough and Stokesley, 8 from Yarm, 
50 from York. — Pop. 397. The village is small, and divided into 
East and West-Marton; in the latter stands the Church, a vicarage, 
dedicated to St Cuthbert, in the deanry of Cleveland, value* \l. 
18*\ 9d. p. r. 120/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

Here was born November 3, 1728, that celebrated navigator, Captain James 
Cook. His parents being labourers, he received the rudiments of lis education 
from a school mistress of the village. His father being afterwards in the service 
of Thomas Scott owe, Esq., young Cook, at eight years of age was sent to a day 
school at Ayton, where he was educated at Mr. Scottowe's expence. At the age 
of thirteen, he was bound apprentice to Mr. Sanderson, a shopkeeper at StaithesJ 
but from some disagreement with his master, the contract was dissolved, and he 
bound himself apprentice for seven years to Messrs. Walker, of Whitby, owners of 
ships in the coal trade. After serving his apprenticeship faithfully, he, in l7i>5, 
volunteered on board the Eagle, a sixty gun ship, commanded by Sir Hugh Pal- 
liser, who soon marked him as an able and diligent seaman. In 1759, he ob* 
tained a warrant as master of the Mercury, in which ship he was at the taking of 
Quebec. It was here, on the recommendation of Sir Hugh Palliser, that he was 
employed in the difficult and dangerous service of taking soundings in the river 
St. Lawrence, which he did in the night in front of the French fortified camp. 
After making innumerable discoveries in almost every part of the globe, and hav- 
ing enlarged the bounds of human knowledge in various ways, he fell by the hands 
of the savage people of Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich islands, February 14, 1779. 
Actuated by that ardent zeal, which knows no difficulty, and that dauntless spirit 
which fears no danger, he went on shore for the purpose of rescuing some of his 
crew from the danger of an unfortunate quarrel with the Indians, when he was 
shockingly murdered by some of the barbarians. Captain Cook left a widow and 
family ; on the former a pension of 200/. a year was settled by the king, and 25/. 
on each of the children. 

MARTON, a parish, in the wapentake of Bulraer, liberty of Ripon ; 
5 miles from Easingwold, 1 1 from York, 14 from Malton. — Pop, 
including Moxby. 164. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the 
deanry of Bulmer, value, p. r. f52/. Patron, the Archbishop of 
York. 

Bertram de Bulmer, in the time of king Stephen, founded here a Monastery 
dedicated to St. Mary, for men and women of the order of St. Austin ; but the 
Nuns not long after, were removed to Molesby. It was valued at lol/. 5s. Ad. 
Dugdale. 183/. 2s. Ad. Speed. 

The little that remains of this house is only to Ik? found ill and near to a 
farm house, bearing the name of Marton-Abbey. In 34 Henry VIII. 1543, the 
site was granted to the Archbishop of Y r ork, in exchange for other lands. — Bvrtom* 

K 



74 NORTH-RIDING. - 

MARTON-LE-MOOR, in the parishes of Topcliffe and Kirkby-on- 
the-Moor, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 
4 from Ripon. — Pop. 201. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
value, p. r. 58/. 1 7*. id. Patron, the Vicar of Topcliffe. 

MARTON-LORDSHIP, /. h. in the township of Marton-cum- 
Moxby; 5 miles from Easingwold, 12 from York. 

MASHAM, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- 
East, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 6 miles from Bedale, 10 
from Ripon, Middleham, and Leyburn, 14 from Thirsk, 15 
from Pateley bridge, 18 from Richmond, 33 from York, 222 
from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, September 17, 18, 
and 1 9, for horned cattle, sheep, pedlary-ware, &c. — Principal 
Inn, King's Head. — Pop. 1,171. The Church, peculiar, is a vica- 
rage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of 
Chester, value, 30/. in the patronage of Trinity College, Cam- 
bridge, under which Lord Grantly, as leassee, holds the impropriate 
rectory. William Danby, of Swinton, Esq. is lord of the manor 
of Mashamshire, which comprises the whole parish, except the 
township of Burton-upon-Ure. 

Masham formerly belonged to the family of the Scropes, whorhad a seat here ; 
to distinguish them from another family of the Scropes of Bolton, from whom 
they descended, they were styled in writing Scropes of Masham. Of this family 
was Jefferey, lord Scrope, twice chief justice of the King's Bench; he procured 
a charter of free warren for all his demesne lands in this town, 2 Edward III., also, 
for the present weekly market and fairs. He died possessed of this manor 15 of 
Richard II. leaving Stephen his son and heir. This manor and estates continued 
in this family till 7 of Henry VII., when Thomas, lord Scrope, dying without male 
issue, they were "carried into the family of Scropes of Bolton, by marriage of his 
daughter Alice with Henry, lord Scrope ; but afterwards came to the Danbys ; 
.Sir Christopher Danby marrying Mary, the sister of Thomas, lord Scrope. — 
.Mag. Brit. Archleol. 

MAUNBY, in the parish of Kirby-Wiske, wapentake of Gilling- 
East; (the seat of Thomas Stubbs Walker, Esq.) 6 miles from North- 
allerton and Thirsk. — Pop. 206. 

MAULEY-CROSS, in the township of Pickering, and parish of 
Middleton. 

This is' one of those ancient stone pillars in the form of a cross, the super- 
stitious use of which is of a very early date. It is situated upon the high rr.oors, 
and most probably erected by the family whose name it bears, who formerly 
resided at Mulgrave, near Whitby. 

MELBECKS, a township, in the parish of Grinton, wapentake of 
Gilling-West. — Pop. 1,726. It is a mountainous district, on the 
north-side of the Swale, near to Reeth. 

MELMERBY, in the parish of Wath, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4| 
miles from Ripon, 7 from Thirsk, 7| from Bedale. — Pop. 258. 

.MELMERBY, in the parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- 
West; 4 miles from Middleham, 5 from Leyburn. — Pop. 112. 

MELSONB Y, a parish town, in the wapentake of Gilling-West ; 6 
milesfrom Richmond, 6 from Gretabridge, 44 from York. — Pop. 440. 
The Church is a rectory dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of 
Richmond, diocese of Chester, value 10/. 2s. lie/, in the patron- 
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MELWATERS, /. h. in the township and parish of Bowes; 6\ 

miles from Barnardcastle, (Our.) 7 from Gretabridge. 
MICKLEBY^ in the parish of Lythe, east-division of Lan^banigh ; 
7 miles from Whitby, 15 from Guisbrough, 21 from Stokesley. 
—Pop. 147. 
MICKLETON, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake of Gilling- 
West ; 7 miles from Bamardcastle, (Dar.) 1 1 from Gretabridge, 
22 from Richmond. — Pop. 356. 
MIDDLEHAM, a parish town in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 
3 miles from Leyburn, 10 from Masham, Bedale, Reeth, and 
Richmond, 18 from Hawes, 1 5 from Kettlewell, 43 from York, 
and 232 from London.— Market, Monday>--Ffl»rs, Nov. 5 and 6 
for horn cattle and sheep. — Principal Inn, White Swan. — Pop. 880. 
The Church is a rectory dedicated to St. Mary, value 15/. 9.5. 4|a 7 . 
Patron, the King. It is a deaary and royal peculiar. 

It is a small market town, situated about half a mile from the river Ure, in 
in a rich, fertile country., irregular and ill built, though Leland says it is a 
" praty market towne, and standeth on a rocky hill. " 

Robert Fitz-Ralph had all Wensleydale bestowed upon him, byConatus, earl 
of Britayne and Richmond, and built here a very strong castle. It was long 
afterwards the seat of the earl of Salisbury, son of Ralph Nevile, earl of Westmor- 
land, and father of the great earl of Warwick. It came to the Neviies by Mar}-, 
daughter of Ralph Fitz Randolph, who was married to Ralph de Nevile, one of 
the ancestors of the earl of Salisbury. " This cartel, " says Leland, "is the 
fairest castel in Richmountshire, next Bolton. V King Edward the IV. licensed . 
his brother, Richard, duke of Gloucester, to erect a college here of a dean, six 
chaplains, four clerks, and six choiristers, to celebrate divine service in the 
church, and to be Incorporated by the name of dean and chaplains of the college 
of Richard, duke of Gloucester, of Middleham ; yet before any buildings were 
erected, or provisions made for the support of the chaplains or choir, Richard 
left the work imperfect, be«ng prevented by the troubles in which he was involved, 
or by. death. In 1467 Edward the IV. was committed prisoner to this castle by 
the earl of Warwick, irom whence he had the good fortune to escape. Having 
been committed to the charge of archbishop Neville, and being indulged with the, 
privilege of hunting, and having probably bribed his keepers, he escaped on a 
fleet horse to York, thence to Lancaster, where he resumed the government. 
Richard the III. frequently resided here, and in this fortress, his only legitimate 
son, Edward, was born : and here the Either, " green in years, but old in craft 
and cruelty," says Dr. Whitaker, "amid the sports of the field, or the appearances 
of devotion, probably meditated some of these tragedies, which he afterwards 
performed." 

The Bastard Fauconbridge, according to Stow, was beheaded in this castle in 
1741.— Camdex.— Dcgdale. 

The Dacres, earls of Ilolderness, have long held the constableship of the 
castle from the crown, and in consequence that olHce is vested in the duke of 
Leeds. — As it is, majestic in decay, Middleham castie is, says Dr. Whitaker, as 
an object, the noblest work of man in the county of Richmond. The views up 
and down Wensleydale, from the windows of this castle are delightful and pic- 
turesque. 

The rectory of this church was converted into a college by Richard, duke ol 
Gloucester, afterwards Richard III. but after his death, the design was given up, 
but the incumbent still retains the stile of dean, the probate of wills and certain 
ecclesiastical jurisdiction, &c. 
MIDDLESBURGH, in the parish of Acklarn, west-division of 
Langbarugh, part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 5 miles from 
Stockton, (Dar.) 10 from Stokesley, and 12 from Guisbrough.— 



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Pop. 40. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 

Hilda, value p. r. f75l. 6s. Od. Patron, Hustler, Esq. 

The chapel has long been in ruins ; the site of which, together with the 
chapel-yard uninclosed, is occasionally used as a burial-ground. 

Here was a cell subordinate to the abbey of Whitby. In 1120, Robert de 
Brus gave the church of St. Hilda, at Middlesburgh, with 2 curacates, and 2 
oxgangs of land at Newham, to the monks of St. Peter and St. Hilda, at Whitby. 
By the valuation taken 26, Henry VIII. its revenues amounted to 2\l. 3s. Sd. per 
annum ; and its site was granted 1546 to Thomas Reeve, Esq.— Dugdale. — Bub- 
ton — Tanner. 

If the Dunum ^Estuarium of Ptolemy, be the estuary of the Tees, Middles- 
burgh, on the Yorkshire coast, says Cade, may have been the Roman town. 

MIDDLETON-UPON-LEVEN, in the parish of Rudby, west-divi- 
gion of Langbarugb ; 4 miles from Yarm, 5 from Stokesley. — Pop. 
111. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Cuth- 
bert, value p. r. 43/. 13s. 6d. Patroness, Dowager Lady Amherst. 

MIDDLETON, a parish town, in the wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe ; 1 mile from Pickering, 10 from Malton, 28 from York. 
— Pop. 247. The Church is a vicarage, in the deariry of Rydale, 
value +10/. 11 s. Sd. p. r. f&0/. Patrons. Rev. Arthur Clayley, 
Rev. Francis Wrangham, and T. Smith, Esq. 

MIDDLETON-QUERNHOW, in the parish of VVath, wapentake 
of Hailikeld, 5 miles from Ripon, 7 from Bedaie, 1\ from Thirsk 
and Boroughbridge. — Pop. 102. 

MIDDLETON-TYAS, a parish town, in the Wapentake of Gilling- 
East, 41 miles from Catterick, 6 from Richmond, 9 from Darling- 
ton, CDur.) 10 firom Gretabridge, 42 from York. — Pop. 569. 
The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of 
Chester, value \5l. 10s. Od. Patron, the King. 

Middleton was once famous for its copper-mines, but they have not now been 
worked for nearly half a century. 

In the same township and parish is 

MIDDLETON-LODGE, (the seat of George Hartley, Esq.) 

JV1ILBY, in the township of Humberton, and'parishes of Kirkby-on- 
the-Moor and Aldborough, wapentake of Hailikeld; 1 mile from 
Boroughbridge, 7 from Ripon. The Roman military way passes 
through this village from Aldborough to Catterick. 

MITTON-HILL, s. k. in the township of Hawsker-with-Stainsacre ; 
4 miles from Whitby. 

MOOR-COTE, /. k. in the township of EueiWitton-without, and 
parish of East-Witton; 5 miles from Masham, 6 from Middleham, 

MOOR-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Brignall; 2 
miles from Gretabridge. 

MOOR-HOUSE, or CRANSWICK-MOOR-HOTJ'SE. /. k. in the 
township of Snape, and parish of Weil ; 2 miles from Masham. 

MOOR-HOUSES, in the township of Hinderskelf; 6 miles from 
Malton. 

MOOR-HOUSE, LITTLE, see Little Moor-House. 

MOOR-ROW,/. A. in the township and parish of St. John, Stan* 
wick ; 9 miles from Richmond. 

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east-division of Langbaru<rh ; 5 miles from Guisbrough, 12 from 
Stokesley, 17 from Whitby.— Pop. 444. 
MOORSOME, LITTLE, /. h. in the township of Great-Moorsome ; 
• A\ miles from Guisbrouorh. 

MORTHAM-TOVVER, in the township and parish of Rokeby ; 1 
mile from G retabridge, 3 from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 

It is an embattled house, probably built about the reign of Henry VII.; a 
true border-mansion, with all the peculiar features of that era ; a thorough lobby, 
kitchens, butteries, a hall on the right up to the roof, and an handsome tower be- 
yond the hall. At one end is a barnekyn inclosure for the nightly protection of 
the cattle from depredators, strongly walled about. To a field near it has been 
removed, the immense tomb-stone of Greta or Tees-marble, mentioned by 
Leland, and removed within memory from Eggleston-Abbey." — Whitaker. 

This place and Rokeby were, in very distant ages, in the possession of the 
Rokebies ; Robert de Rokeby lived in the time of the conqueror. By the arms 
and date on Mortham Tower, it appears that it was built in 1166 by the Roke- 
bies." — Hidch inson 's Toiver. 
MORTON, a township in the parish of Ormesby, east-division of 
Langbarugh ; 3| miles from Guisbrough, 4 from Stokesley. It 
contains only 3 farm houses, and 26 inhabitants. 
MORTON, a few /. k. (extraparochial,) in the township of New- 

brough-eum-Morton ; 5\ miles from Helmsley, 81 from Thirsk, 
MORTON-UPON-SWALE, in the parish of Ainderby-Steeple, 
wapentake of Gilling-East; 4 miles from Northallerton and JBedale, 
8 from Catterick,— Pop. 240. 
MOSS-DALE, 2 or 3/. k. in the township of Hawes, and parish 

of Aysgarth ; 4 miles from Hawes. 
MOULTON, in the parish of Middleton-Tyas. wapentake of Gilling- 
East; 3 miles from Catterick, 6 from Richmond, 10 from Darling- 
ton, (Dur.)— Pop, 236. 

In this village was born, in 1743, Mr George Caitt, an ingenious artist, 
and a worthy man. At an early period he shewed a strong inclination for 
drawing, and some of his early pieces having attracted the notice of the late Sir 
Lawrence Dundae, who knew how to reward merit, he became his patron and 
benefactor, and seut him to Italy in 1769, for improvement. In 1775, he re- 
turned to England, and was employed by many of the nobility and gentlemen 
in this county. Five of his best paintings are in possession of Samuel Crompton, 
Esq. of Woodend. He died at Richmond Feb. 3, 18L8, much lamented. 
MOUNT-GRACE, in the township and parish of East-Karlsey, 
wapentake of tiirdforih ; 7 miles from Northallerton, 9 from 
Stokesley, 11 from Thirsk. 

The remains of a priory, founded by Thomas Holland, duke of Surrey, for 
monks of the Carthusian order, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, about the year 
1396, who not only endowed it with his own manor of Bordelby, but obtained of 
king Richard If. the lands of three alien priories for it ; but dying soon after, the 
work was at a stand, and the right of the monks to their possessions questioned, 
till Henry VI. confirmed in parliament the duke's grants to them. After this the 
buildings were soon completed, and the monastery flourished till the general disso- 
lution. The revenues were valued at 3821. 5.s. l\d. per annum, Speed; aVl at 
3-231. 2s. \0d. Dug dale. The site was granted to James Stangwaies, knighr— 
Tanner. 

From the Stangwaies, it descended to the Lascelles, and was sold by the late 
Rev. Rotvert Lacelles, to the Mauleverers, the present proprietors. 

The Church was in the form of a cross, the walls of which are standing; the 
roof is gone, the tower is perfect and beautiful. The outer walls inclose about 
three acres of ground, and are still standing fantastically covered with ivy. On 
the summit of the woody mountain which shelters this place on the east, are the 
ruins of a building called the Lady Chapel, founded in toe year 1515. 



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MOUNT ST. JO [IN, (the seat of the Rev. Heneage ElsleyJ in the 
township and parish of Feliskirk, wapentake of Birdforth, liberty 
of Ripon ; 3| miles from Thirsk, 10 from Heimsley. 

Here was a preceptory of the knights hospitallers of St. John. — It came to 

the crown at the dissolution, and was exchanged by Henry VIII. for other lands 

with the archbishop of York, in which see it now continues. It was valued at the 

suppression at 102/. 13s. lOd — Speed and Leland. 

MOW THORPE, /. h. in the township of Terrington-with-Wiggin- 

thorpe, and parish of Terrington ; 8 miles from Malton. 
MQXBY, /. h. in the township of Marton-with-Moxby, .and parish 

of Marton, liberty of Ripon ; 5 miles from Easingwold. 
MUKER, in the parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling West; 

6 miles from A skrigg and Hawes, 9 from Reeth. — Pop- 1,425. 
MULGRAVE-CA8TLE, {the seat of the Earl of Mulgrave.) in the 
township and parish of Lythe, east-division of Langbarugh ; 4 
miles from Whitby, 1 7 from Guisbrough. 

The late lord Mulgrave, (hon. Constantine John) entered very young into the 
naval service, under the auspices of his uncle, Augustus John. Soon after he 
was of age, he came into parliament for Lincoln ; and early in life, was an able 
parliamentary speaker. In his own profession he was justly admired, and may 
well be classed with our most eminent naval commanders. His " Voyage to the 
North Pole," published in 1774, will immortalize his memory. He left behind 
him a library the most perfect in England, as to all works of naval science, with 
many unpublished charts and notes of soundings.— NichoPs Lit. Anec. 

At no great distance from the present elegant mansion, upon a steep hill 
stand the ruins of an ancient castle, built, according to Camden, 200 years before 
the conquest.— Leland thus notices it; " Mougrave castcl standeth on a craggy 
hille, and on eche side of it is a hille, far higher than that whereon the castel stand- 
eth. The north hille on the topp of it hath certain stones cominunely caulid 
"YVadde's Grave, whom the people there say to have bene a gigant, and owner of 
Mougrave." This castle and barony in the reign of Richard 1. belonged to Robt. 
de Turnham, whose daughter Isabel, was given, by king John in marriage to 
Peter de Mauley, a native of Pictou, as a reward for that execrable fact in mur- 
. dering Arthur, his elder brother's son, to clear his own title to the crown. 

Edmund, lord Sheffield, of Butterwick, lord president of the north, who was 
created earl of Mulgrave, by king Charles I. in 16-16,- in which family it continued 
till failing of male issue in 1735. — Magna Barr. — Graves. 
MURTON, ih the parish of Osbaklwick, wapentake of Bulmer, 
liberty of St. Peter; (Murlon Hall, the seat of Barnard Smith. Esq.) 
3 miles from .York, IS from Easingwold. — Pop. 134. Here is a 
chapel of ease to Osbaklwick, dedicated to St. James; but no 
service performed therein. 
MUSCOATES, in the parish of Kirkdale, wapentake of Rydale ; 4 
miles from Kirbymoorside, 7 from Heimsley, 8 from Malton. 
—Pop. 65. 
M YTON, a parish town in the wapentake of Bulmer; (Myton-Hall, 
the seat of Martin Stapfyton, Esq.) 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 
from Easing wold, 15 from York. Pop. 185 The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value 
%6L Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

Th£ family of Stapylton is of great note and antiquity, having been in the 
earliest times summoned among the barons to parliament, and been honoured 
with that most noble order of knighthood, the garter, at and soon after the insti- 
tution thereof. They take their name from Stapylton upon the Tees ; Sir Miles 
was high sheriff of the county from the 29th to the 33rd of Edward III. They ap- 
pear to have had residences at Carleton and HighilL, and settled at Myton in the 
reign of Charles l.—Betham's Baronetage, 



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In the year 1310, the Scots, under the command of Randolph, earl of Mar- 
ray, entered England, and wasted all with fire and sword till he came to the very 
gates of York. He burnt and destroyed the suburbs of the city, when he drew 
off his men and marched back towards his own country. The archbishop of 
York, William de Melton, took up arms, and assembled such forces a* he could, 

-'composed of clergymen, monks, artificers, and tradesmen, in all to the amount 
of 10,000. These aMe soldiers had as experienced coinmandcrs, the archbishop 
and bishop of Ely, lord chancellor, being the loaders of these warlike troops ; 
much fitter to pray for the success of a battle than to fight it. This formidable 

. army followed the Scotch, and overtook them at Myton. The Scotch finding 
themselves pursued, drew up on the other side of the river in battallia. A battle 

" ensued, the Yorkists were defeated, and above 2,000 of the English, with Nicholas 
Heming, the lord mayor, were slain and drowned. — Drake!, 

N 

NABY, /. h. in the township of Lartington, and parish of Romald- 
kirk ; 3 miles from Barnardeastle, (Dar.) 6 from Gr^tahridge. 

NAPPA-HALL, (a Shooting-box of the Right Hon. Lord Grantham) 
in the township of Askrigg, and parish of Aysgarth ; \\ mile from 
Askrigg, 8 1 from Hawes. 

This is an old tower-built house, situated on the brow of a hill, sheltered on 
the north by a hill yet higher, commanding a fine view of Wenslevdaie ; — it was 
the chief seat of the Metcalfs, which was counted one of the most numerous 
families in England. Sir Christopher Metcalf, knight, and chief of the* family, 
being high sheriff in 1555, was attended with 300 horse, all of this family and 
name, and all in the same habit, to receive the justices of the assize, and conduct 
them to York.— Whitakeu. 

NAPPA-SCAR, ham. in the township of Askrigg, and parish of 

Aysgarth ; 1| mile from Askrigg. 
NA YVTON, in the parish of Kirkdale, wapentake of Rydale, liberty 
of St. Peter ; (the seat of Thomas Whitehead, Esq.) 3 miles from 
Helmsley and Kirbymoorside, 17| from Malton. — Pop. 542. 
NAWTON-LODGE, {a Shooting-box of Thomas Buncombe, Esq.) 
in the township of Nawton^ and parish of Kirkdale ; 4 miles from 
Helmsley. 
NESS, EAST, in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of Rydale ; 
(the seat of Thomas Kendall, Esq.) 6 miles from Kirbymoorside, 
7 from Helmsley, 10 from Malton. — Pop. 59. 

In a ploughed field, near this village, in 1016, was found, the following 
sepulchral inscription, on a sarcophagus, which contained human bones. 
TITLV PINTA' VIX' ANN' XXXVIIP 
ET' VAL' ADIVTORP VIX' ANN' XX' 
ET' VARIOLO' YIX' ANN' XV VAL' 
YINDICLANVS' CONIVGP ET' FILIIS' 
F. C. 
NESS, HIGH and LOW, see Low-Ness. 
NESS, WEST, in the parish of Stonegrave, wapentake of Rydale ; 

5 miles from Kirbymoorside, 7 from Helmsley.-^-Pop. 65. 
NETTLEPOT, 2 f. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of 

Romaldkirk ; 7 miles from Barnardeastle, (Dar.) 
NEWBIGGIN, (in Bishopdale) in the parish of Aysgarth, wapen- 
take of Hang-West ; 5 miles from Askrigg, b' from Leyburn, 10 
from Middleham.— Pop. 128- 
NEWBIGGIN, ham. in the township of Askrigg, and parish of 
Aysgarth ; J mile from Askrigg. 14 from Middlehcim. 



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NEWBIGGIN, 2/. h. in the township of Gristhorpe, and parish of 

Filey, 2| miles from Hunmanby, 8 from Scarborough. 
NEWBIGGIN-HALL, (a seat of Henry Walker Yeoman, Esq.) in 
the township and parish of Egton ; 5 miles from Whitby. 

Newhiggin was an ancient manor belonging to the Manleys, lords of Mul- 
grave, and with Egton and other possessions descended to the Salvins, by mar- 
riage. This ancient seat had long been in ruins; on the site of which, the present 
more modern mansion has been erected. — Graves. 
NEWBROUGH, or NEWBURGH, in the township of New- 
brough-eum- Morton, and parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Bird- 
forth; (Newbrough-Park, the seat of Thomas Edward Wynn Belasyse 
Esq.) 5 miles from Easing wold, 10 from Thirsk, S from Helmsiey, 
Pop. including Morton, 162* 

In 1 145, Roger de Mowbray founded and endowed a priory here for can- 
nons regular of the order of St. Austin, valued at the dissolution at £367. 8s. 3d, 
Dugdale ; 4571. 13s. 5d. Speed. Here that learned and diligent historian, Wil- 
liam of Newborongh, was educated, and who took his name from this place. — 
Dugdale. After the dissolution it came into the possession of the Belasyses, 
viscounts, afterwards earls of Fauconberg. 

Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VII. honoured Newburgh with a 
visit, in 1503, on her road to Scotland, in order to consummate her marriage 
with James IV. of Scotland, which had been solemnized by proxy.— Drake. 
NEW BY, in the parish of Scalby, wapentake of Pickering- Ly the ; 
3 miles from Scarborough, 17 from Pickering, 18 from Whitby. — 
Pop. 40. 
NEWBY, in the parishes of Seamer and Stokesley, west-division of 
Langbarugh ; 3 miles from Stokesley, 8 from Yarm. — Pop. J 52. 

Here is a small school for 10 poor children, born within the townships of 
Newby and Seamer, founded and endowed, 1040, by Christopher Coulson, citi- 
zen and dyer of London, a native of this place. 
NEWBY-PARK, (the residence of John Charles Ramsden, Esq.) in 
the township of Rainton, and parish of Topcliffe ; 5 miles from 
Ripon, 5 1 from Thirsk, 6 from Boroughbridge. 
NEWBY-WISKE, in the parish of Kirby-Wiske, wapentake of 
Gilling- F.ast ; (Newby-Hall, the property of Colonel Mitford, author 
of the Hist, of Greece* and residence of William Armitage, Esq.) 
5 miles from Northallerton, 6 from Thirsk, 12 1 from Ripon. — ■ 
Pop. 265. 
NEW-BUILDING, (the seat of the widow of the late Francis Smyth, 
Esq. F. A. S. a gentleman deeply read in the antiquities of this 
county) in the township and parish of Kirby-Knowle ; 6 miles from 
Thirsk, 9 from Northallerton. 
NEW-FOREST, a township, in the parish of Arkengarthdale, wa- 
pentake of Gilling- W r est ; 4 miles from Reeth, 8 from Richmond. — 
Pop. 73. 
NEYVHAM, ham. in the township and parish of Marton, west-divi- 
sion of Langbarugh ; 5 miles from Stokesley and Stockton, (Dur.) 

This place with the cell of St. Hilda, at Middlesburgh, was given in the reign 
of Henry I. by Robert de Brus, to the abbot and convent of Whitby. — Graves. 
NEW-INN, (Leeming-Lane) in the township aud parish of Burnes- 
ton ; 6 miles from Uedale, 9 from Thirsk, 10 from Ripon, 10 
from Northallerton, 1 1 from Catterick and Boroughbridge. It is 
a respectable Inn and Posting-House. The. Magistrates for HaiuV 



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keld hold their meetings here, and at York-Giate Inn, alternately 
NEWHOLME, in the township of Newbolme-with-Dunsley, and 

parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 2| miles from 

Whitby, 18? from Guisbrough.— Pop. including Dunsley, 259. 
NEW-HOUSES, (the seat of Robert Lodge, Esq.) in the township 

ofThoralby, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang-W^est ; 

7 miles from Askrigg, 12 from Leyburrt. 
NEWPORT, in the township of Linthorpe, and parish ofAcklam* 

west-division of Langbarugh ; 4| miles frqm Stockton^ (Dur t ) 8| 

from Stokesley. 

This is a modern village situated upon the hanks of the river Tees, and being 

an out-port belonging to Stockton, contains a commodious quay and granaries, for 

the reception of corn and other articles, which are shipped coastwise to London> 

Newcastle, &c. - Grraves' Cleveland. 
NEWSAM, afewf. h. in the township of Elutterwick-eum-Newsam, 

and parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of Rydale ; 4 miles 

from Malton.— Pop. included in Butterwick; 
NEWSHAM, in the parishes of Kirkby-Ravensworth and Barnirtg^ 

ham, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 4 miles from Gretabridge, 8 

from Richmond, 11 from Catterick. — Pop. 511. 
NEWSHAM, in the parish of Kirby-Wiske, wapentake" of Bird* 

forth; 3 \ miles from Thirsk, 6| from Northallerton, 10 \ from 
Ripon. — Pop. including Breckenbrough, 1 73. 

This place gave birth to Dr. Geo. Hickes, whose greatgrandfather, was lord of 

the manor of Nunnington. In Thoresby's Leod. p. 136,- is a pedigree of the 

family. — For further account, see Kirby-fViske. 
NEW STEAD, ham. in the township of East-Witton-witkout, and 

parish of East-Witton, wapentake of Hang- West; 5 miles from 

Middleham, 6 from Masham, 6| from Ley burn. 
NEWSTEAD-GRANGE, /. h. in the township and parish o£ 

Thornton ; 5 miles from Pickering and Malton. 
NEWTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; 4 

miles from Slokesley and Guisbrough, 12 from Yarm, 47 from 

York. — Pop. 1 1 9. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the dean- 

ry of Cleveland, value, p. r. f46/. Patron, T. K. Staveley, Esq. 
NEWTON, a township, in the parish of Pickering, wapentake of 

Pickering- Lythe ; 4 miles from Pickering, 13 from Malton, 17 

from Whitbv. — Pop. 212. It is a dale-town. 
NEWTON, 6t EAST-NEWTON, in the township of Newton-with- 

Laysthorpe, and parish of Stonegrave, wapentake of Rydale, liber- 
ty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Helrasley, 6| from Kirbymoorside y 

13 from Malton. — Pop. including Laysthorpe, 72. 

Of this place was the Rev. Thomas Comber, eldest son of Thomas Comber, 

esq. of East- Newton, and grandson of the pious and learned T)t. Comber, dean of 

Durham. Dr. Comber died at Buckworth, in 1778 ; and was baried at Stone- 

gjrive. — Nichols' Lit. Anecdotes. 
NEWTON*DALE, the west-side of this dale is in the township of 

Newton, and parish of Pickering; the east-side, in the township 

and parish of Leavisham ; 7 miles, from Pickering, H from 

Whitbv. 



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NEWTON-GRANGE, WEST, ham. in the township and parish of 
Oswaldkirk, wapentake of Rydale ; 3 miles from Helmsley. 

Here was born, July 24, 1585, that indefatigable collector, and eminent anti- 
quary, Roger Dodsworth, son of Matthew Dodsworth, registrar of York Cathe- 
dral, and chancellor to archbishop Matthews. He states himself to have been 
born in the house of Ralph Sandwith, esq. father of Eleanor, wife of M. Dods- 
worth, esq. his father. He died in August, 1654; and was buried -at RufFord, 
Lancashire. Anthony Wood says, " he was a man of wonderful industry, but 
less judgment ; always collecting, but never published any thing." And Mr 
- Gough adds, " one cannot approachthe borders of this county, without paying respect 
to the memory of the indefatigable collector of its antiquities, Roger Dodaworth, 
who undertook and executed a work, which, to the antiquaries of the present day, 
would have been the stone of Tydides." One hundred and twenty volumes of 
his own writing, besides original MSS. which he had obtained from several hands, 
making all together 162 vols, folio, now lodged in the Bodleian library, are last- 
ing memorials what this county owes to him, as the volumes of the Monasticon, 
(which, though published under his and Dugdale's names conjointly, weie both 
collected and written totally by him) will immortalize that extensive industry 
which has laid the whole kingdom under obligation. The patronage of general 
Fairfax preserved this treasure, and bequeathed it to the library where it is now 
lodged. Fairfax allowed Dodsworth a yearly salary to preserve the inscriptions 
in churches. — Gen. Biog. Diet. — Drake. 
NEWTON-HOUSE, (a seat of the Earl of Darlington) in the 
township of Exelby, Leeming, and Newton, and parish of Bur- 
neston ; 3 miles from Bedale, 8 from Catterick and Northallerton, 
14 from Boroughbridge. 

NEWTON-HOUSE, (the seat of Moss, Esq.) in the township of 

Ugglebarnby, and parish of Whitby ; 7 miles from Whitby. 

This house was built by the late Jonas Brown, esq. On an obelisk near the 
house is a latin inscription, to commemorate his industry and perseverance, in 
converting wild moors into pleasure grounds. — Young's Whitby. 
NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, in the parish of Patrick-Brompton, 
wapentake of Hang -East; 3 miles from Bedale, 9 \ from Rich- 
mond. — Pop. 250. 
NEWTON-MURRELL, hi the parish of St. John Stanwick, wa- 
pentake of Gilling-East ; 6 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 9 
from Richmond. — Pop. 3 1 . 
NEWTON-MULGRAVE, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of 
. Langbarugh; 8 miles from Whitby, 14 from Guisbrough, 21 from 

Stokesley.— Pop. 134. 
NEWTON, or SCAB-NEWTON, 2/. h. in the township of Exel- 
by, Leeming, and Newton, and parish of Burneston ; 4 miles from 
Bedale, 8 from Northallerton, 13 from Ripon. — Pop. included in 
Exelby. 
NEWTON-UPON-OUSE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bul- 
mer ; 6 miles from Easingwold, 9 from York and Boroughbridge. 
Pop. 495. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Bul- 
mer, value, p. r. f90/. Patroness, Mrs Margaret Earle. 
NEW-TOWN, or HIGH-LEVEN, ham. in the townships of Ingle- 
by- Berwick and Hilton, and parish of Stainton ; 21 miles from 
\%rm, 5 1 from Stokesley. 
NICHOLAS, ST./. h. in the township and parish of Richmond; \ a 
mile from Richmond. 

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top of which runs a parapet of open stone fret-work, still very perfect, supported 
by stone pillars,) the remains of an ancient hospital dedicated to St. Nicholas, 
in which was only one chaplain in the patronage of the king, by reason of the 
honour of Richmond. The founder unknown. It ha/ving fallen very much into 
decay, both in buildings and revenues. The king, in 1448, granted it to William 
Ayscogh, one of the justices of the common pleas, who repaired it and added 
another chantry chaplain, on which consideration, and that he was become a se- 
cond founder; that prince, Henry VI. 26th, granting him the patronage. In this 
state it continued to the general dissolution of colleges and hospitals, when it be- 
came vested in the crown, and was valued at 10/. per ann. — Dugdale. — Magna 
Brit. It is now the property of the Right Hon. Lord Dundas. 
NORMANBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 4 miles 
from Kirbymoorside and Pickering, 12 from Malton, 28 from 
York. — Pop. 191. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Ry- 
dale, value, +9/. 12s. 6rf. Patron, Richard Hill, Esq. 

At Normanby is a sulphur spaw, which affords 60 gallons an hour, winter and 
summer.— It is very strong of the sulphur and mineral spirit, but weak of the 
fixed parts. The Lixivium of its salt set by to chrystalize, affords about two parts 
nitre, and a third part common salt. — Dr. Short on mineral waters. 
NORMANBY, in the parish of Ormesby, east-division of Lang- 
barugh, (the seat of William Ward Jackson, Esq.) 4| miles from 
Guisbrough, 7 from Stokesley.— Pop. 122. 
NORMANBY, in the township and parish of Fylingdale, wapentake 
of Whitby- Strand ; 4 miles from Whitby, 1 7 from Scarborough. 
It is a straggling place. 
NORTHALLERTON, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake 
of Allertonshire ; 8 miles from Bedale, 9 from Thirsk, 1 3 from 
Catterick, [6 from Richmond, Darlington, (Dur.) Yarm, and 
Stokesley, 17 from Ripon, 19 from Boroughbridge, 20 from 
Helmsley, 32 from York, 226 from London, by Boron ghbridge; 231 
by York. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, Feb. 14, for horses and 
horned cattle, &c. and a week preceding, for horses only ; May 
5 and 6, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, leather, woollen-cloth, 
&c. Sept. 5 and 6, for horned cattle, sheep, leather, &c. October 
3 and 4, for horned cattle, sheep, &c. second Wednesday in October 
for cheeses. — Principal Inns, Golden Lion, and King's Head. — 
Pop. 2,626. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All- 
Saints, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 17/. 10s. Patrons, the 
Dean and Chapter of Durham. 

The church is a very ancient and elegant structure, and was built, according 
to Dr. Stukeley's opinion, by the Northumbrian Apostle Paulinus, about th© 
year 630. Tjie name of this place is in Doomesday book, written Alvertune an# 
Alreton, and probably derives its name from this spot, and the adjacent country^ 
abounding in alders, a tree of which one species is said to affect dry and elevated 
situations, and the other is a most faithful lover of watery and boggy places. 

— Crassisque paludibus Alni 

Nascuntur. Virgil. 

" It appears," says Mr Gale, " to have been a Saxon borough, and like many- 
others to have risen out of the ashes of some old Roman station, whose name we 
have lost," which he thinks the adjacent hamlet of Romanby, ( ilomanorum habi- 
tatio) sufficiently denotes ; and this is confirmed, he supposes, hy the ancient in- 
trenchments near the town, called the castle-hill?. On the we*>c side of the towif 
stood a castle, built .by Rufus, bishop of Durham; in the time of Henry I. — but in 
Leland's time there was not a vestige of the walls remaining. — The_bishop-o# 
Durham had here a palace, strong of building and well mottfef. as Leland siys, 



84 NORTH-RIDING. 

which stood about 200 yards west of the church, but the late gothic proprietor* 
have not left one stone upon another. 

This palace, which had become ruinous in Lambard's time, seems to be the 
weather-beaten castle described by a singular traveller, Richard Frank, who re- 
presents it as demolished by age and ruins of time, and serving as a receptacle 
•for bats, buzzards, owls, and jackdaws, 

William de Alverton, in the 14th year of king Edward III. gave the Austin 
friars 8 acres of ground, in this town, to build them a church and habitation 
-thereon. — Tanner. 

On the east side of the town stood a house of Carmelites, founded by Thomas 
Hatfield, bishop of Durham, or according to some, by king Edward III. about 
the year 1364, dedicated to St. Mary. It was surrendered by Will. Wommefraye 
and nine brethren. The site was granted (7th of Edward VI.)' to Richard and 
H. Vavasour. — Tanner Here was a grammar and singing school, when in 1327, 
the Prior of Durham presented J. Podesay to be master of it. — The present school 
to which the dean and chapter of that church nominate a master, is undoubtedly 
by the same- It appears, however, to be of royal foundation. — Gale. 

Near this place, that is about a mile on the road to York, was an hospital,, 
dedicated to St. James, founded by Hugh Pudsey, bishop of Durham, or by 
Philip Poictou, his successor, in the reign of Richard 1,— Gale, 

Ilere is the Register-office for the North-Riding of this county, built in 1736 \ 
and the house of correction and court room, built not many years since, &c. where 
the general quarter sessions of the peace for the North -Riding are held, 

NORTH-COTE, f. h. in the township of Burton-upon-Ure, ant| 
parish of Masham; \ mile from Masham, 6 from Bedale. 

NORTH-FIELDS, Sf.h. in the township of Boldron, and parish 
of Startforth ; 2 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 

NORTH-HOLME, fextraparochial) in the wapentake of Rydale ; 
4 miles from Kirbymoorside, 5| from Helmsley. — Pop. 24. 

NORTH-INGS. 2f. h. in the township and parish of Sheriff- Hutton ; 
8 miles from Ea'singwold. 1 1 from York. 

NORTQN-CON YERS, a township, in the parish of Wath, wapen- 
take of &ilertonshire; (the seat of Sir Bettingkam Reginald Graham, 
Bart, occupied by Mr Askwiih) 4 miles from Ripon, 9 from Bedale. 
and BorQu^hbridge.— -Pop. 87. 

This place had been the property of the venerable Richard Norton, who with 
three sons, engaged in 1569, in the religious rebellion of the earls of Northumber- 
land and Westmorland, against Queen Elizabeth. To inspire their followers 
with fit enthusiasm, they put into the hands of Norton, a flag, painted with the 
five wounds of our Saviour. It seems to have been a second Pilgrimage of Grace, 
like the insurrection under Aske. This was soon suppressed. Mr Norton and 
his sons were executed among multitudes of others, and his estate granted to a 
Musgrave, who disposed of it to an. ancestor of the present owner. From one of 
the younger Nortons, Sir Fletcher is said to derive his descent. — Pennant. 

The founder of this famjly was Sir Richard Graham, a borderer of the east 
Marches, near the banks of the Eske. He was made master of the horse, under 
the favourite duke of Buckingham. When Charles I., then Prince of Wales, 
took bis romantic journey to visit the Infanta, Sir Richard was one of his slender 
train. At the battle of Marston-moor he distinguished himself by acts of deter- 
mined bravery ; and closed his life in a faithful attachment to his master. When 
the day was irretrievably lost, and nothing remained but for every man to seek 
the best means of security, Sir Richard fled with 26 bleeding wounds upon him 
to his own house at Norton Conyers, about 15 miles from the field. Here he 
arrjved in the evening, and being spent with loss of blood and fatigue, he was 
carried into his £b.amber, •'where taking a last farewell of his disconsolate lady, 
he expired. 

Cromwell, who had ever expressed a peculiar inveteracy against this gen- 
tleman, and thought victory only half obtained, if he escaped, pursued him in 
person with a tpoop of horse. When, he arrived at Norton, his gallant enemy 



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was dead ; having scarce lived an hour after be was carried into his chamber ; 
and Cromwell found his wretched lady weepiug over the mangled corps of her 
husband, yet scarce cold. Such a sight, one would have imagined, might have 
given him — not indeed an emotion of pity, but at least a satiety of revenge ; oh 
the contrary, he still felt the vengeance of his soul unsatisfied ; and turning 
around to his troopers, who had stalked after him into the sacred recesses of sor- 
row, he gave the sign of havoc, and in a few moments the whole house was torn 
to pieces ; not even the bed was spared on which the mangled body was extended, 
and every thing was destroyed which the hand of rapine could not carry off. 

Sir R. B. Graham, the present bart. was born 1789, married in 1810, Hen- 
rietta, the third daughter of the late George Hatch, of West-Hatch.— Addison's 
Anecdotes. 
jNORTON-LE-CLAY, in the parish of Cundall, wapentake of 
Hallikeld ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from Ripon. — Pop. 142. 
NOSTER FIELD, in the township and parish of West,Tanfield, 
wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4 miles from Masham, 61 from Bedale, 7 
from Ripon. 
> T UN-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thirableby, and parish of 

Osmotherley ; 8 miles from Northallerton. 
N'UNNINGTON, a parish-town, in the parishes of Nunnington and 
Stonegrave, wapentake of Rydale ; (a seat of Sir Bellingkam 
Reginald Graham, Bart, noiv occupied by a Farmer) 4 \ miles from 
Helmsley, 5 from Kirbymoorside, 12 from Malton, 20 from 
York. — Pop. 4 IS. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to AH- 
Saints, in the deanry of Rydale, value $\3l. 6s. 8d. Patron, the 
King. 

Sir R. Bcllingham Graham, Bart, is lord of the manor, whose ancestors pos- 
sessed a fine baronial mansion and residence here ; the late baronet died here in 
1796. It was once the residence of the celebrated lord Preston, who made a-di* 
tinguislied figure in the time of the 2nd Charles and James; and was committed 
to the tower for plotting the r-eturn of the latter prince, in the reign of William III. 
In 1673, Reginald Graham founded and endowed a school here for a master 
and 6 poor persons — here is also an hospital containing 5 tenements, dependant 
on the bounty of Sir B. Graham, bart. 

NUNTHORPE, iri the parish of Great Ayton, west-division of Lang- 
barugh: (Sunthorpe-llall, the seat of Thomas Simpson, Esq.) 3§ 
miles from Stokesley, 6 from Guisbrough, 10 from Yarm.— Pop. 
110. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, 
value, 367. Patrons, Thomas Simpson and William Richardson, 
Esqrs. 

In this chapel, situated within a few yards pf the manor house, there was a 
chantry founded in the time of king Edward III. It appears to have been origi- 
nally private, built and endowed by the lord of the manor, for the convenience of 
his tenants and domestics ; the patronage of which is still appendant to the manor. 
It does not enjoy rights of baptisms, marriages, or burials.— Graves. 

A small cistercian nunnery was founded here in the latter part of the reign of 
Henry II. by Ralph de Nevile; but afterwards removed to Basedale. After the 
suppression of the priory, 27th Henry VIII. the premises called Nunhouse 
Grange, were leased by the king to William Snowball, for 21 years, at the yearly 
rental of 61. 13*. 4d. and afterwards granted by king Henry VIII. in estate tail, 
to King's college, Cambridge. — Burto.v. 
NUTVVITH-COTE, /. h. in the township of Burton-upon-Ure, and 
parish of Masham ; 1 mile from Masham. 

o 

OAK-TREE-INX, (Leeming-Lane) in the township and parish of 



86 ( NORTH-RIDING. 

Burneston ; 5 miles from Bedale, 10 from Thirsk and Northaller- 
ton. — Some few years ago a good Posting-House, now only a 
Public-House. 

OLA VE, ST. (St. Mary's- gate, York) a parish, in the wapentake of 
Bulmer ; in the suburbs of the north side of York, — Pop. 966. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, value p. r. £50/. Patron, Lord 
Grantham. 

OLDBROUGH, see Aldbrough. 

OLDSTEAD, in the township of Byland-Membris, and parish of 
Low-Kilburn, wapentake of Birdforth ; (jOldstead-Grange, the seat 
pf Thomas Paul, Esq.) 6 miles from Helmsley, 7 from Easingwold. 

OLL1VEH, /. h. m the township of Aske, and parish of Easby; 
1 mile from Richmond. 

ORAN, (the seat of Jonathan Walker, Esq.) in the township and 
parish of Catterick ; 1 \ mile from Catterick. 

ORG ATE, /. h. in the township and parish of Marske; 5 miles from 
Reeth, 7 from Richmond. 

ORMESBY, a parish town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; 
{Ormesby- Hall, the seat of Sir William Pennyman, Bart.) 6 miles 
from Guisbrough, 7 from Stokesley and Stockton, (Dur.) 50 from 
York.; — Pop. 365. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Cuthbert, in the diocese of York, value, 6/. 18s. 6- 2 d. p. r. +140/. 
Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

The family ^of the Pennymans it is said, came from Saxony, before the con- 
quest, and first settled in Kent. Sir William Pennyman of Mask, was the first 
baronet, so created by Charles I. but we don't find them settled at Ormesby till 
the latter part of the reign of queen Elizabeth, when it appears they were in 
possession of the manors and principal estates here. 

James Pennyman, esq in the time of Charles I. raised a troop of horse in 
support of the royal cause ; and to defray the sum of 700/. levied on him lor his 
loyalty by the sequestrators in the civil wars, he was obliged to dispose of a part 
of his estate at Ormesby, which was sold to Mr. Elwes, for 3,500/. It was re-pur- 
chased after divers alienations by the late Sir James Pennyman for 47,500/. — 
Graves. : . 

The hall is a modern mansion, built by Mrs Pennyman, daughter of arch- 
bishop Wake. It is situated on an eminence, and commands a pleasing prospect 
of the mouth of the Tees, and the Sea. 

OSBALDW1CK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer. liberty 
of St. Peter ; (the residence of Mr Hotham) 2 miles from York,' 
15 from Easingwold, 18 from Malton.—- Pop. 1 76. The Church, 
peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Thomas, in the deanry of 
Bulmer, value, %U. Patron, the Prebendary of Strensall. 

OSGOODBY, Sf.'k. in the township and parish of Thirkleby, liberty 
of Ripon ; 5 miles, from Thirsk, 8 from Easingwold. 

QSGODBY, in the parish of Cay ton, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe ; 3 miles from Scarborough, 15 from Bridlington. — Pop. 72. 

OSMOTHERLEY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Allerton- 
shire; 7 miles from Northallerton, 10 from Stokesley, ll^from 
Thirsk, 35 from York. Pop. 755. The Church, peculiar, is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 
£8/. 10.9. p. r. f51/. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. 

The prebendaries of OsmOtherly being mentioned on the records in the time 






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of Edward I. some have thought this to have been a collegiate church ; but it 
seems rather to have beeu a rectory, divided into three distinct parts or portions, 
and it is so rated in the Lincoln taxation. But it was afterwards of three, sinecure 
portions, and a vicar endowed. Yet in the archbishop's certificate of all hospitals, 
'colleges, &c. anno 37, Henry VIII. there is " the three prebends simpters within 
the parish church of Osmotherley, the yearly value 18/.-" — Tanxer. 
OSWALDKIRK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 
(Oswaldkirk-Hall, the residence of the Bev. Francis Simpson) 3| 
miles from Helmsley, 7| from Kirbymoorside, 13 from Malton, 
19| from York. — Pop. 212. The Church is a rectory, dedicated 
to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Rydale ; value, 10/. 1*. Sd. 
Patron, the Rev. Thomas Comber, the present rector. 
OSYVALDKIRK-QUARTER, in the township of Ampieforth, and 
parish of Oswaldkirk, wapentake of Rydale — consists of 9 farm 
and cottage-houses, and lands intermixed through the township 
and parish of Ampieforth. 
OTTERINGTON, NORTH, a parish and township, in the wapen- 
take of Allertonshire ; 3 miles from Northallerton. 8 from Thirsk, 
• 14 from Ripon, 31 from York. — Pop. 44. The Church is a vica- 
rage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 
£4/. p. r. 104/. in the Patronage of Christ-College, Oxford. 
OTTERINGTON, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Birdforth ; 5 miles from Northallerton, 6 from Thirsk, 1 4 from 
Ripon, 29 from York. — Pop. 201. The Church is a rectory, de- 
dicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buhner, value, in two 
medietates of £7/. 1 4s. 4§c/. each, Patron, the Rev. Joshua Sampson, 
the present incumbent. 
OULSTON, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth ; 3| 

miles from Easing wold, 1 1 from Thirsk. — Pop. 225. 
OVERTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner; 5 miles 
from York, 8 from Easingwold, 20 from Malton. — Pop. 59. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of 
Bulmer, value, +4/. 8s. ll|d. p. r. fl35/. Patroness. Mrs Earle. 
At Overton, the abbots of York had their chief country residence. The old 
house, says Drake was standing here of late years, in the parlour of which,in 1661, 
Dr. Hutton read the following inscription on the wood work, post tenebras 
lucem, &c The house called Hall, continued in the crown till the 5th of Eliza- 
beth, when it was sold to one John Herbert. But the site of the house, with the 
park at Beningbrough, &c. is now part of the possessions of John Bouchier, esq 
— Drake. 
OVINGTON, in the township of Thorpe, and parish of Wycliffe, 
wapentake of Gilling-West; 4 miles from Gretabridge, 6 from 
Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 10 from Richmond. — Pop. 166". 
OXCLOSE-HOUSE,/. h. in the township and parish of West-Roun- 

ton ; 6 miles from Yarm, 9 from Northallerton. 
OXCLOSES^ Zf. h. in the township of Hutton-le-hole, and parish 

of Lastingham ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside. 
OXNUP, HIGH and LOW, 3 /. h. each, in the township of 
Muker, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 5 
miles from Askrigg, 8 from Reeth. 

In 1764 died, in the 125th year of his age, George Kirton, of Oxnup-Hall, 
near Reeth, esq. a gentleman more remarkable for fox huntirig than the famous 



88 NORTH-RIDING. 

Draper- He followed the chase till he was upwards of 80, and so great wa# hte 
desire for the diversion of hunting, that he regularly attended unkennelling the 
fox, in his single horse chaise till he was 100 years old. He made free with his 
bottle until within 10 vears of his death. — Annual Register, 1764. 
OXSKEW, or OXGUE, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Mar- 
rick; 5 miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. 



PARADISE, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grin- 
ton; 4 miles from Reeth, 9 from Askrigg. 

PARK-GATE. f. h. in the township and parish of Fylingdales; 5 
miles from Whitby. 

PARK-HALL, /. h. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of 
Grinton ; 2 miles from Reeth. 

Formerly the residence of the Duke of Wharton ; and where .at family had 
a park ; the hall was built by Thomas, Marquis of Wharton in 170 - - Whitaker, 

PARK-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Guisbrougjn^ 2 
miles from Guisbrough. 9 from Stokesley. 

PARK-HOUSE, /. k. in the township Of Winton, and parish of 
Sigston ; 4 miles from Northallerton. 

PARK-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirkleatham ; 3 
miles from Guisbrough. 

TASTURE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornton-- 
Watlas ; 3 miles from Bedale. 

PASTURE-HOUSE,/, h. in the township of Thornton-Je-beans, and 

y parish of North-Otterington ; 5 miles from Northallerton. 

JPATRICK-BROMPTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Hang-East ; (the seat of Gregory Elsley* Esq.) 3 miles from Be- 
dale, 9 from Richmond, 37 from York. — Pop. 1 58. The Church 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Patrick, in the deanry of 
Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 34/. 13s. \\d. p. r. fill 
Patron, the Bishop of Chester. 

PEAK, in the township and parish of Seamer, wapentake of Pic- 
kering-Lythe ; (the seat of Sunderland Cook, Esq.) 8 miles from 
Whitby, 12 from Scarborough. 

Here has been a Roman fort ; where a stone was found in 1774, bearing an. 
inscription in good preservation, for which see — Young's Whitby ', 

The manufacture of alum is carried on here to a great extent ; the works of 
Beak and Stoupe Brow producing annually about 300 tons. They appear to have 
been first worked about 1616-18. — Ibid. 

PEN-HILL, in the parishes of West-Witton and Co? erham ; 4 
miles from Middleham. It is a hill situated on the south-side of 
Wensleydale. 

PEEP-O'DAY, /. h. in the township and parish of Hustwaite ; 1| 
mile from Easingwold. 

PEPPER-HALL, (the seat of John Arden, Esq.) in the township 
of South-Co wton, and parish of Gilling ; 6 miles from Northaller- 
ton, 7 from Richmond, 11 from Darlington, (Bur.) 

PICKERING, (which gives name to the wapentake) a market and 
parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 8 mjles from 
Kirl?ymoorside, 9 from Malton, 19 from Scarborough^ 21 from 



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Whitby, 27 from York, 226 from London.— Market, Monday, 
Fairs, Monday before February 14, Monday before May 13, 
September 25, Monday before November 23, for horned cattle, 
horses, sheep, and pigs.— Principal Inns, Black Swan, and White 
Swan. — Pop. 2,746. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedi* 
cated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Rydale, value, £8/< 3s. 9d* 
p. r. 140/. Patron, the Dean of York. 

The town of Pickering, which is said by Fabian, to have been built 270 
years before Christ, covers a large extent of ground, irregularly built* 
It sent members to parliament 23rd of Edward I. but was discontinued in the 
same reign. It belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster, and has a jurisdiction over* 
several adjacent villages. Richard Hill, Esq. of Thornton, is lord of the ma- 
nor, and also lord of the honour of Pickering- Lythe. 

The castle here, which has been of much importance to the town, is situated 
near the western extremity of it, and is thus described by Leland, " The 
castelle stondith in an end of the towne not far from the paroch chirch, on the brow 
of the hille, under which the broke rennith. In the first court of it, be a4 toures, 
of the which one is caullid Rosamonde's tour. In the ynner court be also 4 
toures, whereof the keep is one. The castelle waulles and the toures be meatly 
welle. The loggings yn the ynner court that be of tembre be in ruing. In this 
inner court is a chappelle, and a cantuaire Prest. The castelle hath, of a good 
continuance with the towne and lordship, longid to the Lancaster bloode ; who* 
made the castelle, or who was owner of it afore the Lancasters, I could not lerne 
there. The castelle waulles now remaining seme to be of no very old buildings 
As I remember I hard say that Richard III. lay sumtyme at this castelle and 
sumtyme at Scardeburgh castelle." 

The form of the castle is irregular ; its building extremely ruinous* The 
keep stood on a mount, surrounded by a deep ditch, which crossed the outer 
court, over which was a bridge. The chapel was a small mean building ; some 
old pews are still remaining in it. — Part of the .ground within the wall of this 
castle is converted into a garden. — Grose. 

According to Hard.yng's Chronicle, King Richard II. was confined in thi£ 
castle, previous to his removal to Knaresbrough and Pontefract. 

By whom this castle was founded is not now known ; it appears from Doomes* 
.day book, that, in the time of King Edward the confessor, it belonged, with the 
manor, to Morcar, Earl of Northumberland. To whom it was given after the 
conquest is uncertain. King Henry III. in the 32nd year of his reign constituted- 
Lord William Dacre, high sheriff of the county, and assigned to him the custody 
of this castle. Towards the end of his reign, HenFy gave it with the lordship to* 
his son Edmund. He was succeeded by his son Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, who 
was beheaded at Pontefract in 1322, for entering into a conspiracy against Piers* 
Gavestone, the King's favourite,' and others. It afterwards passed to the Lady 
Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Richmond. In the reign of Queen 
Elizabeth it was m the hands of the crown. — It has now for many years belonged 
to the family of thp present owner, Richard Hill, Esq. In the civil wars* in the 
reign of Charles I. it stood a siege against the forces of the parliament. — It has a- 
court for actions under 4l)6\ arising within the honour of Pickering.— Grose— « 
Camde.v — Magna Brit. 
PICKERING-LYTHE, a wapentake, situate north-east of York, 
of which Richard Hill of Thornton, Esq. is Lord and Chief Bailiff. 
It is bounded on the east by the Sea ; on the south by the Rivtf 
Derwent or East-Riding- ; on the west by the wapentake of Rydale; 
and on the north by those of Langbarugh and VVhitby-Strand, 
The wapentake and liberty are co-extensive. It is a mountainous 
district, and formerly had its Forest, and commonly styled th& 
liberty or Forest of Pickering- Lythe ; which was given by Henry 
III. to his son Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. it contains two* 
market- towns, Pickering and Scarborough ; 46 townships, 1$ of 

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which are parishes, 4,736 inhabited houses, occupied by 23,763 
inhabitants. 

PICKHILL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Haliikeld; 7 miles 
from Bedale and Thirsk, 8 from Northallerton, 9 from Ripon, 31 
from York. — Pop. including* Roxby, 334. The Church is a vica- 
rage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese 
of Richmond, value, £5/. 13s. 4c?. p. r. 85/. in the patronage 
of Trinity College, Cambridge. 

The nursery grounds of Mr Thompson here, which are very extensive, have 
been cultivated as such for above a century by his ancestors and himself. 

PICKHILL, /. h. in the township of Carlton-bigh-dale, and parish 
of Coverham $- 8§ miles from Middleham. 

PICKTON, in the parish of Kirklevington, west-division of- 
Langbarugh; 4 miles from Yarm, 8 from Stokesley, 9 from 
Northallerton. — Pop. 94. 

PINCHINGTHORPE, in the parish of Guisbrough, east-division 
of Langbarugh ; (the seat of James Lee, Esq.) 3 miles from Guis- 
brough, 5 from Stokesley. — Pop. 80. 

PLAINVILLE-FARM, {the seat of Charles Smith, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Wigginton ; 5| miles from York. 

PLANTATION, or TOCKETS, a township, in the parish of Guis- 
brough ; east-division of Langbarugh ; 1 1 mile from Guisbrough. — 
Pop. 46. 

This place gave name to a family called Tocketts, who resided here for many 
generations, and only assumed the name of Plantation on its coming into the 
hands of the present family. There was an ancient chapel here, dedicated to St. 
James, founded by the Tockett's family.; not a vestige of which is now to be 
found. — G raves, 

PLANTATION, p. h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of 
Croft; 6 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Northallerton. 

PLANTATION, or LILLY-JOCKS, s. h. in the township and 
parish of Arkengarthdale ; 3 miles from Reeth. 

PLUMTREE-HOUSE. /. h. in the township of Borrowby, and 
parish of Lythe ; 10 miles from Whitby. 

POCKLE Y, in the parish of Hehnsley, wapentake of Rydale ; Z 
miles from Helmsley, 5§ from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 227. 

POND-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornton- Wat- 
las ; 4 miles from Bedale, 5 from Masham. 

POT-ING, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grin- 
ton, wapentakes of Hang and Gilling-West; 5 miles from Reeth,. 
8 from Ley burn. 

POT and POT-GRANGE, 2 /. h. in the township of Ilton-with- 
Pot, and parish of Masham ; 6 miles from Masham. 

POTTO or POTTO WE, in the parish of WhorltoD, west-division 
of Langbarugh; 6 miles from Stokesley, 8 from Yarm, 10 from 
Northallerton.— Pop. 207, 

PRESTON-UNDER-SCAR, in the parish of Wensley, wapentake 
of Hang- West; 3 miles from Ley burn, 4| from Middleham, 10 
from Richmond. — Pop. 378. 

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RAINTON, in the parish of Topeliffe, wapentake of Haliikeld ;■ 4 J 



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miles from Ripon, 5 from Boroughbridge, 6§ from Thirsk. — Pop. 
including Newby-Park, 331. 

RALPH'S CROSS, or VVESTERDALE-BEACON, in the township 
of Westerdale, and parish of Stokesley ; 12| miles from Guis- 
brougb. 

RAISDALE-GRA1N, a considerable part of Bilsdale, branching 
westward. 

RAND GRANGE, s. h. in the township of Crakehall, and parish of 
Bedale : \ mile from Bedale. 

RASH, 3 h. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton; 7 
miles from Askrigg, 9 from Reeth. 

RASKELF, in the parish of Easingwold, wapentake of Bulmer ; 2 
miles from Easingwold, 8 from Boroughbridge, 14 from York. — 
Pop. 440. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
Mary, value, p. r. 1 40/. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. 

The windows of this church, exhibit in rich painted glass the arms of Neviie, 
LordDacre, Scropes of Masham and Bolton, &c. 

RAITHWAITE, (the. seat of Israel Hunter, Esq.) in the township 
of Newholme-with-Dunsley, and parish of Whitbv ; 3 miles from 
Whitby. 

RAVEN'S SEAT, s. L in the township of Muker, and parish of Grin- 
ton ; 12 miles from Askrigg, 15 from Reeth. 

RAVENSWORTH, in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth, wapen- 
take of Gilling-West ; 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Greta- 
bridge. — Pop. 3 1 3. 

Here are the remains of a castle, which has Ions: been in ruins. Camden 
pays, " it belonged to the Barons called Fitzhugh, (descended from those Saxons 
who were Lords of this place before the conquest) who flourished till the time of 
Henry VII." In Leland's time it belonged to Lord Parre ; who says "The 
castle, excepting two or three towers, and a faire stable, with a conduct 
comiug to the haulle side, hath no thing memorable. It is three miles 
by north-west from Richmond, and thereby is a pratty village." 

From Whitaker's Yorkshire, it appears that this castle and estate were in 
the hands of the crown from 1571 to 1629, when by letters patent, they were 
granted to Edward Ditchheld, and other trustees. In 1677, they were in the 
possession of Sir Thomas Wharton, by whose daughter they passed to Root. 
Byerley, Esq. They were sold a few years since to Mr Humphrey Fletcher, 
of Minskip, the present owner. 

Here was born about 1738, Cuthbert Shaw, a poet of some celebrity. He 
was educated at the free-school of Scorton, where he became usher. In 1756 
he published a poem called " Liberty." On leaving the north he joined a 
company of Commedians ; but he relinquished the stage in 1762, and became a 
professional writer. In 1766 he published the " Race" a satire, against mf.ny 
living poet* ; and in 1768, " a monody on the death of his wife," who, with her 
child, fell into an untimely grave by his debauchery. This wretched man, 
however, still continued to lampoon his superiors in a satire entitled " Corrup- 
tion;" and an elegy on the death of Mr Charles York. He died in 1771-— 
Eur op. Mag. 

RA VENTHORPE-MJ LL, and /. h. in the township of Boltby, and 

parish of Feliskirk; \\ miles from Thirsk. 
RAW. in the township and parish of Fylingdales, wapentake of 

Whitbv-Strand ; 5 miles from Whitbv. 
RAWCLIFFE, in the parishes of St Michael-le-Belfrey, and St. 

Olave, (York) wapentake of Bulmer, liberty of St. Peter ; 2| miles 

from York, 11 from Easingwold, 18 from AJalton.-— Pop. 57. 



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RAYBALE, a dale, comprising several hamlets, in the township of 
Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 
(Ray dale- House, a shooting-box of Henry Peirse, Esq.) 5 miles 
from Hawes, 6 from Askrigg. 

flEDCAR, in the parish of Marske, east-division of Langbarugh; 7 
miies from Guisbrough, 15 from Stokesley and Stockton, (Dur.) 
16 from Yarm, 22 from Whitby. — Pop, 673. Principal Inns, 
Red Lion, and Black Swan. 

Redcar i9 a considerable fishing town, which formerly consisted of a few 
miserable huts, inhabited only by fishermen and their families ; but it is now a 
place of fashionable resort during the summer months, and crowded by per- 
sons of the first distinction. 

JREDDINGS, in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grinton ; 
6 miles from Reeth. A few scattered houses. 

RED-HALL, /, h. in the township of Castle Levington, and parish 
of Kirk Levington ; 2 miles from Yarm. 

In 1600, this was the residence of George Meryton, D. D. chaplain to 
Queen Anne, Dean of Peterborough and York. He died in 1624. — Graves, 

REDHURST, or HURST, see Hurst in the parish of Marrick. 

REDMIRE, in the parish of Wensley, wapentake of Hang- West; 
4 1 miles from Ley burn, 5{ from Middieham, 10 from Richmond. — 
Pop. 399. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St, 
Mary, value, £32Z. 2.9. Patron, the Rector of Wensley. 

REETH, in the parish of Grintor', wapentake of Gilling-West ; 8 
miles from Leyburn, 10 from Richmond, 1.1 from Askrigg, 13 
from Gretabridge 14 from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 17 from Brough, 
(Westm.) 54 from York, by Richmond, 245 from London. — 
Market, Friday. — Fairs Fridays before Good -Friday, old May-day, 
old Midsummer-da}^ St. Bartholomew, old Martinmas-day, St. 
Thomas 1 day, for woollen-cloth, pedlary-ware, &c— Principal Inn, 
Buck.-— Pop. 1,460. 

A free-school was erected here in 1877, the endowment of which was 
left by Mr Raw, a qnaker, with the proviso that the school should be built in 
sight of Marrick Abbey, and that part of the Swale where he used to bathe. 

RICHMOND, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Gil- 
ling- West; 5 miles from Catterick, 8 from Leyburn, 10 from 
Middieham, Croft, and Reeth, 12 from Darlington, (Dur.) by 
Croft* 14; 12 from Gretabridge and Bedale, 1 5 from Staindrop, 
(Dur.) 16 from Northallerton, 18 from Askrigg, 21 from Yarm, 
44 from York, 234 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, 
Saturday before Palm-Sunday, last Saturday in June, {Rake Fair) 
September 26, (Holyrood Day) for horned cattle, sheep, horses, 
woollen-cloth, &c. Bankers, Messrs. Stapleton, Robinson, <fe 
Kay, draw on Messrs. Barclay & Co. 54, Lombard-Street ; 
Wensleydale-Bank, Messrs. Hutton, Other, & Simpson, draw on 
Messrs. Sir Peter Pole, Thornton, & Co. 1, Bartholomew-Lane. — 
Principal Inn, King's Head. — Pop. 3,546. Sends two Mem* 
bers to Parliament, a privilege first granted 27th of Elizabeth. 
The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of 
Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 151. 5s. l\d. Patron, the 
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Richmond is a borough-town, and first incorporated in 19th of Elizabeth, 
and by charter granted in the reign of Charles II. A mayor, 12 aldermen, 24 
common-eouncilmen, a recorder, town clerk, and 2 Serjeants at mace, constitute 
the body corporate. 

In the centre of the town is the chapel of the Holy Trinity, formerly be- 
longing to St. Mary's, York, but now in the patronage of the corporation. 
In the north aisle is held the consistory court, where matters ecclesiastical or 
spiritual, relating- to the archdeaconry of Richmond are transacted. 

The castle was built by Alan, Earl of Bretayne, nephew of the conqueror, 
as a reward for his services at the battle of Hastings. Leland thus describes 
Richmond ; " Richemonte towne is waulied, and the castle on the river side of 
Swale is as the knot of the cumpace of the waulle. In the waulle be three gates, 
French-gate on the north parte of the towne, is the most occupied gate of the 
towne, Finkle-street gate, and Bargate ; all these be downe : vestiges yet re- 
main. In the market-place is a large chapel of the Trinitie. The cumpace of 
the minus waulles is not half a mile about it, and gardens behind them. 
There is a suburb without French gate almost as bigg as bothe the other suburbs. 
Finkle-street suburb straito west from the market-place, and Bargate suburb* 
The French-gate suburb is the paroche chirche of all the hole towne. A litel 
beyonde the end of French-gate street is or was of late a chapel of a woman an- 
chorite. Bargate suburb cummith downe to the bridge end of Swale, the which 
bridge is sum tyme chaynid. At this side the bridge is no buildinge. In this 
suburb is a chapel of St. James. All the towne and suburbs be on the farther 
side of Swale." 

The keep, which is nearly entire, appears to have been built in 1146, by 
Conan, 73 years after the first erection. It is 99 feet high, and 11 thick, and has 
pinnacles at the four corners, connected by a battlement. The ruins of many 
parts of the castle yet remain. In one corner is a tower 14 feet deep, which 
seems to have been u-ed as a dungeon. 

On the north part of the town is the lofty tower of the Grey friars, of 
finest gothic architecture. This house was founded by Ralph Fitz-Randolph, 
Lord of Middleham, in 12.58. — It was surrendered by Robert Sanderson and 14 
brethren, in 1539, and the site granted to John Banyster and William Metcalfe'. 
I'he site, and the premises within the walls, are the property of John -Robin- 
son, Esq. 

On the west of the friary was a nunnery, but of what order does not appear, 
nor by whom founded. In the Pipe Roll, 18th Henry II. mention is made of 
the nuns of Richmond. 

The grammar-school at this place has long been in the highest estimation 
for classical literature and talent of its successive masters. It was founded and 
endowed by the burgesses, who petitioned Queen Elizabeth for her royai license 
to erect a grammar-school at Richmond. The letters patent are dated March 14, 
1J6S. Tbe right of nominating the master, and being guardians and governors of 
the school and its revenues, devolved upon the mayor and aldermen in 1668, who 
are indisputably the successors of the bailiffs mentioned in the letters patent. 
\\ hat the original endowment was, is not known, but the present amount is full 
330/. per annum. There are three scholarships at Cambridge, and two. exhibi- 
tions at Oxford. — The Rev. James Tate is the present master, whose salary is 
310/. clear. — No house of residence for the master.. — Carlisle's Gram. Schools. 

Here was born in 1705, Archdeacon Francis Blackburne. He received his 
education at the schools of Hawkeshead and Sedburgh, and was entered of 
Catherine-Hall, Cambridge, in 1722 ; and about 1739 obtained the rectory of his 
native place. He was some time chaplain to Dr. Hutton, Archbishop of York, 
who gave him the Archdeaconry of Cleveland, and a prebend in the Cathedral. 
He wrote " The ^Confessional," and " a short historical view of the contro- 
versy concerning the intermediate state, &e." in which he maintained the notion 
of tbe souls sleeping in an unconscious state during the interval between death 
and the resarrectlon. His works have been collected and printed in 6 voJs. Svo. 
He died in 1787- 

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wapentakes of Hallikeld, Gilling-East, Hang-East, Gilling-YVest, 
and Hang- West ; being the north-west corner of Yorkshire, and 
over which His Grace the Duke of Leeds is Lord and Chief Bailiff. 
It has the Tees for its northern boundary, the Wiske and Swale 
chiefly for the ea&t ; and the Ure and the wapentakes of Claro and 
Staincliffe for the southern, and Westmorland for the western 
boundary. 

It derives its name, says Camden, " from a castle built by Alan Earl of 
Bretayne, in Armorica," to whom William the conqueror gave this shire, 
which belonged at .that time to Earl Edwin. 
li'IDDINGS, ham. in the township of Reeth, and parish of Grinton; 

1 mile from Reeth. 
RIGG-HOUSE, in the township of Kigh-Abbotside, and parish of 

Aysgarth ; 2 miles from Hawes. 
RIVAULX, or RIEVALX, in the parish of Helmsley, wapentake 
of llydale; 2 miles from Helmsley, 12 from Thirsk, 19 from 
Malton.— Pop. 212. 

Here was founded in 1131, the first abbey of the Cistercian order in York- 
shire, by Walter D'Espec, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was valued at 
the dissolution at 378/. 10s. 2d. Dugdale, and 35\l. 14s. 6d. Speed, per annum. 
The site was granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland, a descendant of Walter D' 
Espec. Catharine, daughter of Francis, Earl of Rutland, married George 
Villiers, Duke of Buckingham ; and his son, the second Duke of Buckingham 
sold it to Sir Charles Duncon.be, whose grand nephew, Thomas Duncombe, 
Esq. in 1758, made one of the finest terraces in England upon the brink of the 
hill which overlooks the ruins. Ailred, celebrated for his learning and piety, 
was abbot here, and wrote an historical account of the battle of the standard. 
X Scriptores. — Dugdale. — Tanner. At one end of the terrace is a circular 
Tuscan temple ; at the other (that nearest the abbey) a porticoed Ionic one. 
The latter, both within and without, is marked by a chaste simplicity. It con- 
sists of a single room, the ceilings and cones of which are ornamented with 
paintings by Borgnis, an Italian artist ; some original, and others from the 
most admired works of Guido, <fec. 

This abbey owes its foundation to the following circumstance. " Walter 
D'Espec, equally remarkable as a hero (for he commanded at the battle of the 
standard,) as founder of religious houses, had a son, who was fond of swift 
horses and hard riding, and one day rode with such violence that his steed fell 
down, and broke his riders neck.. His father, affected by his death, found no 
consolation but in religion ; and in the extremity of grief had rescourse to his 
uncle, rector of Garton, who recommended to him the foundation of three 
monasteries, which he accomplished, viz. Kirkham, Rivaulx, and Wardon. 
Walter lived thirty years after the foundation of Rivaulx, and before his death 
became a monk oithis house, and was buried here in 1163. After the dissolu- 
tion, the lead and bells were removed, and part of the church, chapter house, 
and the abbots lodge destroyed." " The ruins afford," says Whitaker, "one of 
the finest existing subjects in the kingdom for the pencil and the graver. 

The elegance and magnificence of this abbey, has seldom been equalled 
in this county. The principal remains are those of the church and refectory. 
The former consists of the choir and part of its two side ailes, the transept and 
the commencement of the tower. The nave is demolished, but its site is visible. 
The ti-ansept and tower form an exact cross in the centre of the building. The 
chief part of the buildings are in the early pointed style, with lancet windows. 
The pillars of the choir, with their arches, and a double tier of correspondent 
finishings above, are in good preservation. The refectory is a spacious building, 
a«d it is preceded by a large hall, to which was attached a neat circularly arch* 
©d entrance, but ribbed, and in the early pointed style.— Gen. Mat>\ 
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ROXBY, or ROAKSBY, in the parish of Pickhill, to which it 

adjoins and forms part of the township, and is united as such. 
ROBIN HOODS BAY. in the township and parish of Fylmgdale, 

wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 7 miles from Whitby, 13 from 
Scarborough. 

In the north-west part of this hay is a fishing town of the same name, hoth Cf 
which are so named from being-the retreat of the famous outlaw Robin Hood, who 
flourished in the reign of Richard I. where he and his followers eluded the vigilance, 
of their pursuers, by having the command of small fishing boats, in which they put 
off to sea in case of danger.— Camden. On the heights above, are some butts for 
archers, which still go by his name. This place is frequently visited by strangers, 
attracted by the fame of the alum works in its neighbourhood, and the peculiarity 
of its grotesque appearance. The quantity of fish which is dried here, as well for 
home consumption as exportation, is surprising. 
ROKEBY, a parish, in the wapentake of Gillinjr-West ; (Kokehy* 
Park, the seat of John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, Esq.) 1 mile from 
Gretabridge, 3 from Burnardcastle, (Ditr.) 13 from Richmond, 
54 from York. — Pop. including' Eggleston- Abbey, 222. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Rich- 
mond, diocese of Chester, value, +4/. 3s. 9d, p. r. tlOO/. Patron, 
the Knig. 

" Rokeby," says Pennant, " is an elegant house in the Italian style, built by 
Sir Thomas Robinson, Bart, well known in his day by the name of Long Tom, 
from a design of W. Wakefield. Esq. in 1724, diverted me a litle from my road. 
The front extends 96 feet ; it has a ru tic basement, and in the centre four columns 
and two pilasters support Corinthian ordonance The entrance is through a low 
vestibule on the ground floor, in which are several low apartments; more suitable 
to the warmer climate of Italy, than to our chilly vapory regions, When the sun 
should meet the fullest welcome. In the principal story is a galiery 67 feet long; 
in this, as well as throughout the house, is a profusion of statues, busts, sculp- 
tures, and most elegant sepulchral urns, collected from abroad ; and in a room, 
called the museum, are piled in disorder, multitudes of altars, inscriptions, 
-sculptors, &c. found either at the adjoining station and burying ground near 
Gretabridge, and at Bowes Castle, or brought here from the castle of Naworth, in 
Cumberland, and gathered from the neighbouring stations on the wall." Tour 
from Alston Mo-ir. 

To these curiosities, may be added some of the finest needle work in the kingdom, 
in which the paintings of the greatest masters are rivalled ; the threads are dis- 
posed in such a mode, that at a little distance, even human figures shew all the 
graees, the tints and beauties of the finest paintings. "■ — Hutchinson. 

" This little, parish," says Dr. Whitaker, " rich in natural scenery, adorned 
by modern elegance, distinguished by the site of a Roman station, and the remains 
of a religious house, but still more distinguished by a line of patriots and soldiers 
in its lords, has in latter days been the retirement and the theme cf great poets." 
— Mason and Scott. 
ROM ALDKJRK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-West; 
6 miles from Barnardcastle, (Din:) 9 from Gretabridge, 20 from 
Richmond, 61 from York. — Pop. 377. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Roma Id, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of 
Chester, value, 58/. 14s. 2d. Patron, Lord Strathmore. 

In the north transept is the recumbent effigy of a cross legged knight, in 
link mail, his right hand on the hilt of his sword. This is supposed to be the 
tomb of Sir Fitzhugh, who died in 1304, most probably at Cotherston castle. 

The saint to which this church is dedicated, from Dr. Whitaker's account, 
appears to stand alone in this country ; nor is it known who this St. Ronald 
was, although there can be no doubt of his being a popular saint at the time of 
its erection, This parish extends in one direction at least 30 miles. 



96 NORTH-RIDING. 

High up the Tees in this parish, but not till after the river has become wider r 
is one of the finest cataracts in the' island, whose roar is audible at a great dis- 
tance. Its character is that of Aysgarth, but more magnificent, the projec- 
tion dcepe?> the waters more entire, and equally precipitous. — Whitaker. 

ROMANS Y, in the parish of Northallerton-, wapentake of Allerton- 
shire; § a mile from Northallerton, 7| from Bedale, 9| from 
Thirsk.— Pop. 294. 

ROOK, BARUGH, %f. h. in the township and parish of Normanby, 
wapentake of Rydale; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside. 

BOOK WITH, in the parish ol'Thorton-W atlas, wapentake of Hang- 
East; 4 miles from Bedale and Masham. — Pop. 76. 

ROOMER, ham. m the township of Swinton, and parish of Masham, 
wapentake of Hang-East ; 2 miies from Masham, 8 from Ripon. 

ROSEBERRY-TOPPING, (a Hill) in the parish of Newton, west- 
division of Langbarugh ; 3 miles from Giiisbrough, 5 from Siokes- 
ley. — See Newton. 

ROSEJ3ALE, EAST-SIDE, in the parish of Middleton, wapentake 
of Pickering-Lythe; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside, 9 from Pic- 
kering, 18 from Whitby. — Pop. 339. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. Lawrence, value, p. r. f56L 1 4s. QcL 
Patrons, the Inhabitants. 

This church is part of the ruins of a priory founded in the time of Richard 
Ij 1190, for Benedictines or Cistercians, by Robert de Stuteville, and dedicat- 
ed to St. Lawrence and St. Mary. The site was granted 30th Henry VIII. to 
Ralph . Nevile, Earl of Westmorland. About the time of the dissolution, a 
prioress and 8 or 9 religious belonged to this house, \Vhose yearly revenue was 
All. 13s. Sd. Speed, and 371. 12s. $d, Dugdale.— Buuxon. 

Of the ruins that remain is the square of the cloister,, which is almost 
entire ; the buildings having been converted into dwelling houses, <fce. In 
this square, are some of the tomb stones that have been placed over the nuns r 
with crosses, &e. carved on them.— See Young's JVhitby. 

ROSEDALE, WEST-SIDE, in the parish of Lastingham, wapen- 
take of Rydale; 6 miles from Kirbymoorside, 9 from Pickering y 
12 from Helmsley.— Pop. 179. 

ROSKEL-ROUSE, /. h. in the township of Snape, and parish of 
Well ; 2 1 miles from Masham, 4 from Bedale. 

ROUNDFIELD-HILL, /. h. in the township of Hackforth, and 
parish of Hornby ; 3 miles from Catterick, 4| from Bedale. 

ROUNTON, EAST, in the parish of Rudby, west-division of 
Langbarugh ; (Rounton-G range, the seat of John Wailes, Esq.) 7 
miles from Northallerton, 8 from Yarm, 9 from Stokesley. — Pop. 
135. The Chapel here is a perpetual curacy under Rudby^ value, 
p. r. 37/. 75. 6d. Patroness, Dowager Lady Amherst. 

ROUNTON, WEST, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Allerton- 
shire; 7 miles from Northallerton, 1\ from Yarm, 9 from Stokes- 
Jey, 38 from York.— Pop. 217. The Church is a rectory, dedi- 
cated to St. James, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 61. Patron 
the King. 

ROUSBY, or ROXBY, in the parish of Hinderwell, east-division 
of Langbarugh ; 1 1 miles from Guisbrough, 1 1 1 from Whitby.— 
Pop. 238. It is a Chapelry dependant on the Mother- Church. 
It was founded and endowed in the reign of Henry the V. by the Boynton 



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family ; in the east window are effigies in painted glass, bearing the arms of 
Boynton, and probably the founder. — Graves. 

At Roxby was born July 22, 1600, Sir Hugh Cholmley, Bart, an active 
and intelligent royalist in the time of Charles T. He had the command of Scar- 
borough castle at the time it surrendered in 1645. He died at Peckham, Nov. 
30, \tio7 .—Fide Hist, of Whitby and Scarborough, and the memoirs of his life, 
y&itten by himself. 

ROW, ham. in the township of Reeth, and parish of Grhiton; 1 
mile from Reeth. 

ROW. or RAW, Fylingdale, see Raw. 

RUDBY, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; 4 
miles from Stokesley, 6 from Farm, 1 1 \ from Northallerton, 38 
from York. — Pop. 76. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
All-Saints, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 301. p. r. fSSL 
Patroness, Dowager Lady Amherst. 

Adjoining the church yard, is a school house, founded and endowed about 
the year 1740, by Charles Bathurst, Esq. of Skutterskelf, for the purpose of 
educating the children of the poor of the parish. The master's salary aiises 
out of a rent charge of 10/. and the interest of 100/. left by the founder. — Graves. 

RUD-HALL, /. h. in the township of East-Appleton, and parish of 
Catterick ; 2 miles from Catterick, 5 from Bedale. 

RUNS WICK, in the township and parish of Hinderwell, east-divi- 
sion of Langbarugh; 7 miles from Whitby, lo from Redcar, ,16 
from Guisbrough. 

A fishing village about a mile east of Staithes, singularly situated on the 
margin of the sea, which here forms an immense inlet, called Runswick Bay, 
capable of containing several hundred sail of ships. About 150 years ago Runs- 
wick was situated in the front of the bay, facing the sea, when one night as some 
of the inhabitants were, what is called waking a corps, the ground on which it 
stood suddenly gave way, which they providentially perceiving, alarmed the vest 
of the inhabitants, so that few, if any, perished by this catastrophe. The houses 
were soon after buried under masses of earth, and gradually sunk down to the 
sea. 

RUSTON, kam. in the township and parish of Wykeham : 7 miles 
from Scarborough. 

R US WARP, in the parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whitby- 
Strand ; (the seat of Miss Pennyman) 2 miles from Whitby, 18^ 
from Pickering, 19 from Guisbrough.— Pop. 1,918. 

RUSWICK,/. h. in the township of New ton-ie- Willows, and parish 
of Fingall ; 5 miles from Leyburn and Bedale. 

R YD ALE, a wapentake, north-east of York, so called from the 
River Rye, which runs through it, and affords fine diversion for 
the lovers of trout-fishing. It is bounded on the east by Pickering- 
Lvthe, on the south by the wapentake of Bulmer, on the west by 
Bird forth, and on the north by Langbarugh. It contains three 
market-towns, Malton, Helmsley, and Kirbymoorside ; 56 town- 
ships, 18 of which are parishes, 3,566 inhabited houses, and 
1 7,0 J 5 inhabitants. Rydale, like Pickering-Ly the, is mountain- 
ous, a large portion ofit being moor land. 

RYTON, in the parish of Kirby-misperton, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe; 3 miles from Malton, 7 from Pickering, 11 from Kirby- 
moorside. — Pop. 212. 

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SADDLEBOW, in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Ro- 

raaldkirk ; 10 miles from Barnard castle, (Bur.) 
SALTBURN, in the township of Brotton, east-division of Lang- 
bar ugh ; 6 miles from Redcar and Guisbreugh, \6 from Whitby. 
A small village, the inhabitants of which live chiefly by fishing. The 
romantic walks, picturesque rocks, and enchanting scenery with which this 
place abounds, render it admirably calculated for a bathing place. 

SALTERSG ATE-INN, in the township of Lockton, and parish of 
Middleton; 9 miles from Pickering, 12 from Whitby. 

SALTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydaie, liberty of St. 
Peter, (the seat of George Woodcock Dowker, Esq J 5 miles from 
Kirbymoorside, 6 from Pickering, 10| from JVJalton, 21 from 
York.- — Pop. 1 48. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
John Beverley, in the deanry of Rydaie, value, $4'/. 10s. 1 Id p. r. 
i'75l. Patron, G. W. Dowker, Esq. 

SATRON, or SATTURN, ham. in the township of Maker, and 
parish of Grinton ; 8 miles from Reetb. 

SALUTATION, HIGH, p. h. in the township and parish of Kirkby 
Fleethara ; Smiles from Bedale, 4 from Catterick. 

SALUTATION, LOW, p. h. in the same township and parish; 4 
miles from Bedaie. This house adjoins Fencoat. 

SALUTATION-INN. in the township of Little-Smeaton, and 
parish of Birkby ; 6 miles from Northallerton. 

SANDBECK, ham. in the township of ITipswell, and parish of 
Catterick ; If mile from Richmond, 7 from Leyburn. 

SANDBURN, ham, in the township and parish of Stockton-on- the 
Forest, wapentake of Bulmer ; 4 miles from York. 

SANDHOLMES, /. A. in the township and parish of Pickhill; 6 
miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon. 

SANDHUTTON, in the parish of Thirsk, wapentake of Birdforth; 
3 miles from Thirsk. 8 from Northallerton, 1 1 from Borough- 
bridge. — Pop. 273. Here is a chapel dedicated to St. Mary, and 
united to Carlton- Miniott. 

SANDHUTTON, in the parish ofBossall, wapentake of Bulmer; 
(the seat of the Rev. Thomas Cutler Rudston Read.) 7 miles from 
York, 12 fromMaiton, 13 from Easingwoid,— Pop. 202. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy under Bossall. value, p. r. 1 22Z. 1 7s. 2d. 

SANDSEND, in the township and parish of Lythe, east-division of 
Langbarugh; 3 miles from Whitby, 18 fromGuisbrough. 

Here are very extensive Alum works, the property of Lord Mul grave ; the 
quantity manufactured annually is about 400 tons. 

SA FEY-GREEN, /. h. in the township and parish of Lythe; 6 
miles from Whitby. 

SAWDON, in the parish of Brompton, wapentake of Pi ckering- 
Lyfhe ; 10 miles from Scarborough, 12 from Pickering, 16 from 
Malton.— Pop. 139. 

SOACKLETON, in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of Bul- 
mer ; 7 miles from Easingwoid, 10 from Malton, 15 from York. — 
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SCALBV, a parish-toirn, in the wapentake of Pickering-Lyfhe ; 3 
miles from Scarborough, 18 from Pickering and Whitby, 40 from 
York. — Pop. 416. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Lawrence, in the deanry of Dickering, value, $64. i'^s. id. 
Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. 

Here is a small hospital for widows or widow evs, containing four rooms or 
apartments, founded by one Christopher Kelde ; but the time is not on record. 
SCALBY-MILL, Sf.h. in the township and parish of Scalby ; 2 

miles from Scarborough. 
SCALING, in the parish of Hmderwell, east-division of Lang- 

barugh; 10 miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Whitby. 
SCALING-DAM, p. k. in the township and parish of Easington ; 

9| miles from Gnisbrongh, ll§ from Whitby. 
SCALING, LITTLE, or FAR, ham. in the township of Easington, 

and parish of Hinderwell ; 12 miles from Whitby. 
SCAR-HOUSE, (Manor-House) in the township and parish of Arken- 

garthdale : 3 miles from Reeth. 
SCAR-HOUSES, 4 h. in the township of Maker, and parish of 

Grin ton; 10 miles from Reeth. 
SCARO-HOLSE. /. h. in the township of Moulton, and parish of 

Middleton-Tyas '; 3 miles from Richmond. 
SCARBOROUGH, a parish and market-town, in the wapentake of 
Pickering- Lythe, liberty of Scarborough ; IS miles from Brid- 
lington, (the Quay 19.J 19 from Pickering, 20 horn Whiibyand 
Sled mere. 'Z'l from Malton, 23 from Driffield, 40 from York, 
217 from London, by Lincoln ; by' York, 239. — Markets, Thurs- 
day and Saturday. — Fairs, Holy-Thursday, and November 23, for 
Toys, &c. — Bankers. Messrs. Woodall. Tindall, Taylor, & Cook, 
draw on Messrs. Sir Peter Pole, Thornton, & Co. 1, Bartholomew- 
Lane. — Principal Inns, George, Blacksmiths 1 Arms, Blue-Bell, 
New-Inn,, Pied-Bail, Talbot, London-Inn.— Pop. 8,188. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of 
Dickering, value, £13/. 6s. Sd. p. r. 60/, Patron. Lord Hotham, 
as lord of the manor of Northsteari. 

This church was originally a convent for white or carmelite friar?, founded by 
king Edward II. 1.320, and suppressed in the reign of Henry V. It is now con- 
verted into a parish church. During the siege of the castle, a lodgement was 
made in this church, by the troops of Sir John Meldrum. The Church was adorned, 
says Leland, "with three auncient towres lor belles. There were in the toune 
three howsia of freres, gray, black, and white." 

Scarborough is a seaport and borough town, governed by two bailiffs, cho- 
sen annually, t<vo coroners, four chamberlains, and a common council of thirty- 
six members, a recorder and town clerk. It was chartered by king Henry U. 
about the year 1181. It returns two members to parliament, a privilege granted 
as -early as the 2.'jrd of Edward I. the only place, except York and Hull in this 
county, that constantly returned before the time of Edward VI. since which it 
lias constantly returned. The right of election is in the corporation alone. 
Number of votes 44 — the returning officers, the bailiffs. — Oldfield. 

Scarborough, long celebrated as a sea bathing place and for its mineral 
waters, is situated on the ed^e of a beautiful and extensive bay, from which/it 
rises in the form of a cresent, on tne slope of a bold and rocky shore. 

The castle, (extraparochial) stands upon a rock of stupendous height and 
magnitude, almost surrounded by the sea. It was built in the reign of king 
Stephen, by William de Gro^.*, Earl of Albermarle, who commanded the Eng- 

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100 "north-riding. 

lisli army at the battle of the standard, in 1138. In this impregnable fortress 
he governed with princely authority, till Henry II. in order to reduce the exor- 
bitant power of his nobles, commanded all the castles erected during the pre- 
ceding reign to be demolished. 

Edward the II and his favourite Gaveston took refuge in this castle, which 
was esteemed the strongest in the kingdom. Here the king left Gaveston, as in 
a place of security ; but the castle being besieged by the Earls of Pembroke and 
Warren, he was compelled to surrender, which he did on condition that he should 
be conducted to the Icing, and tried by his peers— This was dishonourably 
violated. — Raptn. 

In 1553, Thomas Strafford, son of lord StraiFoid, with only 32 attendants 
obtained possession of Scarborough castle, which gave rise to the proverb of 
" Scarborough warning, a word and a blow, but the blow first." Having dis- 
guised his men, he came to Scarborough on a market day, and easily gained 
admittance into the castle, where he strolled about in a careless manner without 
"exciting the least suspicion. His little troop soon afterwards made their ap- 
pearance, under the disguise of peasan ts, who, perceiving a favourable opportunity, 
(Secured the sentinels, took possession of the gate, and admitted the remainder of 
their companions. — Scarborough Guide. 

In the beginning of the civil wars, Sir Hugh Cholniley gallantly defended 
this castle against the parliamentary forces for twelve months, but at length 
surrendered on honourable terms in 1645. It sustained a second siege which 
commenced, Sept. 1648. — For particulars of sieges and other interesting matter, 
see HinderiveWs Hist, of Scarborough. The stealing hand of time and the injury 
sustained by various sieges reduced this fortress to a mass of ruins, when govern- 
ment, in the rebellion 1745, gave it a temporary repair, and deposited within 
its walls a large quantity of military stores. The castle stands on a lofty pro- 
montary, more than 300 feet above the level of the sea; and within the area, 
(19 acres), under an arched vault, is a reservoir of water called the Lady's 
Well, supposed to have been dedicated to the Virgin Mary. 

The spaw, consisting of two distinct wells, the one distinguished by the 
name of " the Chalybeate," the other, " the Salt-spring," with the spaw house 
adjoining, is situated on the sea shore. A superintendant resides here during 
the bathing season, to whom the visitors who drink the waters, pay 7s. 6d. 
each. The present building was erected in 1739, the former one, orwarfon 
■which it was built, being destroyed by a mass of earth from behind sinking in. 
The medical powers of these waters, according to Dr. Wittie, were first acci- 
dentally discovered in 1627, by a Mrs. Farrow, a gentlewoman of Scarborough, for 
account of which, see Scarborough Guide. The following authors have treated 
on these waters, Drs. Wittie, Simpson, Tunstall, Short, Shaw, and latterly, 
Dr. Belcombe, by whom the waters have been analyzed. — See HinderwelV-s 
Hist, of Scarborough, and Scarborough Guide, which no person who visits, or 
intends to visit, Scarborough ought to omit reading. 

A Life Boat was built here in 1801, which has been the means of preserving 
the lives of many crews of vessels on this part of the coast. 

In 1811, a Sea Bathing Infirmary, supported by subscription, was instituted 
for the use of the poor. 
SC Alt GILL, 3/. k. a township, in the parish of Bamingham, wa- 
pentake of Gilling-West; 2 miles from Gretabridge, 4 from 
Barnard castle, (Bur.)— Pop. 136. 
SCARTHNECK, in the township of Preston, and parish of Wen- 
siey; 3 miles from Leyburn, 9 from Askrigg. An eminence, 
north of Wensleydaie, over which the road from Richmond to 
Lancaster passes. 
SCARTHNICK. in the parish of Whorl ton, west-division of 
Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Stokesley, 3 1 from Northallerton. 

Here was a religious house founded by Stephen Meinil, sen. tempt. Henry 
I. and afterwards annexed to Guisborn, (Guisbrough) and made a cell of Canons 
of the order of St. Austin, to that monastery. There are no remains nor any 
traces of the building now left. -Tanner. 



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SCAWTON", a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale 5 o miles 
from Helrasley, 9 from Thirsk, 23 from York. — Pop. J 51. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Ry- 
dale, value, %'Zl. 19s. 2d. p. r. *79/. 2s. 7(L Patron, Edward 
Worsley, Esq. Scawton is situated upon Hauibleton. 
SGORTON, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Gilling-East ; 
3 miles from Catterick, 7 from Richmond. 9 from Northallerton, — 
Fop. 496. 

Here is a free grammar-school founded by Mr Leonard Robinson, of Scorton, 
in 17-0, who endowed it with a farm in the same township, now producing up- 
wards of 200/. per annum, together with a dwelling-house and gardens. It is 
open to all free of expense, for the classics ; but for the stipend of the usher, re- 
pair of buildings, writing, arithmetic, a quarterly charge is made. There are 
no boys on the foundation. The Rev. John Nobie, who was educated at Queen's 
College, Oxford, alter quitting the University^ became the first master of 
this school, which he opened in June 173G, and had the tuition of several young 
gentlemen, who testified their regard to him, by placing a handsome monument 
to his memory in the church of Bolton-upon-Swale, the expense of which was 
defrayed by Subscription. Mr Noble died in 1767, aged 67- — Carlisle's Gram. 
Schools. — Nichols' Lit. Anee. 
SCOTCH-CORNER, in (he township and parish of Middleton-Tyas; 
4} miles from Richmond, 5 from Catterick, 10 from Gretabridge. 
A Public-House, the Three Tuns. 
S COTTON, in the parishes of Catterick and Patrick- Brompf on, 
wapentake of Hang- East ; 4 miles from Catterick, 5 from Rich- 
mond. 8 from Bed ale. — Pop. 128. 
SCRAFTON, LITTLE, ham. in the township of Caldberg, and 
parish of Coverham ; 4| miles from Middleham, 6 from Leyburn. 
SCRAFTON, WEST, in the parish of Coverhara, wapentake of 
Hang- West; 5 miles from Middleham and Leyburn. 15 from 
Richmond. — Pop. 146. 
SCRUTON", a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- East; 
(Scruton Hail, the seat of the late Henry Gale, Esq.) 4 miles from 
Bedale, 4 1 from Northallerton, 6 from Catterick, 35 from York. — 
Pop. 111. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Radegimd, 
in Uw deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 14/. Qs. 
-5d. Patron, Roster Lechroere Coore, Esq. 

Here that eminent critic and antiquary, Dr. Thomas Gale, dean of York, 
was born in 1636. lie was educated at Westminster school, and being admitted 
King's scholar there, was elected in 16.50 to Trinity-College, Cambridge, and 
became fellow of that society. Having- t;iken his first degree in arts in 1656, he 
commenced M. A. in 1662 — Regius professor of Greek in 1666 — In 1672, he was 
tinted to the head mastership of St. Paul's school, in London, soon after 
h, by his Majesty's directions, he drew up those inscriptions which are to 
W- seen upon the monument in memory of the dreadful conflagration in 1666. 
He took the degree of doctor of divinity in 1676, and in 1697 was promoted to 
the deanry of York, which dignity he possessed little more than four years and a 
half; he dying April 8, L702, in the 67m year of his age. His publication 
were numerous, a list of which is given in Nichols-' Lit. Anec. vol. IV. p. 540. — 
Dr. Gale married Barbara, daughter of Thomas Pepys, Esq. of Trumpington, 
Cambridgeshire, who died in 1689; by whom he had three sons and a daughter. 
Mr Drake says, " The loss of this great man would have been irreparable, did 
not the father's genius still exist in his son," alluding to his eldest SGn Roger 
Gale, F. R.S.and A.S. S. equally famous as an antiquary. He was educated under 
♦bis father at St. Paul' school, admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1691 ; 



102 NORTH-HIDING. 

made scholar of that honsc 1693, and afterwards fellow in 1697. He was the 
first vice-president to the society of antiquaries, and treasurer to the 
royal society. He published his father's Comment on Antoninus's Itinerary 
in 1709, and the " IJegistrum Honoris de Richmond" in 1722. His " Dis- 
course on the four Roman Roads in Britain" is printed in the 6th 
vol. of Leland's Itinerary. Other valuable papers of his on antiquities are to 
be met with in the Philosophical Transactions — Horsley's Britun. Romanck — 
Archaeologia — Gent. Mag. 8rc. — He left all Iris MSS. to Trinity College, Cam- 
bridge, and his cabinet of Roman coins to the public library there. He mar- 
ried Henrietta, daughter of Henry Raper, Esq. of Cowling, who died in 1720, 
by whom he had one son, Roger Henry, who married Catharine, daughter of 
Christopher Crowe, of Kiplin, Esq. and had issue, Henry, (died May 27, 
1821) Samuel, and two daughters. He died at Scruton in 1744, and was buried 
in the church-yard obscurely, by his own desire. His estates at that place 
were very considerable, and are now in the possession of F. L. Coore, Esq, 
who married Harriet, eldest daughter of the above Henry Gale. He represent- 
ed Northallerton in parliament for several years. 

Samuel Gale, the dean's youngest son, born in London, and educated by his 
father at St. Paul's school, was also eminent for his knowledge of antiquities ; 
he left many valuable collections behind him relating to the antiquities of Eng- 
land, but published nothing in his life-time. He died in 1754, in the 73rd year 
of his age. His very valuable library and fine collection of prints, were sold by 
auction in 1754. — Nichols. 

The family of Gale, was of eminence in the North and East-Ridings, in the 
16th century; the earliest of the name that occurs, was James Gale, seated at 
Thrintoft, in the parish of Ainderby-Steeple. — Ibid. 
SCUGDALE, a narrow dale, in the township and parish of Whorlton ; 

6 miles from Stokesley, 1 1 1 from Northallerton, 
SP^AMER, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; Z 
miles from Stokesley, 8 from Yarm, 45 from York. — Pop. 226. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Martin, in the 
deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. f5i%. 6s. 8c/, Patron, Robert 
Green hi 11, Esq, 
SEAMER, orSEAMOR, a 'parish-town, in the wapentake of Pic- 
kering- Ly the ; A miles from Scarborough, 15 from Pickering, 18 
from Bridlington, 39 from York. — A Market entirely for live 
cattle, on the first Monday in every month. — Fairs, July 15, for 
boots, shoes, pedlary -ware, &c. — Pop. 596. The Church is a vicar 
age, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Dickering, value 
18/. 6s. 5\d. Patron. William James Dennison, Esq. 

A new school for boys and girls, with a dwelling-house, was built and 
liberally endowed by the Lord of the Manor, in 1814. 

SEAL-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Arkengarth- 
dale ; 6 miles from Reeth. 

SEATON-HALL, in the township and parish of Hinderwell> 2 miles 
from Whitby. 

SEDBURY-HALL, (the residence of Colonel Tower) in the town- 
ship and parish of Gilling, wapentake of Giliing-West; ,4 mile£ 
from Richmond, 6 from Catterick, 10 from Gretabridge. 

Within the angle where the Ermine-street and High-street meet, is Sed- 
bury, .where, it is supposed, was a palace of King Qswins. — Archaeologia. 
The manor-house, with the estate at Sedbiiry, was, for many generations, the 
residence of the Boyntons, and probably built by them, " which from an ordi* 
nary tower-built house, has gradually increased to a large and magnificent 
mansion." f 

In 1650, James D'Arcy, 6th son of Conyers Lord D'Arcy, of Hornby- Castle* 
purchased Sedlmry, which passed by marriage, in 1733, to Si? Robert Hilpfd, 



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Bart, of Winstead, E. R. father of the late Sir Robert, who died in 1814, without 
issue, wheu it came to the present owner, James Hasey D'Arcy Button, Esq. 

SEDBUSK, ham. in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish of 
Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Hawes, 4 from Askrigg, 16 from Leyburn. 
SEMERWATER, (a small beautiful Lake) which covers about 105 
acres of land, in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Ays- 
garth ; 3 miles from Hawes. near to which is 
SEMERDALE-HOUSE, /. h. in the same township and parish. 
SESSA Y. a parish-town, in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; (Sessay- 
//«//, the seat of the Hon. and Rev. IVitliam Henry Dawnay) 5 
miles from Easingwold, 6 from Thirsk, 18 from York. — Pop. 
36 I. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the 
deanry of Buhner, value, 17/. 0s. 2di Patron, Lord Viscount 
Do wne. 

Here was born in 1686, John Jackson, an English divine, eldest son of the 
Rev. John Jackson, (first rector of this place and vicar of Rossington, W. R.) 
He was educated at Doncaster school, under the famous Dr. Bland, and at 
Jesus College, Cambridge. His best work is his Chronological Antiquities, 3 
vols. 4to. 1/52. He died at Leicester in 1 763. — Nichols* Lit. Anecdotes. — Bio. 
Dictionary. 
SEXHOVV, 6 /. h. a township, in the parish of Rudby, west-division 
of Langbarngh ; 41 miles fiom Stokesley, 6 from "V arm. — Pop. 38. 
SHAW, 3 or 4/. h. in the township of Hurst, and parish of Marrick; 

.3 miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. 
SHAW, and SHAW-COTE, 2 f. h. in the township of Low- 
Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth; 2| miles from Hawes, 3 from 
Askrigg. 
SHEPHKRDS-HiLL, ham, in the township and parish of Whorlton; 

7 mile.s from Stokesley, 9 from Northallerton and Yarm. 
SHERFITT-HALL, /. h. in the township of Reeth, and parish 

of Grinton ,• .' J > miles from Reeth. 
SHERIFF--HUTTOX, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer ; 

8 miles from Easingwold, 10 from York and Malton. — Pop. 756. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry 
of Buhner, value, £10/. p. r. 1 140/. 18s. Patron, the Archbishop 
of York. 

Bertrand de Bulmer, in the reign of king Stephen, built here a neat castle, 
■which was afterwards repaired by Ralph Nevile, first Earl of Westmorland, 
who died 1389. It continued in the possession of the noble family of the 
Nevile?, until the death of Richard Nevile, Earl of Warwick, who was elain 
at the battle of Barnett, when his lands being seized by Edward IV. this castle 
and the manor were given to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the king's brother. 
Princess Elizabeth, heiress of the house of York, (afterwards married to king 
Henry VII.) was k?pt a prisoner here by Richard III. In the same castle was 
confined Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, only son of George, DuRe of 
Clarence, elder brother of Richard III. This Earl of Warwick was publickly 
executed by Henry VII. 1499. — Gamdew, Drake, Hume, &c. The castle and 
manor became the property of Henry VII. and seem to have continued in the 
h^nds of the crown, until they were granted to Charles, Prince of Wales, 
afterwards Charles I. The late Lady Irwin, of Temple-Newsham, died seized 
of the same, and are now in possession of the Marquis of Hertford, in right of 
his wife, Isabella Anne, daughter of the late Lady Irwin, who took the title and 
sirnatne of Ingram, in 1807- The venerable ruins of this castle, consisting of 
seven stately toner?, (one of which contains two spacious rooms,) are situated 
upon an eminence, commanding very extensive prospects. John, the son of 



10 I NORTH-RIDING. 

Ralph Nevile, Lord of Raby, obtained a charter in 1877, for a market on Monday, 
and a fair annually on the eve of the exaltation of the Holy Cross, (September 
14, and two following davs,) which are now discontinued. 

SHERIFF -HUTTON-PARK, (the seat of George Lowther Thom- 
pson, Esq.) similarly situated. 

SHIPTON, in the parish of Overton, wapentake of Bulmer, a 
part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6 niiies from York, 7 from Easing- 
woJd, 19 from Malton.— Pop. 377. 

A school was here endowed, by Mrs Ann Middleton, of York, with 40/. for 
the education of the children of the freeholders, on!y.-*-Her Will bears date, 
August 24, 1655. 

SHIPTON-SMITH Y, s. h. in the township of Overton-witb-Shipton, 
and parish of Overton, wapentake of Bulmer ; 6 miles from York. 

SIGSTON, or KIRKB Y-S1GSTON. a parish and township, in the 
wapentake of Allertonshire; Smiles from Northallerton, 8 from 
Thirsk, 13 from Yarm, 31 from York.— Pop. 131. The Church 
is a rectory, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Cleve- 
land, value, 12/. 13s. 4c?. Patron, Sir Thomas Slingsby, Bart. 

Here was formerly a castle, surrounded by a deep moat, but when, or by 
whom built, we have no account. 

SIGSTON-SMITHY, ham. in the township and parish of Sigston; 
3 1 miles from Northallerton. 

SILTON, HIGH, or OVER, in the parish of Cowesby, wapentake 
of Bird forth ; 8 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk. — Pop. 
94. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 38/. Patron, 
Sir George Wombwell, Bart. As Leassee of the Tithes under 
Trinity College Cambridge. 

SILTON, LOW, or NETHER, in the parish of Leak, wapentake 
of Birdforth ; 7 miles from Northallerton, 8 from Thirsk, 13 from 
Stokesley. — Pop. 202. Here is a Chapel of ease to Leak. 

S1MONSTONE, in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish of 
Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; (the seat of James Archi- 
bald Stuart Worthy, Esq.) 1 \ mile from Hawes, 5\ from Askrigg. 

SIMON'S, SAINT, CHAPEL or WELL, in the township of 
Little-Scrafton, and parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- 
West; 4 1 miles from Middleham. 

SINDERBY, in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld; 6 
miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon, 8 from Bedale. — Pop. 86. 

SINNINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe ; (Sinnington-Lodge, the seat of Pudsay Dawson, Esq.) 4 
miles from Pickering and Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley, 27 
from York. — Pop. 343. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the 
deanry of Rydale, value, p. r. fSOl. Patron, Master of Hems- 
worth School, (W. R.) 

Here is a school for the children of Sinnington, for reading, writing, &c. 
which is a branch of the Thornton grammar-school, and was erected on account 
of the too great distance from Thornton. . 

SINNINGTON-GRANGE, 2f.h. in the township and parish of 
Sinnington ; 4 miles from Pickering, 5 from Kirbymoorside. 

SION-HILL, (ike seat of Joshua Crampon, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Kirby- Wiske ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 7§ Iron* 
Northallerton. 



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SKEEBY, ia the parish of Easby. wapentake of Calling- West ; 2 
miles from Richmond, 4 from Catterick, 10 from Darlington, 
(Dur.)— Pop. 163. 

Here St. Osyth had a chantry, and from her is the name of the place derived, 
though strangely corrupted. — W$it4kbr. 
SKELGILL. f.h. in the township of Low-Abbotside, and parish 

of Aysgarth; 1 1 mile from Askrigg, 4 from Hawes. 
SKELT02S-COTE, /. h. in the township of Belief by, and parish of 

Spenny thorne ; 6 miles from Middleham. 
SKELDERSKEW-GRANGJE, ham. in the township of Common- 
dale, and parish of Guise rough ; 5 miles from Guisbrough. 
This Grange formerly belonged to the priory of B.isedale. 
SKELTON, a parish- town, (a part Jbeing in the parish of Overton) 
wapentake of Buiraer, and liberty of St. Peter ; (Skellon-Grcmge 9 
the seat of Edward Place, Esq. Skelton-Cottage, Mrs Thompson, 
and Rose-Cottage* G. V. Drury, Esq.) 4 miles from York, 9 from 
Easingwold, 18 from Malton.— Pop. 18 r.— St. Peters, 86, total, 
273. The Church, peculiar, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, 
in the deunry of Bulmer, value, $*>/. p. r. f L3p?r Patron, Joshua 
Hepworth, Esq. 

This Church is of considerable antiquity, and said to have been built with 
the stones that remained after the south cross of York minster had been finished 
by the archbishop, Walter Gray. Indeed the south door seems to resemble that 
of the cathedral ; alike adorned with curious marble pillars, tuoagh now almost 
dpmoli-hed. — Gent. 
SKELTOX, in the township and parish of Marske, wapentake of 

Gilling-YVest; .5 miles from Reeth, 6 from Richmond. 
SKELTON, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugii ; 
(Skelton-Castle, the seat of John Wharton, Esq.) 31 miles from 
Gtiisbrough. 6 from Red car, 1 \\ from Stokesiey, 17 from Whitby 
16 from Stockton, (Dur.) 55 from York. — Pop. 791 . The Church 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of 
Cleveland, value, p. r. 79/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

Skelton Castle was built by Robert de Brus, a Norman Knight, who came 
into England with William the conqueror ; and who having possessed by conquest, 
and other titles of various acquisition, the manor and castle of Skelton, soon 
increased his I >iii\ .• in Yorkshire so much, that before the end of the con- 
queror's reiga, he became owner of no less thau 93 Lordships in this county, but 
the castle ofSkelton seems to have been his great baronial residence. From this 
noblemau the royal line of Scotland, and the Earl of Ailesbury are descended. — 
Duff date's Baronage. After being in possession of the Fauconbergs, the' Nevils, 
and the Omyers, it at length became the property of Law.son Trotter, Esq. who 
sold it to Joseph Hall, Esq. of Durham, in 172/ ; and from him it descended to 
John Hall Stevenson, Esq. grandfather of the present possessor. 

Few traces of the ancient edifice remain, considerable alterations having 
been made since 1794. The front of the present building is 270 feet in j 
It is situated on the brink oi a large sheet of wafer, in many places ie feet deep, 
which nearly surrounds the casile, except an opening to the south, 

Tt was'till 1785, the seat of J .. on, Esq. the Ei'gcniu.s of 

Sterne, whose festive board was frequented by many of the L'ierati of the age in 
which lie lived, and enlivened by none more than the celebrated JVJr$ter«e ? ^ r 
Hall was an excellent classical scholar, and the vigorous extent and versatility of 
his genius, shew him in a walk cf superior excellence . His poetry exhibits high 
powers of imagination, and he was weli acquainted with the Belles- Lettres of 
1 Europe. Alter bis death, his works were published in 3 vols. l2mo. iie died 
in 17^5. 

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106 NORTH-RIDING. 

In the time of Edward I. the Lords of Skelton had the privilege of a market 
here, which, however singular it may appear, was held weekly on Sunday j 
when the people, according fa. the custom of that age, generally assembled in 
the morning to attend divine worship, and in the afternoon transacted their busi- 
ness, and regaled themselves with oat-ale, the homely beverage of our ancestor*. 
This market continued to be thus held, till the 13th Edward II.— Graves. 
SKELTON-SAJITHY, s. h. in the township and parish of Skelton ; 

4 miles from York. 
SKEWSB Y, in the parish of Dalby, wapentake of Bulmer ; 9 miles 
from Easingwold, 13 from Malton, 15 from York.— Pop. inclu. 
ded in Dalby. 
SKINN1NGRAVE, in the parish of Skelton, east-division of 
Langbarugh ; (the seat of John Easierby, Esq.) 7 miles from Guis- 
brough, 9 from Redcap, 1 4 from Whitby. — Pop. 60. 
SKIPLAM, in the parish of Eirkdale, wapentake of Rydale; 3 
miles from Kirbymoorside, 4 from Helmsley, 17 from Malton^ — 
Pop. including Bransdale, West-side, 170. 
SKIPSTER-HAGG, /. h. in the township of Appleton-le-moors, and 

parish of Lastingham ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside. 
SKIPTON, and SKIPTON-BRXDGE, in the parish of Topcliffe, 
wapentake of Birdforth ; (the residence of Thomas Barstow, Esq.) 
4 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon. — Pop. 1 10. 
SKUTTERSKELFE, in the parish of Rudby, west-division of 

Langbarugh; 2 miles from Stokesley, 6 from Yarm. — Pop. 32. 
SLEDDALE, in the township and parish of Guisbrough ; 3 miles 

from Guisbrough. A small dale, surrounded by moors. 
SLEDSHQW, in the township of Rosedale, West-side, and parish 
of Lastingham ; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside. A public-house on 
the moors. 
SLEETHOLME, /. h. in the township and parish of Bowes; 7 

miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 8 from Gretabridge. 
SLEGILL, ham. in the township of Hipsweil, and parish of Cat- 
terick, wapentake of Hang-East ; it is separated from Richmond 
by the River Swale. 
SLEIGHTHOLME-DALE, ham. m the township of Fadmoor, and 

parish of Kirbymoorside : 3 miles from Kirbymoorside. 
SLEIGHTS, in the township of Eskdaleside, and parish of Whitby, 
wapentake of W hitby -Strand ; (Sleights-Hall, the seat of Mrs 
Bateman, and Esk-Hall, the seat of John Ccmpion Coates, Esq.) 
4 miles from Whitby, i 7 from Pickering. The Chapel here (built 
about 17 62) is a perpetual curacy under Whitby, value, p. r. 
931. 95. id. 
SLXNGSBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 7 miles 
from Malton, 9 from Kirbymoorside and Helmsley, 23 from 
York.— Pop. 548. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All- 
Saints, in the deanry of Rydale, value, 12/. Is. \Q\d. Patron, 
the Earl of Carlisle. 

The ancient family of the Mowbrays had, for many generations, a cagrie 
here, the ruins of which are still visible. — Camdem. 
SMALL WAYS, 3 h. in the township of Newsham, and parish of 
Kirkby-Ravenswortb ; 2 miles from Gretabridge. 



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SMARBER, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of 
Grinton; 5 miles from Reeth, 9 from Askrigg. 

SMEARHOLMES, s. h. in the township and parish of Burncston ; 
4 miles from Bed ale. 

SMEATON, GREAT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling- 
East; 7 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Darlington, (Dyr.) and 
Yarm, J 3 from Richmond, 39 from York. — Pop. 250. The 
Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese, of 
Chester, value, 13/. 13s. id. Patron, Henry Hewgiil, Esq. 

SMEATON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish of Birkby, wa- 
pentake of Allertonshire ; 6 miles from Northallerton, 10 from 
Yarm and Darlington, (Bur.J— Pop. 64. 

SMELTER, /. h. in the township of Bishopdale, and parish of Ays- 
garth ; 5 miles from Askrigg, \%\ from Leyburn. 

SNAINTON, in the parishes of Brompton and Ebberston, wapen- 
take of Pickering-Lythe ; (the seat of William Moorsom, Esq.) 
7 1 miles from Pickering, 10 (rom Scarborough, 12 from Malton. — 
Pop. 603. The Chapel here is a perpetual curacy under Brompton, 
value, p. r. 33/. About a I of a mile west of the village is 

SNATNTON NEW-INN, a large Posting- House. 

SNAPE. in the parish of Well, wapentake of Hang-East ; (Snape- 
Hall, the residence of Miss Clarkes) 3 miles from JViasham, 3| 
from Bedale. — Pop. 599. 

In 1605, Thomas, Earl of Exeter, and Dorothy his wife, founded and en- 
dowed a house called Nevile's work house, for the maintenance and education 
of a master and mistress and eight poor girls of the townships of Well and Snape. 
In 1788, this house was changed into four free schools, for a boy and. a girl 
out of every house in each township, above the age of five, and nnder the age 
of thirteen. The master's salary SO/, mistress's, 16/. Snape Hall, in Leiatid's 
time, was " a goodly castel, in a valley belonging to the Lord Latimer^and i i or 
i i i parkes well wudded." 

SNAYSHOLME, ham. in the township of Hawes, and parish of 
Aj T sgarth; %\ miles from Hawes, 71 from Askrigg. 

SNEATON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 3 
miles from Whitby, 18 from Pickering and Scarborough, 46 from 
York. — Pop. 25 ?. 'I he Church is a rectory, in the deanry of 
Cleveland, value, 13/. 2s. 6d. Patron, the King. 

SNEATON-CASTLE, (the seat of James Wilson, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Rnswarp, and parish of Whitby ; 1 \ mile from Whitby. 

SNEATON-THORPE, afewf.h. in the township and parish of 
Sneaton ; 4 miles from Whitby. 

SNILESWORTH, a vale, in the townships of Arden and Bilsdale, 
West-side, and parish of Hawnby ; 10 miles from Helmsley, 11 
from Northallerton. 

SOBER-GATE, in the township of Newby-Wiske, and parish of 
Kirby-Wiske ; 4 miles from Northallerton. 

SOBER-HILL, 2/. h. in the same township and parish ; 3| miles 
from Northallerton. 

SOBER, LOW, s. h. and extensive Nursery-Grounds, the property 
of Mr. Meek, in the township of Warlaby, and parish of Ainderby- 
Steeple ; 4 miles from Noi^halierton. 



108 NORTH-RIDING. 

SOUR-LEYS, 2f.L in the township of Rivaulx, and parish of 

Helmsley; 3 \ miles from 'Iielmsley. 
SOUTH-FIELD, f. k. in the township of Weiburn, and parish of 
Kirbymoorside ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside. 

SOUTH-HOLME, a township, in the parish of Hovingkam, wa^ 
pentakeof Rydaie ; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Helmsley, 
9 from MaitOil; — Pop, 66. 

SO WERE Y, in the parish of Thirsk, wapentake of Bird forth ; (the 
seeds of Robert Bell Livesy, and Cornelius Cayley, Esqrs,) 1 mile 
from Thirsk, — Fop. 748. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
value, p. r. 120/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

gOWERBY-UNBER-COTCLIFFE, a township, in the parish of 
jSigston, wapentake of Allertonshire ; 3 miles from Northallerton, 
7 from Thirsk. — Pop. 53. 

Here was lately discovered, by some workmen throwing up a new road 
in Mr. Hirst's estate, part of the old Roman strata, leading from Thornton-le- 
street to Sockburn. — Ed. 

SOWERSETT. /! h. in the township of Carlton-kigh-daie, and parish 
of Coverham, 7| miles from .Middleham. 

SPAXHAM, f. L in the township of Seargill, c.nd parish of Barn- 
ingham ; 4 miles from Gretabridge. 

SPARROW-HALL, f. L in the township and parish of Sal ton ; 5 
miles from Kirbymoorside. 

SPAUNTON, in the parish of Lastingham, wapentake of Rydaie ; 
4 idles from Kirbymoorside, 6 from Pickering, 0g from Helmsley, 
13 from Malton.— Pop. 109. 

SPAUNTON-LODGE, (a Shooting-box of Henry Barley, Esq.) in 
the township of Hutton-le-Kole, and parish of Lastingham ; 5 
miles from Kirbymoorside. 

SPENNYTKQRNE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- 
West.; (the seats of Mrs Chat/tor, and Turner Straubenzie, Esq.) 
I mile from Middleham, 2 from Leybnrn, 9 from Richmond, 43 
from York. — Pop. 249. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
St. Michael, in the deanry of Cetterick, diocese of Chester, value, 
20/. 10s. 5d. Patron, Marmaduke Wyville, Esq. 

Here was born in 1674, John Hutchinson, Esq. a man of considerable ability 
and learning. He received a private education which was liberal and excellent. 
Having great taste for natural history and mineralogy, he made large collections 
of fossils. In 1724, he published the first part of that curious work, his Moses's 
Principio, in which he ridiculed Dr. Woodward's natural history of the earth, 
and attempted to explore the doctrine of gravitation, established in Sir Isaac 
Newton's Frincipia ; and maintained in the second part of that work in opposi- 
tion to the Newtonian system, that a plenum is the principle of the scripture 
pbilosophj'. Long before his death he published a volume every year; and a 
correct and elegant edition of his works, including the M S S which he left, 
were published in 1748, intitled the Philosophical and Theological works of the 
late truly learned John Hutchinson, Esq. On Monday before his death, Dr. 
Mead urged him to be bled, saying pleasantly, " I will soon send you "to Moses, 5 ' 
meaning his studies, which Mr. H. understood in the literal sense, answered, 
" I believe Dr. you will," and he Was so much displeased, that he dismissed 
him for another physician, but he died a few days afterwards, in 1727. After 
his death, his followers were called Hutchinsonians, 



NORTH-BIDING. 109 

SPITAL, in the township of Romanby, and parish of Northallerton ; 
1 mile from Northallerton. 

Fo{ an account of 'the hospital, see Northalk 
SiPITAL-BRlDGE INN. in the township of Barton-le- Willows, 

and parish of Crambo; 7;. miles from Mai ion, I Of from York, 14 
from Easin^wold. 
SPIT AL-HQ USE., in the township and parish of Eowes ; 7| miles 
frob' ... (tFestm.) 9 1 from Barnard castle, (Bur.) 11^ from 

Gretabridge. 

This house stands on the Roman military way, behind which Stainmore" 
rises ; the hills, and all around, i'crrr. a scene of barrenness and deformity. Here 
is a Roman camp, 300 yards square, with an intrench menf, supposed to have, 
been occupied by the 6th Legion, whose station was at York. Two gates on the 
north side are entire. The turnpike road leading from Bowes to Brough, was 
the Roman road. Rey-cross stands within the camp by the edge of the road, 
and seems to have been a Roman mile-stone, having a square tumulus fronting it 
on the opposite side of the way. — Gen. Roy's Military Antiquities. 

R-ilph de Multon founded here, before the year 1171, an hospital, called 
Rere-Cro?s Hospital, which was given to the Nunnery of Marrick, and continued 
parcel of their possessions till the dissolution. — Burton. 

It was granted 7th Edward VI. to William Buckton and Roger Marshall.— 
Mon. Anglia, — Gale's Appen. 

For a great number of years there was but one solitary Inn, Spital -house, 
to cheer the lonely traveller over the Stainmore's Wintry Waste, but withJu 
Gbete las* 20 vears another Inn has sprung up. 
SPITAL-HOUSE, NEW, in the township and parish of Bowes; 

SI miles from Brough, (Westm.) 10 from Gretabridge. 
SPRING-END, 2 h. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grin- 
ton ; 6 miies from Reeth and Askrigg. 
SPRING-HOUsJK, /. h. in the township and parish of Raskelf; 2 

miles from fiasjngwold. 
SPROXTON, in the parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 1 
mile from lielmsjey, 7 from Kirbymoorside, 16 from Maiton. — 
Pop. J 67. 
SPROXTON-COTE. /. h. in the township of Sproxton, and parish 

of Hehnslev : 2 miles from FTelmsIey. 
STADDLE-BRIDGE HOUSE, f.h. m the township and parish 

of East-Har!sey ; 7 miles from >»erthalierton, 9 from Stokesley. 
STAINS ACRE, in (fee township of Hawsker-with-Stainsacre, and 
parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whitby-Strand; (the seat of 
Jonathan Sanders.) 2 miles from Whitby, 19 from Scarborough. — 
Pep. included in Hawsker. 

N'SBY, 2 or 3f. h. in the township and parish of Stainton; 3 
miles from Stockton, (Dur.) 
S.TA1NTON, a parish-town, in Vne west-division of Langbarugh ; 
(the residence of the Rev. John Gilpin) 4 miles from Stokesley and 
Stockton, (Dur.) 5 from Varm, 47 from York.— Pop. 356. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of 
Cleveland, value, 51. 14s. 2d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 
STAINTON, ham. in the township of JOiIf i rk>n-with-Staintoii, and 
parish of Downholme, wapentake of Hang- West • 5 miles from 
Leyburn, 7 from Middleham and Richmond. — Pop. included in 
Eilerton. 



JIO NORTH-RIDING.- 

STAINTON-DALE, a township, in the parish of Scalby, wapentake 
of Piokering-Lythe ; 8 miles from Scarborough, 13 from Whitby. — 
Pop. 294. 

In this dale was an hospital for knights hospitallers of St. John Baptist of 
Jerusalem, founded in the reign of King Stephen. Part of the dale, if not the 
whole, was the gift of one Henry, the son of Ralph. The grant was confirmed 
by the charter of Richard I. It was dissolved in 1540, and surrendered in 1541. 
The site of the chantry, where carved stones were lately found, is called Old 
Chapel; and the adjoining farm house, where the hospital has stood, is called 
Old Hull.— Younfs Whitby. 
STAINTON-G RANGE. /. k. in the township and parish of Stainton ; 

4 miles from Stokesley. 
■STAITHES, in the township and parish of Hinderwell, east-division 
of Langbarugk ; 10 miles from Redear, il from Whitby. 13 from 
Ouisbrpugfe 

Staithes is a considerahle fishing town, surrounded on all sides, except an 
opening to the sea, with immense hills and cliffs. In high tides, when accom- 
panied with strong northerly winds, the sea set so furiously in here, as to threaten 
destruction to the lower part of the town ; and it has, within a few years, swept 
away several houses. Fishing is the chief support of a great part of the inhabi- 
tants, for which purpose about fourteen five-men boats and fifty cobles are 
employed, and during the summer months, 150 tons of cod and ling are dried 
here every year ; and in the herring season fifteen five-men boats are fitted out 
at t his place for Yarmouth. 
STAKESBY. HIGH, in the township of Ruswarp, and parish of 
Whitby ; (the seat of John Blackburn, Esq.) 1 mile from Whitby. 
In the same township and parish is 
STAKESBY, LOW, (the seat of Abel Chapman, Esq.) \ a mile 

from Whitby. 
STALLING, or STALLION-BUSK, ham. in the township of 
of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- 
West ; 4 miles from Hawes, 5 from Askrigg, IS from Middieham. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 94/. Patron*- the 
Vicar of Aysgarth. 
STAMFORD-BRIDGE, in the parish of Gate-Helmsley, wapen- 
take of Buhner. — See East-Riding for further account. 
STANDARD-HILL, /. h. m the township of Brampton, and parish 
of Northallerton ; 3 miles from Northallerton. 

Here was fought in 1133, a bloody battle between the Scots, under the 
command of their king, David, and the English, commanded by Thurstan, 
Archbishop of York, (who, however, was left sick at Thirsk,) and many 
powerful northern barons. This has since been called the battle of the standard, 
from a long pole being erected upon a carriage, having on the top of it a silver 
crucifix, under which was suspended the banners of St. Peter, and St. Wilfred of 
Ripon, and above all, in a silver box was the consecrated wafer. — R. Haoll, 

J. H.AGU.L, X. SCRJPTORES. 

STANGHOW, in the parish of Skelton, east-division of Lang- 
barugh ; 4| miles from Guisbrough, 121 from Stokesley, 17 from 
Whitby. — Pop. included in Great-Moorsome. 

STANK-HALL, /. h. in the township of Winton, and parish of 
Sigston ; 2 1 miles from Northallerton. 

This was anciently the seat of the Lacelles, ancestors of the, present Earl 
o£ Harewood. Francis Lacelles died seized of Stank Hall, in 1624. His eldest 
Boti William resided here in 1612, and died in his father's life time. 



NORTH-RIDING, 111 

STANWICK, ST. JOHN, a parish and township, in the wapen- 
take oi* Giliing-West; (the seat of Lord Prudhoe) 8 miles from 
Richmond, 9 from Darlington, (Dur.) 48 from York. — Pop. 59. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of 
Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 61. 13s. Ad. p. r. *10S/. 
lis. id. Patron, John Wharton, Esq. 

There is a singularity attending this church, of which it would be diffiailt 
to find a similar instance in England ; viz. there is neither glebe nor parsonage, 
nor site to build one on, even the freehold and right of herbage of the churchyard 
belongs to Lord Prudhoe, in right of his Kirkbridge estate; and the inhabitants 
of Stanwick have merely the right of burial. At Stanwick are the remains of 
some very extensive intrenchments called the Jack Dike Arches, the ramparts 
of which, in the field adjoining the church, cannot be less than five feet high. At 
no great distance from the parish church, is Stanwick Hall, for many generations 
the residence of the Smithsons, now of Lord Prudhoe ; Sir Hugh Smithson, the 
last of that name, having married the heiress of the house of Northumberland, by 
which marriage this estate came into that family. 

STAPLETGN, in the parishes of St. John Stanwick and Croft, 
wapentake of Giiling-East ; 2| miles from Darlington, (Dur.) II 
from Richmond. — Pop. 113. 

STAPE, 2 /. k. in the township of Pickering, and parish of Middle- 
ton ; 8 miles from Pickering. 

STARTFORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling- West ; 
(the seat of T. H. Hill, Esq.) 1 mile from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 3 
from Gretabridge, 15 from Richmond, 56 from York. — Pop. 460. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the 
deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, + 4/. Qs. \0d. p. r. 
*12S/. 195. Sd. Patron, Sir John Ramsden, Bart. 

STEARSBY, in the parish of Bransdby, wapentake of Buhner; 6 
miles from Easing wold, 13 from Malton. — Pop. included in 
Bransdby. 

STEPNEY, in the township of Ruswarp, and parish of Whitby ; f 
of a mile from WhiCby, 

STILLTNGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner, liberty 
- of St. Peter ; (the seat of William Croft, Esq. and Stillington-Hall, 
the seat of Harry Croft, Esq.) 4 miles from Easingwold, 10 from 
York, 12 from Malton. — Pop. 698. The Church, peculiar, is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 
£4/. 155. 5d. Patron, the Prebendary of Stillington. 

STETTENHAM, in the parish of Sheriff-Hutton, wapentake of Bul- 
mer ; 9 miles from Malton and Easingwold, 12 from York. — Po- 
pulation 8 1 . 

The knightly family of Gower had anciently a seat here. Sir Allen Gower 
was sheriff for this county at the conquest, and from whom the present Marqtijs 
of Stafford, Earl Gower, Viscount Trentham, Baron Gower of Stettenham, is 
lineally descended. The present Baron Gower was created a Marquis in 17B6 
The family of the Gowers has produced many persons of eminence, amongst 
whom, was the celebrated Sir John Gower, the poet, and cotemporary with 
Chaucer. 

STOCKTON-ON-THE-FOREST, a parish-town, in the wapentake 
of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from York, 
11 from Easingwold, 14 from Malton,— Pop. 357. The Church, 



1.12 NORTH-RIDING. 

peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Buhner, value, p. t. 
f]40L Patron, the Prebendary of Bugthorpe. 
STOKSSLEY, a market and parish-town, in the west-division of 
Langbarugh ; (the seat of the very Rev. ike Dean of Fork, and 
the Rev. Henry Hiiyard.) 8 miles from Guisbrough, 9 from 
Ton tine- Inn and Yarra, 10 from Stockton, (Bur.) 16 from North- 
allerton and Helmsley, 20 from Thirsk, 43 from York, 242 
from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, Palm-sun-eve, Trinity 
Saturday, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, linen cloth, &c. first 
Saturday after Old Lamas-Day, for iinen cloth, Principal Inn, Black 
Swan. — Pop. 1897. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. 
Peter, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 30/. 6s. \0\d. Patron, 
the Archbishop of York. 

Stbkesley is a small and handsome town, but like Thirsk and Northaller- 
ton, the marketplace is disgraced in the centre, with old and wretched buildings . 

— HUTTON. 

STONEGILL-GATE, in the township of Glasedale, and parish of 

Danby ; 8 miles from Whitby. A few scattered houses. 
STONEGRAVE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale; 5 

miles from Helmsley, 7f from Kirbymoorside, IGf from Malton, 

] 8 from York.— Pop. 1 77. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry 

of Rydale, value. 237. 6s. Sd. Patron, the King. 

In this church are three inscriptions, illustrative of the descendant of that 

learned divine Thomas Comber, D. T>. dean of Durham, whose son Thomas, 

resided at East Newton, in this parish. — The particulars may be met with in 

Nichols' Lit. Anecdotes. 
STONESDALE, EAST,/, h. in the township of Muker, and parish 

of Grin ton ; 1 3 \ miles from Reeth. 
STONESDALE, WEST, ham. in the township of Muker, and 

parish of Grinton*, 12 miles from Askrigg, 13 from Reeth. 
STONEY-CLOSE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thirn, and 

parish of Thornton- Watlas ; 3 miles from Mashara, 4 from Bedale. 
STONE YKELD, s. k. in the township and parish of Bowes ; §§ 

miles from Barnard castle, {Dur.) 6 from Gretubridge. 
STORTHWAITE. 3 eels, m the township and parish of Egton; 

8 miles from Whitby. 
STORTHWAITE-HALL, ham. in the township of Reeth, and 

parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 2 miles from Reeth. 
STOUPE-8ROW, ham. in the township and parish of Eyiingdale, 

8 miles from Whitby, 1 2 from Scarborough. 
STOUP-BROW-COTTAGE, (the seat of Sunderland Cook, Esq.) 

similarly situated. 
STREET-HOUSES, 3 /. h. in the township and parish of Loftus ; 

9 miles from Guisbrough. 

STREET-HOUSE, f.h.m the township of Ainderby-Myers, and 

, parish of Hornby ; 3| miles from Catterick. 

STRENSALL, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Bulmer, liberty 
of St. Peter; 6 miles from York, 9 from Easingwold, 13 from 
Malton. — Pop. 378. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage dedicated 
to St. Mary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, £4/. 13s. id. Patron, 
the Prebendary of Strensail. 



NORTH-RlDlNGfi IIS 

STUDDOW, /. h. m tbe township of Burton-Constable, arid p^tish 
ofFingall; 2 1 miles from Ley burn. 

STURD Y-WOOD, f. h. in the township of Whaston, and parish of 
Kirkby-Ravensworth. 

SUETT-CARR. a few fi h~ in the township and parish of Sutton-on- 
the-Forest ; 6 miles from York, 8 from Easingwold. 

SUFFJELD, in the township of Suffield-witu-iiverley, and parrsbt 
of Hackness, wapentake of W hi toy-Strand ; 4 miles from Scar^ 
borough. 18 from Whitby, — Pop. including Everlev, 971 

SUMMER-LODGE, f. hi in the township and parish of Grinton % 
| a mile from Reeth. 

SUNLE Y-HILL, /. h. in the township of Welburn, and parish of 
Kirkdale ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside„ 6 from HetmUey. 

SUTTON, in the parish of Kirklington,' wapentake of Hallikekl; 
5 1 miles from Ripon, 8 from Bedale, Thirsk, and Masham*-— Pop.- 
including Howgrave, J 22. 

SUTTON-Q.N-THE-FORP:ST, k pansMowtf, in the wapentake of 
Btilraer; (the seed of Lady Heir kind J 6 miles from Easingwold, 8| 
from York, 15 from Maiton. — Pop. 443. The Church is a vicar- 
age, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Banner, value, 1 1L 
3s. id. Patron, the Archbishop of York: 

SUTTON-UNDER-'VVHITESTONECLIFF, in the parisli of 
Feliskirk, wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; (the seed of- 
Capt. Thrush, R. iV.)3| miles from Thrtrsk, 10£ from Heimsley, 14| 
from Ripon. — Pop. 325. 

This place appears to hava become part of the See of York in 1542, wheat 
the manors of Beverley, Southwell, <fcc. were exchanged with the crown for 
the dissolved priory of Marton-cnm-xMembris, Kilbarn, Sutton, &c- — Drake. 

SUTTON-PEN, 3 /. k in the township of Healey-with-Sutton, and 
parish of Masbam, wapentake of Hang-East ; 3 miles from Mashanw 

SWAIN BY, in the township and parish of Whoriton, west-division 
of Langbarugh ; 6 miles from Stokesley ? 10 from Northallerton* 
and Yarm. 

SWAINBY, a township, in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of 
Haiiikeld ; 6i miles from Bedale, 8 from Northallerton, 10| from* 
ftipon. — Pop. including Allerthorpe, 33. 

Here Helewise, daughter of Ranulph de Glanville, founded, in the reign of 
Henry II. a religious hous? for canons of the Fremonstatentian order ; bnt she 
marrying Ralph de Ranuiph, Lord of Middleham,, it was removed in 1215; to' 
Coverham, near his manor house of Middleham ; he died in 1251, and was - ' 
buried at Coverham. — Dugdale.— Burton. Not -a vestige of the building is 
now to be met with, though the unevchnessSf the ground points out very clearly 
its site. 

SWALE-HALL, /. A. in the township and parish of Grinton; If 
mile from Reeth. 

Here was formerly a seat, for many generations, of the family. of Swale } the' 
last of whom was Sir Solomon Swale, Bart, who died 1733. Sir Solomon Swale 
was created a baronet by Charles II. In 1660, and the year following, he sat in 
parliament for Aldborough, but was expelled as a popish recusant convict. 

^WALE-FIELD, /. h. in the township of Morton-upon-Swale, ancf 
parish of Ainderby-Steeple; 4 miles from Northallerton and Bed akv 

F 



i 14 NORTH-RIPING. 

SWINE^IBE, ham. m the township of Carlton-higb-dale, and 

parish of Coverbam ; 6 miles from Middleham. 7| from Leyburn. 
SWINETHWAITE, or SW YIN GTH WAITS, ham. in the town- 
ship and parish of West-Witton, wapentake of Hang- West; (the 
seat of Wm. John Anderson, Esq.) 5 miles from Leyburn, 8 from 
Middleham. 
SWINTON, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang-East ; (the 
seat of Wm. Danby, Esq.) 1 mile from Masham, 10 from Ripon. — 
.Pop. i 77, 

The house at Swinton, which boasts a fine collection of pictures, both by 
ancient and modern masters, an excellent assortment of ores, minerals, &c. 
properly classified, has attached to it a beautiful park and pleasure grounds, 
interior to none in this part of the country 

With much trouble and expence the worthy proprietor has. brought from 
a distance of several miles, a small stream through his gardens and park, which, 
in some places breaks into very fine lakes ; in others, contracts into the size of a 
little rill, which winds through the woods in a most pleasing manner ; here 
falling into cascades, it enlivens the whole scene ; then withdraws from the 
eye, and hides itself in the dark bosom of tufted groves. The rosy bower, and 
regular garden adjoining the house, will afford to many visitors the greatest treat, 
but to those who are iond of the picturesque and romantic Quarry Gill, will 
be found to possess the most striking beauties, particularly when it is full of 
water. These grounds are open for public accommodation. Mr Dauby has 
recently made considerable additions to his collection of paintings. The house 
is undergoing some material alterations, and a gallery is to be erected purposely 
for the pictures. 
SWINTON, in the parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of Ry- 
dale ; 'Z\ miles from Malton, llf from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 334. 
Here is a Chapel of Ease to Appleton-le-Stre'et. 
SYKE-BRIDGE and HOUSES, in the township of Newsham-cum- 
B.rack'enbro«gh, and parish of Kirby- Wiske; 8| miles from Thirsk. 
A few cottages. 
SYLPHO, a township, in the parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whit- 
by -Strand ; 5 miles from Scarborough, 16 from Whitby. — Pop. 96. 
A few scattered farms. 



TAMETON, 3/. h. m the township and parish of Stokesley, west- 
. division of Langbarugh ;_ 3 miles from Stokesley. 
TANFJELD, EAST, a township, in the parish of Kirklington, wa- 
pentake of Kallikeld ; 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Bedale. — 
Pop. 32. 
TANFIELD, WEST, a. parish- town, in the wapentake of Rallikeld ; 
3 \ miles from Masham, 61 from Ripon and Bedale, 29 \ from York. 
— Pop. 709. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Nicholas, 
in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 13/. 0s. 5d. 
Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. 

In this church are many curious monuments of its ancient lords; and 
adjoining to which is the chantry called Maud Marion, founded in the 
reign of Henry III. in which were a master, warden, and two brothers, 
who were to pray for the souls of John, lord Marmion, his wife, and their 
son; and for the health of Avice Grey, lord Marmion, her son and heir, 
and his wife Elizabeth, and for the souls of their progeni-tors and successors. 



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At this place on the banks of the river, are the remains of Tanfield Castle, 
but by whom built does not appear to be known. At a very early period, this 
castle and manor, together with the neighbouring estates of large extent, were 
the property of the family of Fitzhugh, by an heiress of which, (Amice, djatigh- 
ter of Jernegan Fitzhugh) they were carried by marriage, early in the [3th 
century to Robert, Lord Marmion, (he giving to the king 3Su marks and o palfreys, 
for leave to marry the said Amice,) whose grandson John, obtained from 
Edward E. a license to convert hi> house, called the Hehnitage, in TanSJeld 
wood, into a castle. Robert Marmion, the son of that John, and last of his line, 
gave the ca-tle and manor to his sister i\vice, on her marriage with Sir John 
Grey, of Ratherfield, on condition that thfir issue should assume the sirname 
of Marmion. Robert, their son, left an only daughter, Elizabeth, who marrying 
Henry, Lord Fitzhugh of Ravensworth, carried them once more into that fami- 
ly, from which they passed, in the 4th of Henry VIII. by the marriage of an 
heiress, into that of the Parrs. By the attainder of William Parr, Marquis of 
Northampton, they escheated to the crown, where they remained until the 
reign of James I. who granted tifierri, with other estates, to his favourite, Ed- 
ward, Lord Bruce of Kinross, in right of descent, from whom they are now enjoy- 
ed, by Charles Bruce Brudenell, Marquis of Ailesbury, who had a mansion in 
the parish, called Tanfield- Hat I, but which was pulled down in the year 1816-. 
Little now remains of Tanfvjld-Castle, except a lofty gateway, (a faithful 
drawing of which is given in Grose's Antiquities) divided only by a road, which 
runs through the village. Of the time of its demolition, little or nothing is 
known. Grose informs us, that tradition says, " when Tanfield-Castle was de- 
stroyed, the materials were purchased by several of the neighbouring gentry, and 
that the Earl of Exeter's house at Snape, and the seat of Wandisiords at Kirk- 
lington, were built with them." On a part of the site a new parsonage house 
has been erected, by the Rev. William Baines, the pre?ent rector. 
TELPHIT,/. h. in the township and parish of Ma*ske ; 7 miles from 

Richmond. 
TEMPLE, / k. in the township of Soulh-Cowton, and parish of 

Gilljng; 8 mi Irs from Northallerton, 9 from Richmond. 
TEMPLE-ROUSE, /. L in the township and parish of West- Wit- 
ton: 6 mi fes from Ley burn, 7 from Middleham. 
TERR1NGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner; 8 
miles from Malton and Easingwold, 1 4 from York. — Pop. inclu- 
ding: Wigginthorpe, 617. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
All-Saints, in thedeanry of Buhner, value, 23/. 18s. 6^/. Patron, 
the Rev. Robert Darley Waddilove, D. D. 
THACKBER-HOUSE, fih. in the township of Borrowby, and 

parish of Lvthe ; 10 miles from Whitby. 
THEAKSTONE, in the parish of Burneston, wapentake of Haili- 
keld ; (the seat of Edward Carter, Esq.) 3 miles from Bedale, 
8 from Masham, 10 from Ripon. — Pop. 87. 
THEAKSTONE-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Theakstone, 

and parish of Burneston ; 3| miles from Bedale. 
THIMBLEBY, in the parish of Osmotherley, wapentake of Aller- 
tonshire : 6 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk, 1 1 frbni 
Sfokeslev. — Pop. 200. About \ a mile above is 
THIMBLEBY-LODGE, (the seat of Richard IVilliam Christopher 

Peirse, Esq.) 
THIRKLEBY, HIGH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bivd- 
forth ; (Thirkleby-Hall, the seat of Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart.) 
4 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Easirigwoid, 20 from York. — Pop. 
including Low-Thirkleby, 293, which together, form the town- 



J 16 N,OTtTH-RIDING, 

ship of Thirklebys-Ambo. The Church, (rebuilt by the }zte 
Sir Thomas Frankland, in 1722) is a vicarage, dedicated to All- 
Saints, in the deanry of Buimer, value, %%l. p. r. * 1 48/. 85. 3d. 

Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

The family of the Franklands is of great antiquity, and probably came oyer 
with the conqueror. Their first settlement appears to have been at Ickeringill, 
in the parish of Skipton . In the early part of the year 1600, we find William 
Frankland, Esq. settled at Thirkleby,' He' was the first of the family that was 
advanced to the dignity of a baronet, in the year 1660. He married Arabella, 
daughter of Henry Belasyse, Esq. and grand-daughter of Thomas, Viscount 
Fauconberg. The present Baronet, the 6th, is lineally descended from Oliver 
Cromwell. He was brought up at Merton College, Oxford, and was High She- 
riff of this county in 1782. He married Dorothy, daughter of Sir William 
Smelt, by whom he had Henry, Robert, (Member of Parliament for Thirsk, ) 
Sarah, Amelia* and Mariane. 
THIRKLEBY, LO W, in the parish of Higb-Thirkleby. 
THIRLBY, in the parish of Feiiskirk, wapentake of Birdforth ; 5| 

miles from Tbirsk', 10 from Heimsiey. — Pop. 167. 
THIRN. in the parish of Thornton- Watlas, wapentake of Hang- 
East; 3 miles from Masbam, 41 from Beflale, 7 from x^iddleham. 
--rPop. 126, 
THIRS'K, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth; 
9 miles from Northallerton, J from Easingwold, 1 1 from Borough- 
bridge (&.' Ripon, 12 from Tontine Inn, 14 from Masham, Bedale, & 
Heimsiey, 20 from Stokesiey and Yarm, 23 from York, 222 from 
London. — Market, jlotiday. — Fairs, Shrove- Monday, April 4 and 
5, for horned cattle, sheep, leather, &c. Easter-Monday and VVhit- 
Monday, for woollen cloth, toys, &c. August 4 and 5, Oct. 28 and 
29, for sheep horned cattle, and leather ; first Tuesday after Dec. 
1 1, for horned cattle, leather, &c. — Principal Inns, Three-Tuns 
and Fleece. — Pop. 2,533. The Church," a handsome gothic edi- 
fice, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of 
Buimer, value, p. r. 1*987. Patron, the Archbishop of York- 
It is generally supposed to have been built out of the ruins of the 
castle here, built by Roger de Mowbray. 

Thirsk is a borough by presription, and sent members to parliament, 23rd 
IJdvKard I. but made no other return till the last parliament ofEdwafd VI. 
The last contest, (there being only an account of two on record) was in 1672. 
The right of election is vested in the Burgage-holders of old Thirsk — number 
of votes, 50 — 49 of which are in the hands of Sir Thomas Frankland, Barf. 
who returns both Members.— The returning officer is the Bailiff. The election 
took place on St. James's Green, till 1818. 

Thirs^, which probably derives its name from the British words Tre, a town, 
and Is/c, a river or brook, is situated upon a small brook called Cod-becfc } or 
rather Cot-beck, from the British word Cottce, signifying woody, which separates 
the old from the new town. That part called the new town, stands near 
the site of an old castle, which formerly belonged to the powerful family 
of the Mowbrays. The moat and ramparts are still to be seen, at the 
west side of the town, but no vestige of the building remains. It was here that 
Koger de Mowbray began his rebellion against Henry II. and confederated with 
the King of Scotland, against his own sovereign ; the revolt however was sup- 
pressed, and this castle, -with many others, was demolished. 

In old Thirsk was an ancient chantry, dedicated to St. James, and 
founded by William de Mowbray, in the reign of Henry I. but'no appearance 
of its site isjrisible. - 



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THOLTHORP.E, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of Buhner, 
liberty of St. Peter; o miles from Easingwold and Borough- 
bridge, 13 from York. — Pop. 238. 

THOliALBY, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- 
West; 41 miles from Askrigg, 7| from Ley burn, 9 from Mid* 
dleham.— Pop. 342. 

TrlORALDBY, /. h. in the township of Skutterskelfe, and parish 
of Stokesley ; 2 miles from Stokesley. 

THORESBY, in ihe township of Carperby, and parish of ^ysgarthr 
wapentake of Hang- West; 5\ miles from Ley burn, 6 from 
Middleham, Ilf from Richmond. 

Here was formerly a seat of the ancient family of Thoresby, and where it 
is said John Thoresby, Archbishop of York, was born ; he was grandson to Sir 
Hugh Thoresby of Thoresby, Knight, by Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas le 
Grose of Suffolk, Knight. John Thoresby received his education chiefly at 
Oxford. He was made keeper of the great seal, by Edward IJJLin 1347, in which 
year he was created Bishop of St. Davids. From thence he was translated to 
Worcester, and in 1352 was elected to York. He died at Bishopthorpe, in 
1373. It was in this Archbishop's time that the nice distinction was invented, 
of Primate of England and all England, between the sees of Canterbury and 
York. — Drake's Ebor. 

THORMANBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer; 4 
miles from Easing wold, 6 from Tfiirsk, 17 from York. — Pop. 
118. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the 
.deanry of Bulmer, value, £$/. 2$.\\\d. Patrons, Lord Viscount 
Downe and Sir George Cay ley, Bart, alternately. 

THORNABY, in the parish of Stainton, west-division of Lang- 
barugh; 2 miles from Stockton, (Dur.) 4 from Yarm, 7\ from 
Stokesley, 12 from Guisbrough. — Pop. 197. The Chapel here is 
a perpetual curacy under Stainfon. 

TKORNBROUGH, in the township and parish of West- Tan Sold, 
wapentake of Haliikeld ; 6 miles from Masham and Ripon, 7 from 
Bedale. 

At Thornborouch, upon Thornborough Moor, (now enclosed) are three of 
those circular enclosures, which are attributed to the Danes and called camps. 
Th'ey lie in a line passing from north-west to south-east, about nine hundred 
yards distant from each other. The first thing observable is the outermost ring, 
which consists of a very small ditch ; about twenty-four paces from that is a 
mound of earth, not less than twelve or fourteen feet high, covered with sod, 
and sloping both outwardly and inwardly. At the foot of this, a terrace, fourteen 
paces broad, surrounds a very deep ditch, at least sixteen paces broad at top ; 
this encloses a circular area, smooth and even as could be formed, about one 
hundred and thirty-two yards in diameter. To this are two entrances exactly 
in the middle, and opposite to each other. These are cut through the dyke, 
and rill the ditch in that part to the. level of the area. One of these circles is 
very entire, the other has been injured by the plough ; the third, mentioned by 
Pennant, is now only to be discovered from the uneveuness of the field in which 
' it has been situated. The perfe&t one must have been that which Pennant has so 
accurately described as above, and which was some years ago planted upon by 
the Earl of Ailesbury, by way of preserving it. It Is near Nostertield. These 
rings, Pennant calls Tilting Circles, and were used for the purpose of tilting 
or fighting duels in, a custom very prevalent among the northern nations. — 
See Pennant's Tour from Alston Moor to Harrogate. 

THORNBROUGH, /. k. in the township of Brougb, and parish of 
Catterick ; J \ mile from Catterick. 



118 NO&TH-KIDING. 

Many Roman ooins have at different times been found here ; one of gold, 
with this inscription, " NERO IMP. CffiSAR," on the reverse, " JUPITER 
CUSTOS ; w and bases of old pillars, and brass pots full of Roman coins, mostly 
copper, but some of silver, have likewise been discovered here. — Camden. 
THOiiNBROUGH, 3/. h. a township, in the parish of South-Kil- 
vington * 3 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Northallerton .-—Fop. 27. 
THORNEY-BROW, ham. in- the township and parish of Fyling- 

dale; 8 miles from Whitby, VI from Scarborough. 
THORN-PARK, s. h. in the township of East-Ay ton, and parish of 

Seameir ; 5 miles from Scarborough. 
THORNS, ham. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinfon ; 

7 miles from Askrigg, 12 from Reeth. 
THORNTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering- Ly the; 
(the seat of Richard Hill, Esq.) 2 \ miles from Pickering, 9 from 
Malton, 1 6 1 from Scarborough, 27 from York. — Pop. 879. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of 
Kydaie, value, 20/. Patron. Richard Hill, Esq. 

Here is an hospital, founded by Lady Viscount Lumley, in 1657 for 12 poor 
people, generally widows, each having a neat house of two apartments, with 10/. 
or upards, yearly. Lady Lumley also founded here at the same time, a Gram- 
mar-School, and endowed it with 30/. per annum, for a master " in holy orders" 
to teach in the school, and to read prayers in the Chapel. The amount of the eiv 
dowment is now 60/. a year, consisting of 10 acres of land at Thornton, and a 
stipulated salary of 45/. together with a house, garden, and school-house. 
THORNTON, ham. in the township and parish of Stainton ; 4 miles 

from Stockton, (Bar.) 4 \ from Yarm. 
THORNTON-BRIDGE, a township, in the parish of Brafferton ; 
wapentake of Haliikeld; 6' miles from Easingwold, 8 from 
Ripon. — Pop. 43. 

Here stood, till lately, a very ancient mansion of brick, lofty and spacious, 
successively the residence of the ancient families of Courtney, Nevile, and 
Strickland, of whom Sir Thomas Strickland was one of the Privy "Council to King 
James II. whose fortunes he followed into France, and died there— Hargrove. 
It is now, with some extensive farms adjoining, in the hands of the crown. 

About 6 or 7 years ago, a quantity of silver coins was found here, in remov- 
ing an old wall, chiefly of the reign of William and Mary, in 5s. and 2s. 6d. 
pieces. Mr Paley, the present tenant, sent them to government — value upwards of 
40/. as old silver. 

Thornton-Bridge came to the Stricklands, by the marriage of Sir Walter 
Strickland, Knight, with Catharine, daughter of Sir Ralph Nevile, descended 
from a Sir Ralph, a son of Ralph Lord Raby." " The Stricklands forfeited 
Thornton-Bridge by being concerned in the rebellion of 1715." — Tunstal's 
Remarks. 
THORNTON-LE-BEANS, in the parish of North-Otterington, 
wapentake of A Uertonshire ; 3| miles from Northallerion, o| 
from Thirsk.— Pop. 247. 
THORNTON-LE-MOOR, in the parish of North-Otterington, 
wapentake of Birdforth ; (the seat of Thomas Beckett, Esq.) 5 
miles from Northallerton and Thirsk, 8 \ from Bedale. — Pop. 294. 
On the north, side of this village are the remains of a chapel, built long be- 
fore 1652, when the moor-lahds were enclosed. 
THORNTON-LE-STREET, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Allertonshire; 3 miles from Thirsk, 6 from Northallerton, 26 
from York. — Pop. 131. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 






X0RTII-R1DING. 119 

St. Leonard, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, ^4/. p. r. 78/. 
Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Christ's Church, Oxford. ' 

Here the Rycknild street separated from the road leading to Catterick, and 
stretching in a direct line bv Sowerby crossed the Tees at Sockburn. — CiDE. 
THORNTON", f. h. in the township of Thornton-with-Baxby. and 
parish of Cox wold, wapentake of Birdforth ; 3 miles from Easing- 
wold. 10 from Thirsk. — Pop. including Baxbv, 70. 
THORNTON-RISEBROUGH, hi the parish" of Normanby, wa- 
pentake of Rydale ; 4 miles from Pickering", 5 from Kirbymoor- 
side.— Pop. 32. 
THORNTON-RUST, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of 
Hang- West ; 2 miles from Asfcrigg, 7 from Hawes, J 1 from 
Middleham.— Pop. 135. 
THORNTON-STEWARD, a parUh-town, in the wapentake of 
Hang- West; 6 miles from Ley burn, 7 from Bedale, 36 from 
York. — Pop. 265. The Church in a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Oswald, in the deanry of Catterick. diocese of Chester, value, 
£6/. 13s. J IK Patron, the Bishop of Chester. 

In 1S15, Mr. George Home, a native of this place, built a school house here, 
and endowed u with 10/. per annum, for ever. 
THORNTON-ON-THE-CLAY, in the parish of Foston, wapen- 
take of Bulmer ; 8 miles from Malton, 1 1 from York, 12 from 
Easinawold. — Pop. 173. 
THORNTON-W ATLAS, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Hang- East ; (Thornton-Hall, the seat of Sir Edward Smith Dods- 
worth, Bart.) 3 miles from Bedale, 3| from xMasham, 37 from 
York. — Pop. 180. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. 
v, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 67. 
10s. 10c/. Patron, AJark Milbank, Esq. 

About half way up the church steeple, a door on the right opens into a 
room with stone floor, four spaces square, in which is a fire-place and other 
conveniences. For what purpose this room has been nsed, the records of the 
church are silent. Probably as a watch tower, it having small windows in the 
sides. 
THORPE, in the township and parish of Fylingdale, wapentake of 

Whitby-Strand ; 6 miles from Whitby, la from Scarborough. 
THORPE, in the parish of Wyclifle, wapentake of Gi Hi ng- West; 
2 miles from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnardcastle, (JDur.) 9 from 
Reeth, 1 1 from Richmond. 
THORPE-FIELD-HOUSES, 2f.L in the townships and parishes 
of Topcliffe and Thirsk ; 1 \ mile from Thirsk, 9| from Borough- 
bridge and Ripon. 
THORPE-PERROW, or THORPE-HALL, (the seat of Mark 
Milbank, Esq.) in the township of Snape, and parish of Well ; 2 
miles from Bedale, 5 from Masham. 
THORPE-UNDER-STONE, in the parish of Catterick ; 4 miles 

from Richmond, 8i from Leyburn, 10| from Middleham. 
THRINTOFT, in the parish of Ainderby-Steeple, wapentake of 
Giiiing-East ; 3 miles from Northallerton, 5\ from Bedale, 14 
from Richmond. — Pop. 165. 



120 NORTH-RIDING. 

THROXENBY, or THROSTENTBY, in the parish of Seaiby, vr^ 
pancake of Pickering- Ly the ; 2 miles from Scarborough, i9 from 
Whitby. --Pop. 66. • 

THUNDERBUSH, $. h. m the township of Commondale, and 
parish of Kiidale ; 4 miles from Guisbrough. 

THURLSOE, /. h. in the tOvtnship and parish of Itackness ; 4\ 
miles from Scarborough. 

THWA1TE, ham. in the township of Maker, and parish of Grin- 
ton ; 6 miles from Askrigg, 9 from Reeth. 

TKWAITE-BRIBGE,/. h. in the township of High-Abbotside, 
and parish of Aysgarth; 4 miles from Hawes. 

THWAITE'S-HAJLL, /. h. in the township of Hunderthwaite, and 
parish of Romaldkirk ; 6 miles from Bamardcastle, (Duf.) 

THERNG-GARTH, /. k. in the township of Lunedale, and parish 
of Romaldkirk ; 1 miles from Bamardcastle, (Dur.) 

TITHE-HOUSE, /.■ h. in. the township and parish of Sinnington ; 
2| miles from Kirbymoorside. 

TOCKETTS, see Plantation. 

TOLESB Y, ham. in the township and parish of Marlon, west-divi- 
sion of Langbarugh ; (Tohsby-HalU the seat of the late Thomas' 
Rudd y Esq.) 6 miles from Stokesley and Yarm. 

TOLLERTON, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of.Bulmer, liberty- 
of St. Peter; 4 miles from Easingwold, 7 from Borougbbridge, 
JO from York. — No Market. — Fair, August 15, for homed cattle 
and sheep. — Pop. 481. 

TONTINE-INN, in the township and parish of Arncliffe, west- 
division of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Northallerton, 8 from 
Yarm, 9 from Stokesley, 12 from Thirsk. 

The foundation of this Inn, which was designed on an extensive and 
elegant plan, was laid on the 13th day of July, 1804, for the purpose of 
establishing a daily post between Thirsk, Guisbrough, Yarm, &c. for the accommoda- 
tion of the inhabitants of Cleveland, and which commenced on the 5th of Sep- 
tember following, was raised by subscription in the nature of a Tontine, called 
the Cleveland Tontine-Inn. — Graves' Cleveland. 

TOPCLIFFE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth, a 
part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Bo- 
rougbbridge and Ripon, 12 from Northallerton, 24 from York. — 
No Market. — Fairs, July 17 and 18, for sheep, horses, horned 
cattle, &c— -Pop. 659. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Colomb, in thedeanry of Buhner, value, 19/. 19s. 2d. Patrons, 
the Dean and Chapter of York. 

TopcHUe formerly denominated the Jordan of England, because, in the year 
620, Agustin* aad Paul baptized in this river 10,000 men in one day, besides 
women and children. This took place somewhere between Topcliife and Hel- 
perby. Leland calls Topcliife " a pretty uplandish town" It is most remark- 
able for having been, in the olden time, the chief residence of the Percies, Earls 
of Northumberland. Their house was situated about half amiie south of the town,' 
the ruins of which are yet visible, and called " Maiden-bower." The following^ 
events appear to have taken place in this house and at Topcliffe. In 948, the 
states of Northumberland assembled here and took the oath of allegiance to King 
Edrcd, the west Saxon. In 1489, Henry, the 4th Earl of Northumberland, then 
Lord Lieutenant of the county, isras murdered in his mansion here, by ths 



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populace, whose minds were inflamed, in consequence of a heavy tax being 
levied by the parliament. Thomas Percy, the succeeding Earl, in 1569, took 
up arms against Queen Elizabeth, and was nearly taken in this house ; he was 
afterwards executed in 1572. In 1646, the Scotch army were quartered here and 
in the neighbourhood. Charles I. was a prisoner in this house, and a treaty 
was carried on for the sale of the King, between the Scots commissioners and a 
committee appointed by parliament, while he was kept a prisoner. It was 
agreed that the parliament should give 100,000^. which should be paid at Top- 
cliffe and the King delivered up, which was performed ; thus, it would seem, as if 
this was the only market in England for the sale of Kings.— Hutton. The 
Church was granted in 1206, by one of the Percy family to the See of York. 

Here is a free school well endowed, but by whom or when founded is not 
known. It is free for the parish, and the master's salary upwards of SOI. per 
annum. 

TOW THORPE, in the township of Huntington, and parishes of 
Strensall and Huntington, wapentake of Bulmer, a part in the 
liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from York, 10 from Easingwold. — - 
Pop. 58. 

TRENHOLME, ham. in the township and parishof Whorlton; 8 
miles from Stokesley, 1 from Yarm. 

TRINIAN, ST. s. h, in the township and parish of Easby; 1 mile 
from Richmond, 4 from Catterick. 

TRO UTS-DALE, a township, in the parish of Brompton, wapen- 
take of Pickering-Lythe ; 8 miles from Scarborough, 10 from 
Pickering, 1 7 from Whitby. — Pop. 45. 

TUNSTALL, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East; 
2 miles from Catterick, 5 from Richmond, 7 from Bedale. — 
Pop. 253. 

TUNSTALL, ham. in the township of Nunthorpe, and parish of 
Great- Ayton; 3 miles from Stokesley, 8 from Stockton, (Dur.) 

TUPGILL, s. h. in the township of Coverham-with-Agglethorpe, 
and parish of Coverham ; 2 miles from Middleham. Training 
Ground for Race Horses. 

u 

UCKERBY, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Gilling-East; 

4 1 miles from Catterick, 6 from Richmond. — Pop. 52. 
UGGLEBARNBY, in the parishof Whitby, wapentake of Whitby- 

Strand; 31 miles from Whitby, 17| from Pickering, 18| from 

Scarborough. — Pop. 428. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 

value, p. r. 48/. 2s. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 
UGTHORPE, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of Langbarugh; 

7 miles from Whitby, 13 from Guisbrough, 18 from Stokesley.—- 

Pop. 275. 
UGTHORPE-RAILS and LODGE, 2/. h. in the township of 

Ugthorpe, and parish of Lythe; 8 miles from Whitby. 
ULSHAW-GRANGE and BRIDGE, ham. in the township and 

parish of East-Witton-within, wapentake of Hang-West*, 2 miles 

from INliddleham, 3 from Leyburn. 
UNION-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Pickhill •, 7 

miles from Ripon and Bedale, 8 from Masham, 



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UNTHANK, /.. h. in the township of Holwick, and parish of Ro* 
maid kirk ; 9 miles from Gretabridge, 1 1 from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 
UPLEATHAM, a parish-town, in tjie east-division of Langbarugh ; 
( Upleatham-Hall, the seat of the Dowager Lady Dundas.J 3 miles 
from Guisbrough, 6 from Redcar, 14 from Stockton, 18 from 
Whitby, 54 from York.— Pop. 239, The Church, which stands at a 
little distance from the village, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry 
of Cleveland, value, p. r. 651. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

It was anciently a chapel Under Guisbrough, possessing parochial rights, 
till its augmentation by Queen Anne's bounty, when it became a perpetual 
curacy. Robert de Brus gave it to the priory there. 
UPSALL, EAST and WEST, 2 ham. in the township and parish of 

Ormesby ; 4 miles from Guisbrough, 6 from Stokesley. 
UPSALL, and UPSALL-CASTLE, in the parish of South-Kil- 
vington, wapentake of Birdforth ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 8 from 
Northallerton.— Pop. 1 18. 

The ancient family of Scropes had formerly a castle here; Sir Geoffrey le 
Scrope, Chief Justice of England in the reigns of Edward II. and Edward III. 
being Lord thereof. The last male branch of the Seropee who held this manor and 
castle, was the second Thomas, Lord Scrope, whose sister, Elizabeth, married 
Sir Ralph Fiizrandolph, and with her went the castle of Upsall. — ArchaoL vol. xvi* 
What little remains here, have been converted into a farm house and out-offices. 
In 1814 some remains of a round tower at the north-west corner were to be seen. 
It is now the property of Mr. Peters, bequeathed to him by the late Dr. Turton. 
UPSLAND, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirklington ; 7 

miles from Ripon and Bedale, 8 from Masham. 
UPTON, 2f. h. in the township of Easington, and parish of Loftus, 

east-division of Lang-banish ; 8| miles from Guisbrough. 
URE," or YOREHEAD, the source of the river, in the parish of Ays. 
garth ; 10 miles from Hawes. See an account of its course under 
the head rivers and canals. 
VIEWLY-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornton-le- 
street ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 5\ from Northallerton. 

w 

WAIT WITH, s. L in the township of Hipswell, and parish of Cat* 

terick ; 2 miles from Richmond. 
W ALBURN, /. h. in the township of Downholme-with-Walburn, 

and parish of Downhol me; 3| miles from Leyburn, 5\ from Mid- 

dleham. 6 from Richmond.— -.Pop. included in Downhoime. 
W ALDEN, in the township of Burton- with- Walden, and parish of 

Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West; 7 miles from Askrigg, 9 

from Middleham. 11 from .Ley burn.— Pop. included in Burton. 
WALSGRAVE or FALSGRAVE.— See Falsgrave. 
WARNFGRD-CGTTAGE, in the township of Thoralby, and parish 

of Aysgarth ; 10 miles from Leyburn. 
WANLASS, 2f. £. in the township and parish of West-Witton; 3£ 

miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham. 
WARDERMARSK, in the township of Swinton, and parish of 

Masham, wapentake of Hang-East, a part in the liberty of St. 

Peter; 2 miles from Masham, 4 from Bedale. 






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WARLABY, in the parish of Ainderby-Steeple. wapentake of 
Gilling-East ; Z\ miles from Northallerton, 61 from Bedale.— 
Pep. 97. 

WARREN HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Ellington, am 1 , parish 
of Masham ; 3 miles from Masham. 

WARTHILL, a parish town in the wapentake of Buhner, a part in 
the liberty of St. Peter, {the scat of Benjamin Agar. Esq.) 5 miles 
from York, 12 from Easingwold, 14^ from Malton. — Pop. 38. 
St. Peter, 11 5, totall53. The Church, peculiar, rs a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buhner, value $BL is. 8;/. 
p. r. fl20/. Patron, the Prebendary of Warthill. 

WASHFOLD, /. k. in the township of Hqfst, and parish of Marrick 1 ; 
7 miles from Leyburn, 8 from Richmond. 

WASS, in the township of Byland-Membris, and parishes of Low- 
Kilburn and Coxwoid ; 6 miles from Kelmsley, 10 from Thirsk. * 

WATH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hailikeld; A\ miles 
from Ripon, 8 from Thirsk and Boroughbridge, 9 from Masham, 
25 from York.— Pop, 186. The Church is a rectory, dedicated 
to St. Mary, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value 
17/. 175. id. Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. 

Here is a school founded in 1690, by Peter Saniwaise, who endowed it with 
lands at Bellerby, value 70/. per annum. Five pounds per annum is also paid to 
the master by Trinity College, Cambridge, out of an estate at Middleton-Quern- 
how ; this college also pays a donation of 10/. per aunum. Here is also an alms 
house, built 169S, and endowed by the above Peter Samwaise, containing rooms 
for two poor persons, who receive 21. 14s. p°r annum, the interest of 60/. 

WATH, a township, in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of 
Rydale; S miles from Malton and Helmslev, 8| from Kirbymoor- 
side.— Pop. 22, 

W ATLAS, see Thornton- Wat las. 

WAUPLEY, in the township and parish of Loftus; east-division of 
Langbarugh ; 10| miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Whitby. 

WAUPLEY NEW-INN, in the township and parish of Loftus; 
9| mile? from Guisbrough, 11 1 from Whitby. 

WAYWORTH, /. h. in the township of Coin monJ ale, and parish 
of Kiidale : 5 miles from Guisbrough, 8 from Stokesley, 

WELBURN, in the parish and wapentake of Bulmer ; 5\ miles 
from Malton, 14 from Easingwold and York. — Pop. 352. 

WELBURN, in the parish of Kirkdale, wapentake of Rydale; 
(IVelburn-Hall, the seat of the late Rev. John Robinson) 1 \ mile 
from Kirbymoorside, \\ from Helmsley. — Pop. 112. 

WELBURY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of BirdfortTi ,• 7 
miles from Northallerton, 9 from Yarm, 39 frora York. — Pop. 
257. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Leonard, in the 
deanry of Cleveland, value, 7/. 2s. \\d. Patron, the King. 

WELD ALE,/, h. in the township and parish of Ebberston ; 7 miles 
from Pickering, 11 from Scarborough, 13 from Malton. 

WELL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang-East; (the seat 
of Richard 8trangways, Esq.) 3 miles from Masham, 4 from 
Bedale, 9 from Ripon, 31 from York.— Pop. 370. The Church 



124 NORTH-RIDING. 

is a vicarage, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Catterick, 
diocese of Chester, value, $8/. 135. Id. p. r. 63/. ,6s. Patron, 
the Master of Well Hospital, Charles Chaplin, Esq. 

Ralph Nevile, Knight, Lord of Middleham, founded here, in 1342, an 
hospital, and established therein, one master, two priests, and twenty-four 
poor infirm people. — DucrDALE. 
WENSLEY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West; If 
mile from Leyburn, 3 from Middieham, 46 from York.— Pop. 
317. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in 
the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, valae, 49/. 9*. 9^d. 
Patron, Lord Bolton. 

King- Richard II. licensed Richard le Scrope de Bolton, to erect the parish 
church here into a college, to consist of one master, and as many fellow chaplains 
and other ministers as he should think fit, and to endow it with 1507. per annum. 

— DUGDALE. 

WESTENBY, in the township and parish of Egton. 

WEST- FIELD, in the township of Mickleton, and parish of Ro- 
maldkirk ; 8 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 

WEST-LEES, /. h. in the township and parish of Whorlton ; 5\ 
miles from Stokesley. 

WETRAIN, or WHEATRAIN, /. h. in the township -of Snape, 
and parish of Well ; 2 miles from Bedaie. 

WESTERDALE, in the parish of Stokesley, east-division of Lang- 
barugh; 10 miles from Guisbrough, 1 1 from Stokesley, 16 from 
Whitby. — Pop. 281. Here is a Chapel under Stokesley, With 
parochial rights, and served by a stipendiary curate. 

WEST-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kildale: 4§ 
miles from Guisbrough, 7| from Stokesley. 

WHASHTON, in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth, wapentake of 
Gilling-West ; 4 miles from Richmond, 8 from Gretabridge, 12 
from Barnardcastle, (Bar.) — Pop. 140. 

WHASHTON-SPRING, /. h. in the township of Whashton, and 
parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth ; 3 miles from Richmond. 

WHAW, in the township and parish of Arkengarthdale, wapentake 
of Gilling-West ; 5 miles from Reeth. 

WHEAT-CROFT, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Scarborough ; 
1 mile from Scarborough. 

WHENRY. a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner ; 7 miles 
from Easingwold, 12 from Malton, 13 from York. — Pop. 129. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry 
of Bulmer, value, %il. 8s. id. p. r. flZQL Patron, William 
Garforth, Esq. 

WHITBY, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Whitby - 
Strand ; (Whitby- Abbey, the seat of George Ckolmley, Esq.) within 
| a mile of Whitby are the following seats; Airy-Hill, Richard 
Moorsom, Esq. .'Meadow-Field* Henry Simpson, Esq. Field-House, 
Christopher Richardson,. Esq. 20 miles from Scarborough, 21 from 
Pickering and Guisbrough, 22 from Redcar, 28 from Stokesley, 
AS from York, 245 from London. — Market, Saturday.— Fairs, 
August 25, (St. ■ Hilda's-day^: and Martinmas-day, for pedlary- 
ware, &c. — Bankers, Messrs. Simpson, Chapman, & Co. draw on 



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Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, & Co. 5i, Lombard-Street; Messrs. 
J. & J. Sanders, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, & Co. 2, 
White-hart Court, Lombard -Street ; Messrs. Richardson, Holt* 
& Co. draw on Messrs. Curtis, Robarts, & Co. 15, Lomfcard- 
Street.— Principal Inns. Angel, Golden-Lion, and KingVHead. 
— Pop. 8,697. The Church, a specimen of the early Norman 
architecture, which intervened between the Saxon and Gothic, is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Cleveland, 
value, p. r. 501. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

The opulent town of Whitby, anciently called Strenshall, or Streanshalle, 
owes its origin to a famous abbey, which was begun here in 657, for men and 
women of the Benedictine order, and endowed by Oswy, King- of Northumber- 
land, though the honour is generally given to St. Hilda, the first prioress, and 
dedicated to St. Peter. 

This abbey flourished till 867, when a party cf Danes landed at Dunsley- 
Bay, the Dumis Sinus of Ptolemy, plundered the country around ; and amongst 
other depredations, entirely destroyed the monastery, which laid in ruins till 
after the conquest; when William the Conqueror gave a large tract of land in 
the county to Hugh, Earl of Chester, who granted ail or most of it to William 
de Percy, who re-edified and restored the priory; in which state it remained 
till the reign of Henry I. when it was advanced to the dignity of an abbey lor 
Benedictine monks. — Bede— Gi lielm Malms— Burtox. 

In the 26th of Henry VIII. the yearly revenues of this house were estimated 
at 437/- 25. 9(L Dugdale, and 505/. 9s. \d. Speed. The site was granted to 
John, Earl of Warwick, by whom, in 1551, it was sold to John York, and by 
him to Sir Richard Cholmley, Knight, ancestor of the present proprietor. The 
situation is on a high clifie, washed by the ocean, and the remains of this once 
magnificent abbey show it to have been, when complete, a large and magnificent 
structure. 

The abbey appears, says Grose, " to have been built when the pointed arches 
were first introduced, and before the round ones were entirely left off." 

For au account of the legend of the murder of the Hermit of Eskeaaleside, 
bv^ome gentlemen hunting the wild boar, and the penance enjoined them.— 
See History cf / 17/ it by. 

The ammonite, or snake stones, with many other petrifactions have been 
found here ; the most remarkable on record are, a complete skeleton of a man, 
found by Mr. Berwick, about the year ,17-13. In 1/58, the petrified bones of 
a crocodile were taken out of the cliff, which were sent to the Royal Society. — 
J'ide Philos. Transactions, volume 50, purl 2. The petrified bones of a horse at 
the depth of 30 yards under grouud, sent cothe University of Aberdeen in 1762. 
—Cfiarlton's History of Whitby. 

Whitby, in 1540, according to Charlton's account; contained not more than 
200 inhabitants; and during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, there does not 
appear to have been either ship or vessel belonging to this port, except fishing 
boats. In a commercial point of view, Whitby now exhibits much importance. 
In 1811, there were 211 ships belonging to this port, measuring 36,988 tons ; 
and the whole number of vessels built here from 1800 to 1816, appears to have 
been 331. The success of its whale fishery, in which many large ships are 
employed, has been of immense benefit not only to the owners, but to the inhabi- 
tants at large. In 1753, only two ves-els employed in this lucrative trade sailed 
from this port for Greenland. In some years since that time, from 20 to 25 ships 
have been fitted out for Greenland and Davis' Straits fisheries ; and within the 
last 14 years, upwards of 1,440 whales have been obtained. — Fvr mare minute 
account of this place, see Young's Hist, of Whitby. 
\Y HIT BY-STRAND, a wapentake, is bounded on the east by the 
German-Ocean, on the south and west by Piekering-JLythe, and 
On the north by Langbarugh and the Sea. — The liberty and wapen- 
take are co-extensive, of which George Cholrnley, Esq. of Hpw&h&ra, 
is Lord and Chief Bailiff. It contains only one market-town, 



126 NORTH-RIDING. 

Whitby, which gives name to the wapentake, 13 townships, 4 of 
which are parishes, 2,671 inhabited houses, and 14,916 inhabitants. 

WHIT ASIDE, in the township and parish of Grinton; 3§ miles 
from Reeth, 7 from Leyburn. A few scattered houses. 

WHITFIELD-GILL, which divides the townships of Low-Abbot- 
side and Askrigg, wapentake of Hang- West, remarkable for 
its beautiful Waterfall, called " TVhitfield-Force." 

WHIT WELL, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Cilling- 
East ; 5 miles from Catterick, 8 from Richmond, 9 from Northal- 
lerton.— Pop. 99. 

WHIT WELL, extraparochial, in the wapentake of Buhner ; (WkiU 
well-House, the residence of the Rev. Danson Richardson Ciirrer) 
6 miles from Malton, i2 from York. — Pop. 182. 

The inhabitants generally attend .Crambe church, they also marry, bury, 
and baptize there. In the pleasure grounds near Whitweil house, is a Well of 
remarkably clear water, from which the town derives its name. 

WHITCLIFFE-SCAR, in the township and parish of Richmond. 

WHITE-THORN-HOUSE, /. &. in the township and parish of 
Salton, 

WHITE-HOUSES, 2 -p. h. in the township and parish of Easing- 
wold ; 1 mile from Easingwold. 

WHORLTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; 
5 miles from Stokesley, 11 from Northallerton and Yarm, 37 from 
York. — Pop. 583. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to the Hoiy-Cross, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r, 52/. 9s, 
Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. 

Here are the ruins of a castle, which formerly belonged to the Barons 
Meinill ; Leland says, " this was the principal house of the Lord Menell ; which 
sence came to master Strangways in particion." Within the church, on the 
north side of the chancel, in an arch of the wall, is an ancient monument of 
Sir Nicholas de Meynill.— Graves. At what time this castle was rendered 
untenable is not know; in Camden's time it was old and ruinous. Nicholas de 
Meynill held the mra**f of Whorlton, <fec. of the Archbishop of Canterbury, by 
serving the said Arclinghop on the day of his consecration, with the cup out 
of which the ArchbisBop was to drink that day.— Blount. It appears to have 
come first into the family of Bruce, ancestors of the Marquis of Ailesbury, in 
the reign of Charles J.— Graves. 

WIDDA LE, or V^IDD ALE-FOOT, f. k. in the township of Hawes, 
and parish of Aysgarth ; 2 miles from Hawes, 7 from Askrigg. 

WIDDALE, (west-part) 2 /. h> in the township of Snainton, and 
parish of Brompton ; 10 miles from Pickering and Scarborough. 

WIGGINTHORPE, (the seat of William Garforth, Esq.) in the 
township of Terringion-with-Wigginthorpe, and parish of Ter- 
rington, wapentake of Bulmer ; 8 miles from Easingwold, 9 from 
Malton, 15 from York. — Pop. included in Terrington. 

WIGGINTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer, liberty 
of St. Peter ; (the residence of the Rev. William Deattry,) 4 miles 
from York, 9 from Easingwold, 18 fromMalton. — Pop. 309. 
The Church, peculiar, is a rectory, in the deanry of Bulmer, 
value, 14/. 13s. 4d. Patron, the King. 

The ecclesiastical jurisdiction of this parish is in the peculiar of Alne and 
Tollerton ; the commis3ary of which institutes to the living. _ 



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WILDEN-G RANGE, 3 /. h. a township in the parish of Coxwoid, 
wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; 7 miles from Thirsk 
and Easingwoid, 8 from Helmsley. Pop. 29. 

WILTON, in the parish of Ellerburn, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lytbe; 4 miles from Pickering, 10 from Malton. — Pop. 203. 

WILTON, a parish-town, in tbe east-division of Langbarugb ; 
(Wilton-Castle, the seat of the Hon. John Lowther) 4 miles from 
Guisbrough, \Q\ from Stakesiey and Stockton, (Dur.) 54 from 
York. — Pop. 405. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Cleveland. Patron, the Hon. 
John Lowther. 

The Church was anciently a chapelry within the parish of Kirkleatham, 
but the chapel seems not to have been dependant on that church. — Graves. 

The castle here belonged formerly to the ancient family of the Bulmers, 
and in which it continued till Sir John Bulmer, Knight, the last possessor of 
that family, engaging in the northern insurrection, called the Pilgrimage of 
Grace, was attainted for high treason, when this and other estates were forfeited 
to the crown. Till within these few years, there were some remains of its for- 
mer grandeur, but the tower being in a very ruinous state, it was taken down, 
and a new edifice, in the same style of building, erected on its site, by the present 
proprietor. Near the centre of the village, are the remains of St. Ellen's chapel, 
founded, according to Toir, by Sir William Bulmer, 23rd Henry VIII. for two 
priests to say mass for the soul9 of hirn and his wife, with stipends, one 
4/. 10s. and the other 41. per annum, to be paid by the churchwardens of Kirk- 
leatham, out of lands for that purpose, and also for the support of four poor 
men and four poor women. — Graves. 

WINTERINGS, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Melbeeks, and 
parish of Grinton ; 6 miles from Reeth, S from Askrigg. 

WINTERLOVV-HILL, /. h. in the township of Colbum, and 
parish of Catterick ; 3 miles from Catterick and Richmond. 

WINTON, in the parish of Sigston, wapentake of Allertonshire; 
3 miles from Northallerton, 13 from Stokesley. — Pop. 138. 

WISE-HILL, 2 /. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of 
Romaldkirk ; 1 2 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 1 5 from Gieta- 
bridge* 

WITTON, EAST, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West; 
2 miles from Middleham, 4 from Leyburn, 8 from Masham, 41 
from York. — No Market. — Fairs, May 3, and November 20, 
("established in 1819) for horned cattle, sheep, and horses, Novem- 
ber 23, for pedlary-ware. The Church, a handsome modern struc- 
ture, built by the Earl of Ailesbury, in 1809, is a vicarage, dedi- 
cated to St. Ella, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, 
value, 51. 3s. 6|rf. p. r. 11 W. Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. 
East-Witton is divided into two townships, called East-Witton 
parish within, and East-Witton parish without ; population of the 
former being 444, and the latter, 303. 

WITTON, WEST, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- 
West ; 4 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 12 from Rich- 
mond, 46 from York. — Pop. 519. The Church, peculiar, is a 
perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, 
value, p. r. 75/. Patron, Lord Bolton. 

The Church of West-Witton was early bestowed on the house of Jerveaux, 
but never appropriated. In an ancient taxation of the archdeaconry of Rich- 



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mond, S, D. it is classed among the chapels, and subject only to the payment 
of i i i s. for Peter pence. It was,however, dependant on no other church, and 
though now endowed as a perpetual curacy only, is strictly parochial. — 
Whitakek, 

WOODEN-CROFT, (an Academy) in the township of Hunderth- 
waite, and parish of Romaldkirk; 6 miles from Barnardcastle, 
(Bur J 9 from Gretabridge. 

WOODALE, or WOOD-DALE, ham. m the township of Carlton- 
high-dale, and parish of Coverham ; 9| miles from Middleham. 

WOOD ALE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Ugthorpe, and parish 
of Lythe; 9 miles from Whitby, 12 from Guisbrough. 

WOOD-HALL, in the township of Askrigg, and parish of Ays- 
garth ; (the seat of Christopher Alder son, Esq.) if mile from 
Askrigg, 12| from Middleham. 

'WOOD-END, (the seat of Samuel Crompton, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Thornton- le-Street ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 6 from 
Northallerton. 

WOOD-END-LODGE, ,/. h. in the township of Bainbridge, and 
parish of Aysgarth; '3| miles from Hawes. 

WOODLANDS, (the seat of Henry iValker Yeoman, Esq.) in the 
township of Aislaby, and parish of Whitby ; 4 miles from Whitby. 

WGOL-KNOWLE, /. h. in the township and parish of Hoving- 
hftffr; \S miles from Helmsley and Kirbymoorside. 

WOMBLETON, in the parish of Kirkdale, wapentake of Rydale, 
a part in the liberty of St, Peter ; %\ miles from Kirbymoorside, 
4 from Helmsley, 14 from Malton. — Pop. 265; St. Peter, 22; 
total, 287. 

WOMMERGILL-HALL, (a Shooting-box of the Earl of Strath* 
more) in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 
14 miles from Barnard castle, (Bur.) 17 from Gretabridge. 

WORSALL, HIGH, in the parish of Northallerton, wapentake of 
Aifertonsfaire J* 4 miles from Yarm, 12 from Northallerton. — Pop, 
154. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f 40/. Patron, 
the Vicar of Northallerton. 

WORSALL, LOW, or PEIRSEBURGH, in the parish of Kirk- 
lev ington,' west-division of Langbarugb ; 3 miles from Yarm, 13 
from Northallerton.— Pop. 217. 

Here was an ancient fishery on the river Tees, which was given by Gilbert 
Hah sard to the abbey of Rivaulx ; this fishery with a cottage and parcel of ground 
adjoining, called Batt Ings, canie afterwards into the possession of Major Nor- 
ton, who sold the same 33rd Charles II. tp George Mar wood Esq.— Graves. 

WORTON, ham. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Ays- 
garth ; 1 mile from Askrigg, 5 from Hawes, 12 from Ley burn. 

WRELTON, in the parish of Middleton, wapentake of Pickering- 
Lythe ; 3 miles from Pickering, 5 from Kirbymoorside, 12 from 
Malton.— Pop. 193. 

WYCLIFFE, k parish, in the township of Thorpe, wapentake of 
Gilling-West; ( Wy cliff e- Hall, the seat of Mrs Constable, and the 
JRectory, the residence of the Rev. John Headlam)%\ miles from Greta- 
bridge, 5 from barnardcastle, (Bur.) 10 from Richmond, 53 from 
York. — The Church is a rectory, in the deaiiry of Richmond. 



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diocese of Chester, value, 14/. 12a Id. Patron, Francis Constable, 
Esq. 

Here was bora in 1324, that celebrated English divine, John cle Wycliffe 
or Wickliffe, the first champion of protestanism. He bravely withstood the 
encroachments of the Mendicant orders, at length attacked the tenets of the 
church of Rome, and had the good fortune to die in peace, in 1384, leaving his 
bones for his adversaries to wreak their revenge on, twenty-eight years after, by 
taking them up and burning them to ashes, — Pennant. 

Leland says, that " John Wiclife, htereticus, was borne at Spreswell, a 
poore village a good myle from Richemont," probably Hipsweil, as there is 
no such place now as Spreswell in the neighbourhood. 

In the parsonage house is a fine portrait of Wickliffe, by Sir Antonio More, 
given by Dr. Zouch, when rector of this parish, to his successors, the rectors of 
Wycliffe, who are requested to preserve it as an heir-loom to the rectory house, 

Whitaker* 
On the 11th October, 1790, died at Wyclifle Hall, Marmaduke Tunstall, 
Esq. F. R. and A. S. S. In the privacy of an elegant retirement, he was a 
most munificent patron of learning, being ever ready to encourage and reward 
merit. His knowledge was uncommonly extensive. He corresponded with 
most of the learned men of his country, and with many foreigners of distinguished 
character in the republic of letters. Great as his literary abilities were, he 
possessed more valuable accomplishments ; a sweet affability of dispositiqn, an 
engaging urbanity of manners, an enlarged liberality of thought; he was all 
mildness and benevolence. His deeds of charity were many ; he was literally 
the poor man's friend. 

WYCOMB, 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Old-Malton, 
wapentake of Rydale ; 2| miles from New Malton. 

WYKEHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering- Ly the; 
7 miles from Scarborough, 1 1 from Pickering, 1 5 from Malton, 33 
from York. — Pop. 582. The Church, a donative, is a rectory, 
(Bacon styles it a curacy, of the certified value of 20/.) dedicated to 
All-Saints, in the deanry of Rydale. Patroness, the Hon. Mrs 
Langley. 

About | a mile from Wykekam, and in the same township 
and parish is 

WYKEHAM- ABBEY, (the seat of the Hon. Mrs Langley) 

Here Pain Fitz-osbert de Wickham, about the year 1153, built and endowed 
a priory of Cistercian Nuns, to the honour of the Virgin Mary and St. Helen, 
At the dissolution there were in it nine religions. Valued at 251. 17*. 6d. per 
annum.— Dugdale — Speed. Nothing remains of this venerable Gothic structure 
except part of its north-end wall and its chapel. — Hinderweel. 

Near to Wykeham is a fine large sheet of water, containing abundance of 
fish, over which is an iron bridge, erected by Richard Langley, Esq. in 1802. 

WYKEHAM-GRANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Wyke- 
ham ; 8 miles from Scarborough, 1 1 from Pickering, 



YAFFORTH, in the parish of Danby-Wiske, wapentake of Gilling- 
East; 1| mile from Northallerton, 15 from Richmond. — Pop* 
149. Here is a Chapel of ease to Danby. 

YARM, a market and parish-town, in the west-division of Lang-- 
barugh, (a small part in Allertonshire) (the Friarage^ the seat of 
Thomas Meynell, Esq.) 4 miles from Stockton, (Dur.) 8 from 
Tontine-Inn, 9 from Stokesley, 10 from Darlington, (Dur.) 14 from 

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130 KORT'H-RlDING. 

Guisbrough, 16 from Northallerton, 20 from Thirsk, 21 fro 
Richmond, 43 from York, 242 from London. — Market, Tbur 
day. — Fairs, Thursday before April 6 : Holy-Thursday ; August 
2, October 19 and 20, for homed cattle, horses, sheep, and 
cheeses. — Principal Inn, George and Dragon. — Pop. 1,504. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, 
in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 38/. 35. 6d. Patron, the 
Archbishop of York. 

The Church is a neat modern structure, rebuilt in 1730 ; the east window, 
erected in 1796, is composed of stained glass, executed by the late Mr William 
Peckett of York ; the principal figure in this beautiful window, is a full length 
representation of Moses, delivering the Law from Mount- Sinai. 

Here was an hospital dedicated to Saint Nicholas, founded by one of the 
family of Brus, before the year 1185. It continued till the time of Henry VIII. 
when, it was valued at 5 J. per annum. Alan de Wilton was a benefactor to this 
hospital, end granted them lands at Hooton, (Hutton-juxta-Rudby,) and 
Mydleton, to hold at a yearly rent of two marks. — Dugdalb — Tanner. 

Here was also a house of Black Friars, 6aid to have been founded by Peter 
de Brus, who died in 1240. It was surrendered by Miles Wilcock, the Prior, in 
December, 1 539.— Wilms. 

A Free Grammar-School was founded at this place, by letters patent of Queen 
Elizabeth, bearing date July 7, 1688 ; and endowed by Thomas Conyers of Eggles- 
cliffe, Durham, Gent, with 91. 4s. payable out of his lands and houses at Yarm 
and Darlington. In addition to the original endowment, the late William Cha- 
loner, a native of this place, left in 1801, to the schoolmaster, for ever, the 
sum of 400^. 3 per cent, consuls, for educating, &c. eight poor children of the 
parish. He also left 30/. in trust to the Minister and Churchwardens for the 
repair of the Grammar School, which was expended in 1802.— Carlisle's 
Grammar Schools. 

The old bridge over the Tees at Yarm, having, in 1802 become dangerous 
to passengers, it was ordered to be taken down, and a new one to be erected 
upon or near its site, of one iron arch, which formed a segment circle of 180 feet 
span. The work was let by proposal for 8,000^. but in 1805, when nearly com- 
pleted, the abutments gave way, and it fell with a tremendous crash. Soon after- 
wards an elegant stone bridge was erected, which will most probably outlive any 
of the iron bridges in the kingdom. 
YEARBY, or YERBY, ham. in the township and parish of 

Kirkleatham, 3 miles from Redcar, 4 from Guisbrough. 
YEARSLEY, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth; 
4 miles from Easingwold, 8 from Helmsley, J 4 from Thirsk. — 

Pop. 170. 
YEARSLEJY-BURTON, /. h. in the township of Yearsley, and 

parish of Coxwold ; 5 miles from Easingwold. 
YOADWATH, in the township of Hutton-le-Hole, and parish of 
Lastingham *, 2 miles from Kirbymoorside. A Mill and two houses. 
YORE-MILL, and YORE'S-BRIDGE, in the township and parisn 
of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; 4 miles from Askrigg, 7 
from Leyburn, 8| from Middleham. 

In 1601, a Free Grammar School was founded and endowed here by An- 
thony Beeson, with a bouse situated at York. This school is open indefinitely 
to the children of the four small villages in its vicinity, free of expence, for the 
classics only. Yoresbridge school is pleasantly situated upon the banks of the 
river Ure, nearly in the centre of Wensleydale, so justly celebrated for the 
"beauty of its scenery, the fertility of its soil, and the salubrity of its air .^- Boys* 
70 or *80, rarely under 50.— Carlisle's Grammar ScA?ote. 



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YORK-GATE INN, in the township of Melmerby, and parish of 
Wath, wapentake of Hallikeld; 5 miles from Ripon, 6 from 
Thirsk, 7 from Boroughbridge, 9 from Bedale. The Magistrates 
for the wapentake hold their meetings here, and at the New-Inn, 
alternately. 

YOROSCOTE, /. h. in the township of Low- Abbotside, and parish 
of Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Askrigg, 6 from Hawes. 

YOULTON, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of Bulmer ; 5 milesr 
from Easingwold, 7 from Boroughbridge, 12 from York.— 
Pop. 56. 



1*32 NORTH-RIDING. 

Lord Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum 9 
GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK, DUKE OF LEEDS. 

Vice-Lieutenant, 
TURNER STRAUBEN^EE, Esq. Sfennithornk. 



ACTING MAGISTRATES. 

Right Hon. Lawrence Lord Dundas, Marske Hall, Guisbrough 

Right Hon. Earl Tyrconnel, Kiplin, Catterick 

Hon. and Rev. Thomas Lawrence Dandas, . Aske Hall, Richmond 

Hon. and Rev. Thomas Monson, Bedale 

Hon. Thomas Dundas, Marske Hall, Guisbrough 

Sir William Strickland, Bait Boynton, Bridlington 

Sir William Foulis, Bart Ingleby Manor, Stokesley 

The Rev. Dr. Markham, Stokesley 

The Rev. Dr. Waddilove, Ripon 

The Rev. Dr. Scott, Catterick 

Agar, Benjamin, Esq Brockfield, York 

Anderson, William John, Esq Swinethwaite, Bedale 

Atkinson, the Rev. Richard Mosley, Gilling, Richmond 

Aylmer, Arthur, Esq Walworth Castle, Darlington 

Barrett, Samuel B. M. Esq Carlton, Richmond 

Barstow, Thomas, Esq Skipton Bridge, Thirsk 

Bell, John, Esq Thirsk 

Bell, John, Esq . . . . ^. . . Scarborough 

Belasyse, Thomas Edward Wynn, Esq Newburgh Park, Easingwold 

Blanshard, Richard, Esq Northallerton 

Bowes, the Rev. Timothy F. F. Wold Cottage, Sledmere 

Bouyer, the Rev. Reynold Gideon, Northallerton 

Brewster, the Rev. John, Egglesciiife., Stockton 

Candler, Thomas, Esq ,.... West Ay ton, Mai ton 

Cayley, the Rev. Arthur, . Normanby, Kirbymoorside 

Cayley, Cornelius, Esq. Sowerby, Thirsk 

Chaloner, Robert, Esq Yor& 

Chaytor, William, Esq Croft, Darlington 

Ghaytor, John Clervaux, Esq Clifton Lodge, Bedale 

Collins, the Rev. Thomas, Barningham, Gretabridge 

Comber, the Rev. Thomas, Oswaldkirk, Helmsley 

Consett, Warcop, Esq Brawith Hall, Thirst 

Croft, Harry, Esq Stillington, York 

Crompton, Samuel, Esq. Wood End, Thirs/fc 

Currer, the Rev. Danson Richardson, Whitwell, York 

Coore, Foster L. Esq. Hawxwell, Ley burn. 

Dealtry, the Rev. William, . Wiggington, York 

Dent, the Rev. William, Crosby Hall, Northallerton 

Duncombe, Charles, Esq Dnncombe Park, Helmsley 

Buncombe, William, Esq , Duncombe Park, Helmsley 

Ellis, the Rev. John, Strensall, York 

Elsley, Gregory, Esq. Burneston, Boroughbridge 

Favell, James, Esq Faceby, Stokesley 

Flounders, Benjamin, Esq. Yarm 

Foulis, John Robinson, Esq Heslerton, Malton 

Fowle, the Rev. Thomas Hartland, North Otterington, Northallerton 

Fowler, David Burton, Esq Yarm 

Gilby, the Rev. John, Beverley 

Gilpin, the Rev. John ; Stainton, Stockton 



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Guise, the Rev. Powell C _ . Crake, Easingwold 

Harrison, John, Esq Guisbrough 

Hartley, George, Esq. . . * Middleton Tyas, Richmond 

Headlam, the Rev. John, Wyclifle, Gretabridge 

Hewgill, Henry, Esq Hornby Grange, Northallerton 

Hill, Richard, Esq Thornton, Pickering 

Hotham, William, E--q Highthorne, Easingwold 

Jackson, William Ward, Esq Normanby, Guisbrough 

Lau'son, Marmaduke, Esq Boroughbridge 

Mitchelson, Thomas, Esq Pickering 

Monson, the Rev. John J. T Bedale 

Moorsom, Richard, Esq Whitby 

Moorsom, William, E-q Scarborough 

Moorsom, Richard, Jun. Esq Whitby 

Morley, the Rev. Thomas Wilson, Kirklington, Boroughbridge 

Morley, Josias R. Esq Marrick Park, Richmond 

Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey, Esq Rokeby Park, Gretabridge 

Newton, the Rev. Thomas/ Coxwold, Easingwold 

Newton, the Rev. Benjamin, Wath, Ripon 

Peirse, Richard Wm. Christopher, Esq. .... Thimbleby Lodge, Tontine Inn 

Pulleine, Henry Percy, Esq Crakehall, Bedale 

Read, the Rev. Thomas Cutler Rudston, Sandhutton, York 

Readshaw, the Rev. Caleb, Richmond 

Richardson, Christopher, Esq Whitby 

Serjeantson, W. Rookes Leeds, Esq Camphill, Boroughbridge 

Sleigh, William. Esq Stockton on Tees 

Smith, the Rev. Sydney, Foston, York 

Smith, Charles, Esq .- . Plainville Farm, Yor& 

Stapyltou, Martin, Esq Myton Hall, Boroughbridge 

Straubenzee, Turner, Esq. ..., Spennithornej Bedale 

Strickland, George, Esq *«, Hildenley, Malton 

Sykes, the Rev. Christopher, Westow, Malton 

Thompson, George Lowther, Esq, Sheriff Hutton, Par£, York 

Trotter, John, Esq ... . . Staindrop, Darlington 

Yansittart, Heuiy, Esq Kirkieatbam, Guisbrough 

Wharton, John, E^q Skelton Castle, Guisbrough 

Wharton, James, Esq Mel burn Lodge, Pocklington 

Wharton, the Rev. William, Gilling, Richmond 

Williamson, the Rev. Thomas Pym, ....... Guisbrough 

Wilson, James, Esq Sneaton Castle, Whitby 

Wolley, the Rev. Godfrey, Hutton Bushel), Malton 

Woodall, John, Esq Scarborough 

Wyvill, Marmaduke, Esq Leyburn 

Wyvill, the Rev. .Edward. . . Fingall, Leybnru 

Yeoman, Henry Walker, Esq Woodlands,, Whitby 



DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS. 
Right Hon. Lawrence, Lord Dundas, [ Hon. Thomas Dundas, Marske Hall 



Majpske Hall 
Right Hon. Thomas P. Weddle, Lord 

Grantham, Newby Park 
Right Hon. Earl Tyrconnel, Kiplin Hall 
Right Hon. George Earl Pomfret 
Right Hon. Viscount Normanby, Mul- 

grave Castle 
Rigat Hon. Lord "3c!fon 
Hon, Frederick Robinson 
Hon. Thomas Orde Powlett, Bolton Hall 



Hon. Thomas William Fermor 
Sir George Cayley, Bart. Brompton 
Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. Thirkleby 
Sir F. Boynton, Bart. Burton Agnes 
Sir M. M. Sykes, Bart. Sledmere 
Arden, John, Esq. Pepper Hall 
Andergon, William John, Swinethwaite 
Agar, Benjamin, Esq. Brockfield 
Butte rwick, Matthew, E c q. Thirs/t 
Brcare, John, Esq. Middlcham 



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Bell, John, Esq. Thirst 
Barrett, Samuel B. M. Esq. Carlton. 
Barstow, Ttftimas, Esq. Skipton Bridge 
Belasyse, Thomas Edward Wyna, Esq. 

Newburgh Par/c 
Biarishard, Richard, Esq. Northallerton 
B«swick, George, Esq. 
Bethell, William, Esq. 
Barlow, F. W. jEsq. Middlethorpe 
Chaioner, Robert, Esq. York 
Cradock, Sheldon, Esq. Hartforth 
Chaytor, William, Esq. Croft Hall 
Chaytor, Matt. W. Esq. Spennithorne 
Consett, Warcop, Esq. Brawith Hall 
Cayley, Cornelius, Esq. Sowerby. 
Croft, Harry, Esq. Stillington 
Crompton, Samuel, Esq. Wood End 
Coore, Foster L. Esq. Hawxwell 
Carter, Edward, Esq. Theakstone 
Carter, Edward John Esq. ditto 
Duncombe, Charles, Esq. Duncombe 

Park 
Duncombe, William, Esq. ditto 
Denys, Peter, Esq. 
D'Oyly, Edward, Esq. 
Dawson, George, Esq. Thirsk. 
Elsley, Gregory, .Esq. Bnrne^ton, 
Earle, W. Esq. Beningbrough Hall 
Fawcett, John, 2&q. 
Pothergill, John, Esq. Kingthorpe 
Favell, James, E&q. Faceby 
Fowler, David B. Esq. Yarm 
Flounders, Benjamin, Esq. Yarm 
Foulis, J. R. Esq. Heslerton 
Garthforth, W. Esq. Wigginthorpe 
Graham, Sir B. R. Bart. Norton Con- 

yers 
Hickes, Fowler, Esq. Nether Silton 
Hill, Richard, Esq. Thornton 
Hartley, George, Esq. Middleton Tyas 
Hewgill, Henry, Esq. Hornby Grange 
Hutton, Timothy, Esq. Clifton Castle 



j Hammond, Anthony, Esq. Durham 

i Hutton, John, Esq. Marske. 

I Jackson, William Ward, Esq. Normanby 
Ince, James Pigot, Esq. 
Leatham, Henry C. Barton Esq. 
Leife, John, Esq. Sowerby 
Lister, Edward, Esq. 
Mitchelson, Thomas, Esq. Pickering 
Moorsom, Richard, Esq. Whitby 
Moorsom, Richard, Jun. Esq. ditto 
Movley, Josias R. Esq. Marrick Par* 
Morritt, J. B. S. Esq. Rokeby Par/t 
Milbank, Mark, Esq. Thorpe Perrow 
Nichol, Samuel, .Esq. Yor&. 
Peirse, R. W. C Esq. Thimblehy Lodge 
Pulleine, Henry Percy, Esq Crakehall 
Palmes, George, Esq. Naburn 
Preston, Darcey, Esq. Ruswarp 
Rigge, Fletcher, Esq. Northallerton 
Richardson, Christopher, Esq. Whitby 
Redfearn, Francis, Esq. Langton Lodge 
Rigge, Gray, Esq. Broughton Hall, 

Lancashire 
Robson, Thomas, Esq. Holtby 
Rudd, Bartholomew, Esq. Marton 
Rudyeard, Richard, Esq. 
Serjeantson, W. R. L. Esq. Camp Hill 
Stainforth, Richard Terrick, Esq. 
Straubenzee, T. Esq. Spennithorne 
Thompson, Geo. Lowther, Esq, Sheriff 

Hutton Par* 
Tindali, John, Esq. Scarborough 
Tindall, James, Mq. ditto 
Tnrton, Edmund, Esq. Larpool Hal! 
Wharton, John, Esq. Skelton Castle 
Wyvill,Marmaduke, Esq. Leyburn 
Wilson, James, Esq. Sneaton Castle 
Wombwell, George, Esq. Old Byland 
Woodall, John, .Esq. Scarborough 
Whitehead, William, Esq. jEasingwold 
Yeoman, Henry Walker, .Esq. Woodlands. 
Yorke, John, i2sq. Halton Place 



Lords and Chief Bailiffs of Liberties. 
His Grace the Dnke of Leeds, Hornby-Castle ; for Richmondshire. 
The Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham ; for Allertonshire* 
The Rev. George Marwood, Busby-Hall, Stokesley ; for Langbarugh, 
Richard Hill, Esq. Thornton; for Pickering-Lythe. 
George Cholmley, Esq. Howsham ; for Whitby-Strand. 



OFFICERS OF THE RIDING. 

Clerk of the Peace, Lupton Topham, Esq. Middleham. 

Deputy Clerk of the Peace, William Waile6, Gent. Northallerton. 

Deputy Sheriff, Thomas Paul, Gent. Malton. 

Clerk of Indictments, Mr. Thomas Wait, Northallerton. 

Crier of the Court, Mr. John Leefe, Malton. 

Treasurer, Valentine Kitchingman, Esq. Carlton Husthwaite. 

Clerk of General Meetings of Lieutenancy, Henry Hirst, Gent. NorthallertoR. 



NORTH-RIDING. J3o 

Governor of the House of Correction, Northallerton, Mr Thomas Shepherd. 

Under Gaoler, Mr Thomas Shepherd, Jim. 
Surveyor of Bridges, George Atkinson, Gent. Hagg Cottage, Richmond. 
Deputy, Mr Matthew Peacock, Rainton, Boroughbridge. 



Register-Office, Northallerton. 

Register, Matthew Butterwick, Esq. Thirsk. 

Deputy, John Sander* Walton, Gentleman, Northallerton. 



Henry Belcher, Whitby. 
George Brigham, Rudby. 
Samuel Cowling, York. 



Coroners. 

William Dinsdale, Aiskew. 
Thomas Harrison, Kirbymoorside 



Chief Constables. 
Allertonshire, James Langdale, Northallerton ; Christ. Hudson, Crosby. 
Birdforth, Thomas Scott, Oulston ; James Barker, Sowerby. 
Bulmer, John Plowman, Haxby ; William Ware, Skirpenbeck. 
Gilling-East, George Readman, Langton ; Thomas Meek, Crabtree House. 
Gilling- West, Thomas Lax, Ravens worth ; Samuel Spedding, Gilling. 
Hang-East, George Dryden, Aiskew; John Plews, Colburn. 
Hang- West, Thomas Place, Spennithome ; Ralph Lodge, New Houses. 
Hallikeld, Tristram Walker, Melmerby ; William Fall, Wath. 
Langbarugh, George Brigham, Rudby; Joseph Hickson, Guisbrongh. 
Pickering- Ly the, Peter Marshall, Wykeham ; Thomas Bointon, Pickering. 
Bydale, George Carter, Oswaldkirk ; John Reed, Stonegrave. 
Whitby- Strand, Thomas G. Dale, Whitby. 



Subdivision Clerks. 
Allertonshire, James Langdale, Northallerton. 
Birdforth, Charles B. Walker, Thirsk. 
Buhner, John Plowman, Haxby. 
Gilling-East, William Price, Scorton. 
Gilling- West , Thomas Bowman, Richmond. 
Hang-East, William Dinsdale* Aiskew, Bedale.. 
Hang- West, George Emerson, Leyburn. 
Haliikeld, Joseph Wright, Buraeston, Boroughbridge. 
Langbarugh- East, Henry Clarke, Guisbrongh. 
Langbarugh- West, William Powell, Stokesley. 
Pickering- Ly the East, John Stephenson, Scarborough. 
Pickering- Ly the West, Thomas Seavers, Pickering. 
Bydale, George Carter, Oswaldkirk, Helmsley. 
Whitby -Straiid, Thomas Watson and Thomas Stephenson, Whitby. 

The General Quarter Sessions 

Are held at Northallerton, on Tuesdays in the first whole week after 
Epiphany ;— Easter ;— St. Thomas the Martyr ;— and on the first Tuesday after the 
eleventh of October. 

Chairmen.— The Right Hon. Lawrence, Lord Dundas, at the Midsummer 
and Michaelmas Sessions; and the Rev. John Headlaro, M.A. at the Hpiphany 
and Easter Sesiior.s, 



EAST-RIDING, 



ACKLAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose, liberty of 
St. Peter; 6| miles from Mai ton, 9 from Pocklingtbn, 13 from 
York. — Pod. 3S9. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Btsckrose, value, 51. p. r. 
tl30/. Patron, the Chancellor of York Cathedral. 

ADDLETHORPE, see Eddlethorpe. 

A IKE, see Ayke. 

ALDBRGUGH, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Ho Idem ess ; 
7 miles from Hornsea, 8 from Hedon. 12 from Hull, 52 from 
York. — Pop. including* Carlton and Fosham, 802, which being 
united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Bartholomew, in the cleaniy of Holderness, value, +13/. 15 s. 
Patron, the King. 

At A! a borough, is a Saxon inscription engraved on a circular stone, 15 f 
inches in diameter, fixed over a pillar on the south side of the nave, which runs 
round the margin of the stone. It commemorates the time of its erection; 
and ma)- be read in English, " Ulf commanded this church to be erected for 
the souls or' Hanum and Gunthard." See particular account of this inscrip'ion in 
the Archeologia, vol.6, in a letter from J. C. Brooke, E c q. to the Society of 
Antiquaries, on the authority of the Rev. Mr Dade of Barmstoh. The church, 
from repairs at various periods, has now a modern appearance. Mr Pegge, in 
vol. 7, of the same work, assigns very plausible reasons for its not being of Saxon 
erection ; he supposes, " that Ulf built a church, which in a few yea;s, and by 
some means now unknown, was destroyed, and lay in ruins in 10SU ; and when 
the present fabric was erected, the old stone, with its inscription, which had 
happily been preserved, was put up in the new structure and in the place it now* 
occupies." 

Of the old castle winch, with the Lordship, belonged to William le Gros, 
Earl of Albermarle, who was at the battle of the standard, in 1138, not a vestige 
is to be seen. Tradition say?, it stood northward of the church, but an enclosure 
which took place some years ago, has quite levelled the foundations; and the 
Well, which was within the castle and supplied it with water, is now near the 
high road. The Roman road from the Praetovium to the Gabrantovicorum SinuS 
Portuosus vel Salutaris of Ptolemy, runs through Aldborougb. — Arcfuvol.vol. 8. 

ALLERTHORPE, in the parish of Thornton, Wilton-Beacon 
division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter; (the seat of Barnard 
Smyth, Esq.) 2 miles from Pocklington, 1\ from Market- Weigh- 
ton, 12 from York. — Pop. 132. Here is a Chapel of ease to 
Thornton, value, p. r. 76/. 6s. 3d. 

ANLABY, in the parishes of Kirk-Ella and Hessle, in Haflshire; 
(the seat of William f'oase, Esq.) 4| miles from Hull, 6i from 
South-Cave, 10 from Beverley. — Pop. 271. 

Anlaby formerly belonged to an ancient family of that name ; the heire-^ 
of that house carried it bv marriage into t!u? family of thy Lagards, in the ye.vr 
1100. 

ARC AM, see Erg ham. 

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ARGLAM, 2 k. in the township and parish of Holme-on-Spalding- 
Moor, Holme-Beacon division of Harthill ; 7 miles from Market - 
Weighton. 
ARNOLD, in the parishes of Long-Riston and Swine, north-divi- 
sion of Holderness ; 7 miles from Beverley, 10| from Hull, 14| 
from Great-Driffield. — Pop. including Routon and North-Skir- 
laugh, 260, which being united form a township. 
ARRAM, ham. in the township and parish of Leckonfield, Hunsley- 
Beacon division of Harthill; 4| miles from Beverley, 13 from 
Great-Driffield. 
ARRAM HALL, /. k. in the township and parish of Atwicke, 3 

miles from Hornsea. 
ARRAS, s. h. in the township and parish of Market- Weighton ; 2| 

miles from Market- Weighton, 7 from Beverley. 
ASSELB Y, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 
2 miles from Howden, 8 from Selby. — Pop. 254. 

Here Nigel Fossard had two extensive fisheries, which yielded on an 
average, 2,400 eels annually. 
ATWICKE, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holderness; 
2\ miles from Hornsea, 13 from Driffield, 13| from Bridlington, 
14 from Beverley, 42 from York. — Pop. 326. . The Church is 
^, vicarage, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Holder- 
ness, value, %4l. 7s. \\d. p. r. f80Z. Patron, the King. 
AUBURN, /. h. in the township of Fraisthorpe, and parish of 

Carnaby ; 3| miles from Bridlington, 12 from Hornsea. 
AUGHTON, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of Harthill ; 
6 miles from Howden, 1\ from Selby, 13 from York. — Pop. 269> 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry 

of Harthill, value, +4Z. p. r. *85Z. 18s. 3d. Patron, ■ Flitcroft, 

Esq. 

This was the residence of Robert Aske, who headed the insurrection called 
the " Pilgrimage of Grace" in the reign of Henry VIII. There are no remains 
of the ancient mansion or castle ; but the site is marked by ditches or moats, one 
within another, with the interior vallum raised to a great height, which shews 
it to have been a place of considerable strength. 
AUGHTON-RUDDINGS, 2f.h. in the township and parish of 

Aughton ; 8 miles from Howden and Pocklington. 
AYKE, in the parishes of Lockington and St. John, Beverley, 
Bainton- Beacon division of Harthill ; 6 miles from Beverley, 8 
from Driffield.— Pop. 98. 

B 

BABTHORPE, /. k. in the township of Brackenholme- with- Wood- 
hall, and parish of Hemingbrough ; 5 miles from Selby. 

Here the ancient family of the Babthorpes flourished for many centuries, 
and intermarried with the best families in this county. By Kirkby's inquest, 
here was one caracute of land held by Ralph Babthorpe, of the Bishop of Dur- 
ham, by Knight's service; where 12 caracutes made a Knight's fee. Sir Wm. 
Babthorpe, in the reign of James I. sold this estate to Richard Bowes, Esq. — 
Burton's Monast. A father and a son, both of this family, were slain in the 
battle of St. Albans, fighting for Henry VI. and lie buried there with this epi- 
taph :— 



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Cum patre Radulpho Babthorpe jacet ecce Radulphus 

Filius, hoc duro mar more pressus humo : 
Henrici Sexti dapifor, pater armiger ejus ; 

Mors satis id docuit, iidus uterque fuit. 

The two Ralph Babthorps, father and his son, 
Together lie interred beneath this stone. 
One 'Squire, one Sew'r, to our Sixth Henry was ; 
Both died i' th' field, both in their master's cause. 

Camden. 
BAFFAM, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirby-Underdale, 

8 miles from Pockling ton. 
BAINTON. (which gives name to the division) a parish-town, in 
Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill; 6 miles from Great-Driffield, 
8 from Sledmere, 10 from Beverley and Pocklington, 18 from 
JVlalton, 23 from York. — Pop. 300. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 35/. 
1 As. 9\d. Patrons, the President and Scholars of St. John's College, 
Oxford. 

In the 2nd of Edward II. Peter de Manley was found to be seized of the 

manor of Bainton, and the advowson of the church by the service of finding two 

Knights and four Esquires, in the King's army for forty days, in time of war, 

and to provide a steward to do suit for him at the King's Court at York, from 

six weeks to six weeks. In the church is a monument of Peter de Mauley, a 

Knight Templar, temp. Henry III. The Vicar has 602 acres of land, nearly 

a sixth of the parish, in lieu of tithes and money payments of every description, 

except surplice fees and mortuaries. — Blount's Ancient Tenures. 

BALKHOLME, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Kowden- 

shire ; 2| miles from Howden, 12 from South-Cave, \'Z\ from 

Selby.— Pop. 105. 

BARLB Y, in the parish of Herningbrough, wapentake of Ouse and 

Derwent, liberty of Howdenshire ; 2 miles from Selby, 8 froai 

Howden, 13 from York. — Pop. 349. The Church is a perpetual 

curacy under Kemin^brousfh, value, p. r. f78l. 

BARMBY-ON-THE-MARSH, or DERWENT, in the parish of 

Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 3| miles from Howden, 7 

from Selby. — Pop. 525.— The Church is a perpetual curacy under 

Howden, value, p. r. 36/. 10s. 

BARMBY-ON-THE-MOOR, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon 

division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter; 2 miles from Pockling- 

ton, 8 from Alarket-Weighton, 12 from York.— Pop. 400 The 

Church, peculiar, is dedicated to St. Catherine, in the deanry 

of Harthill, value, p. r. 551. 4s . 6d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter 

of York. One vicar is ordained in this chapel and that of Fang- 

foss, each reckoned a separate parish, yet make but one vicarage, 

valued according to Bacon, at 51. 6s. Sd. 

BARMBY-xMOOR INN, (Posting- House) in the township and 

parish of Barmby-on-the-Moor ; %\ miles from Pocklington, 8 

from Market- Weighton, 1 1 from York. 

BARMSTON, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holderness ; 

6| miles from Bridlington, 11 from Great-Driffield, 17 from 

Beverley, 40 from York.— Pop. 205. The Churcb is a rectory, 



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dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Hoiderness, value, 13/. 
11 s. lOfrf. Patron. Sir Francis Boynton, Bart. 

In 1726, Sir Griffith Boynton founded an Aims-house here, for four old men, 
and endowed it with a sir all annual stipend for each. — The repairs and stipend 
were charged by Sir Griffith upon the manor of Hai^thorpe. The old Hall, 
anciently the residence of the Boynton family, is now occupied as a Farm-house. 
It is moated round. 

BARNHILL-HALL, /. h. in the township of Knedlington, and 
parish of Howden; 1 mile from Hovrden. 

BARROW, orBARF-eiLL, ham. in the township and parish of 
Lockington; Smiles from Beverley, 9 from Greai-Briffield. 

BARTHORPE-BOTTOMS, 2 or 3/. h. in the township and parish 
of Acklam, wapentake of Buckrose, liberty of St. Peter ; 8 miles 
from Maiton, 10 from Pocklington. 

BARTON-DALE, /. h. in the township and parish of Hunmanby ; 
3 miles from Himmanby, 5 from Bridlington. Here was formerly 
a chapel to Hunmanby, when it was called Barkerdale. 

BASWICK, HIGH and LOW, 2f. h. in the township and parish 
of Leven ; 6 miles from Great-Driffield, 9 from Beverley. 

B AS WICK-STEER, a coal and lime-wharf, on the river Hull, in 
the township and parish of Brand sburton ; 10 miles from Great- 
Briiiieid and Beverley. 

BATTLEBURN, ham. in the township of Eastburn, and parish of 
Kirkburn; 31 miles from Great- Driffield, 11 from Beverle}\ 

BEEFORD, a parish-town, in the north-division of Hoiderness; 8 
miles from Great-Driffieid, 10 from Bridlington, IS from Beverley, 
37 from York. — Pop. 620. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
St. Leonard, in the deanry of Hoiderness, value, 221. Patron, the 
Archbishop of York. At the time the enclosure of the lands with- 
in this township took place, a field containing 1 1 acres, was laid 
out, in lieu of certain balks, for the repairs of the church, its 
value thfiii 3/. 1 Qs. now 1 91. 

BEEFORD, or MOOR-GRANGE (the seat of Sir George Wood, 
Knt.) in the township and parish of Beeford ; 10 miles from 
Great Driffield, 1 1 from Bridlington 

BEER-HOUSES, see Dunswell. 

BEILBY, in the parish of Hayton, Holme-Beacon division of Hart- 
hill, liberty of St. Peter; 3 \ miles from Pocklington, 5 from 
Market- Weigh ton, 15 from York.— Pop. 239. Here is a Chapel 
to Hayton, dedicated to St. Giles. 

BEL BY, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 1 \ 
mile from Howden, 10| from South-Cave. — Pop. 49. 

BELLASIZE, in the parish of Eastrington, wapentake of Howden- 
shire; 5 miles from Howden. 7 from South-Cave. — Pop. 197. 

BELL-HALL, {the seat of Heicby John Baines, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Naburn, and parish of St. Dennis, York, wapentake of 
Ouse and Derwent ; 5 miles from York. 

BELTHORPE, in the township and parish of Bishop- Wilton, 
Wilton-Beacon division of Hartmll, liberty of St. Peter : 4 miles 
from Pocklington, 12 from York, 13 from Maiton. — Pop. included 
in Bishop- Wilton. 



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BEMPTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 3 

miles from Bridlington, 7 from Hunmanby, 45 from York. — 
Pop. 23 1 . The Ch arch, a donative, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Mich 3 deanry of Dickering, value, p. r. 4*5/. 

Patron, Hem Bra ley, Esq. 

BENNETLAND. ham. in toe township of Bellasize, and parish of 
Eastrington ; 5\ miles from Howden, 7 from South-Cave. 

BENNINGHOLJVIE, in the parish of Swine, middle-division of 
Holderness ; 8 miles from Beverley, 9 from Hull and Hedon. — 
Pop. 97. 

BENNINGHOLME-GRANGE, /. k. in the township of Benning- 
holme and parish of Swine, 7 miles from Beverley, 9 from Hull. 

BENTLEY, in.ihe parish of Rowley, Hunsley Beacon division 
of Harthill ; %\ miles from Beverlev, 7 from South-Cave, 8 from 
Hull, Pop. 

J5ESSONBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering", 
(Bessonby- House the seat of Harrington Hudson, Esq.) \\ mile 
from Bridlington, 10 from Great-DriiBeld. — Pop. 83. The Church 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to fet Magnus, in the deanry of 
Dickering 1 , value, p. r. f33/. Patron, Harrington Hudson, Esq. 

BESWICK. in the parish of Kilnwick, Bainton- Beacon division 
of Harthill; 6| miles from Beverley, arid Great-Driffield. — Pop, 
] 92. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Harthill. 
Patron. John Benison, Esq. 

Beswick tfas formerly the residence of that celebrated Foxhunter William 
Draper, Esq. 

BEVERLEY, a market-town, in the several parishes of St. John, 
St. Mary, St. Nicholas, and St. Martin. Hunsley-Beacon division 
of Harthill, and liberty of Beverley ; 9 miles from Hull, 9| from 
South-Cave, 10 from Market- Weighton, 13 from Great-Drifiieid; 
14 from Hornsea, 24 from Bridlington, 28 from Mai ton, 29 from 
York, from London by Lincoln 183, by York 227. — Market, Sarur- 
day. — Fairs. Thursday before Old Valentine-day, Holy Thursday, 
July 5, Wednesday before Sept. 25, November 5 for horned cattle, 
sheen, horses, &c. every other Wednesday for horned cattle and 
sheep. — B East-Riding Bank, Messrs. Bower and Co. draw 

on Messrs. Curries, Ralkes and Co. 29, Corn-bill ; Beverley Bank, 
Messrs. Machell and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir R. Carr Glynn and 
Co. 12, Birchin-Lane. — Principal Inns, the Tiger and Beverley 
Arms.— Pop. St Mary, 2918— St. Nicholas, 478— St. Martins, 
2639— Total. 5035. The Church of St. John with St. Martin, pe- 
culiar, is a perpetuol curacy. Patron, the Corporation of Bever- 
ley. St. Mary, a vicarage, value, ] 4/. 2s. 8|rf. — Patron, the King. 
St. Nicholas, (united with St. Mary) a rectory, value, 51. Qs. \0d. 
The church of St. Nicholas has long been destroyed. 

Beverley was sometime called Deir Wold, or the Wood of the Deira?is; and 
subsequently Beverlae, the place or lake of Beaver?, an animal then abounding 
in the neighbourhood. It owes its rise to the piety of early times, for we find 
that St. John, Archbishop of York, a man of extraordinary acquirements and 
great sanctity, converted the parish church in this pi ace, into a monastery for 



142 EAST-RIDING. 

Benedictine Monks. In the year 860, it was destroyed by the Danes, and 
lay in ruins three years before it was repaired. King Athelstan, after he had 
overcome the Scots, on his return came to Beverley, and built a new college of 
Secular Canons ; granted and confirmed to the church many great privileges 
and liberties ; also a sanctuary, the limits of which were marked by four crosses. 
Efiward the Confessor and William the Conqueror were both benefactors to 
it. Valued at the dissolution, at 1091. 8s. 8d. — Dugkdale. In 1710, the 
church being in a ruinous state, subscriptions were raised at the instigation of 
John Moyser, Esq. of this place, for the purpose of repairing and beautifying the 
same. In it are several handsome monuments of the Percies, Whartons, 
Hothams, &c. In 1664, the grave of St. John of Beverley, Archbishop of 
York, was discovered, with his bones and many relics. This church of St. John, 
usually styled the Minster, is now converted into a parish church to which that of 
St. Martin's is annexed ; and is, as Dr. Sfukely justly observes, " an extraordi- 
nary beauty, nothing inferior to York Minster, but somewhat less." The 
north gable end was, abeut the year ] 739, raised to its perpendiculai-, from 
which it had slipped three feet, by Mr. Thornton of York. The admirable 
machine for this purpose, was engraved in the same year and printed by Mr. 
Fourdrinier. Besides the Minster there is another church, dedicated to Saint 
Mary, first built in 1325, to which, in 1667 was annexed St. Nicholas, a large 
and hana'some structure. 

Here is an hospital for six poor persons, founded and endowed by William 
Temperon, in 1723; and another founded in 1636 by Fox Thwaites, for four 
poor widows, besides other charities. A grammar school of ancient date, but 
by whom or when founded is not known, with two fellowships, six scholarships, 
and three exhibitions to St. John's College, Cambridge. The school is open to 
the sons of burgesses, on the payment of 2/. per annum, for their instruction in 
the classics, and 21. 2s. for writing and arithmetic. The master's salary is 100/. 
per annum, with a dwelling house at a trilling quit-rent. 

Beverley sent Members to all the Parliaments of King Edward the I. but 
from that time not till the fifth of Queen Elizabeth, who in 1573, incorporated 
the town. The right of election is vested in the freemen of the town, who acquire 
this right by birth, servitude of seven years, or purchase. Number of voters, 
about 1400. Returning officer, the Mayor. 

The town is governed by a Mayor, 12 Aldermen, and 13 capital Burgesses, 
chosen annually on the'Monday before Michaelmas day, assisted by a Recorder 
and a Town Clerk. The barbarous custom ot baiting a bull on the day the 
Mayor is sworn into office, is still retained, and takes place in October. Here 
is the Register Office for this Riding, and the House of Correction and Court 
Room where the Quarter Sessions of the Peace are held. 

" The towne of Beverie," says Leland, " is large, and well.; buildid of 
wood." It is situated at no great distance from the foot of the Wolds, about a mile 
from the river Hull, and connected with it by a navigable canal made in 1727. 
The town is more than a mile in length, its principal street is spacious, and the 
houses remarkably cleanly in their appearance. The market-place contains 
about four acres, and is adorned with a beautiful cross, supported by freestone 
columns, each of an entire stone, erected at the expense of the late Plon. Sir 
Charles Hotham Bart, and Sir Michael Warton, Knight, then Members of Par- 
liament for the town. The following eminent men have been born here. 

John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and a martyr to the religion he profess- 
ed was born here, in 1459, and received his education in the grammar school 
of this place. He took his degree of B. A. at Cambridge, 1488, and 1491 that 
of M. A. He became confessor to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother -to 
Henry VII. who, by his advice, founded St. John's and Christ's Colleges, Cam- 
bridge. He was afterwards chosen Chancellor of the University ; and in 1504 
was made Bishop of Rochester, from which he would never remove to a better 
See. He was a zealous opponent of the reformation, and of the King's divorce 
from Queen CatSiarine. He refused to acknowledge the King's supremacy, was 
therefore sent to the tower, where he continued till his trial and exeeution which 
took place, June 22, 1535. His head, along with that of Sir Thomas More, not 
Vnany days afterwards, was fixed on a pole upon London bridge. During his 
Confinement, the Pope made him a cardinal, on which account Henry exclaimed, 



EAST- RIDING. 143 

" Paul may send him a hat, but I will take care that he have never a head to 
wear it on." He was a man of considerable learning, strict integrity, and fer- 
vent piety. He wrote a commentary on the penitential psalms; a* defence of 
the King's book against Luther, a funeral sermon for (he lady Margaret, tfce. — 

■Biogj Diet. Zoock. 

John Alcock, an English Prelate, also received his education in the. 
grammar school of this place of his nativity. He was afterwards educated at 
Cambridge ; became Dean of Westminster, and Master of the Rolls, and in 
1471, was preferred to the See of Rochester, from whence he was translated 
to Worcester, and finally to Ely. He endowed a school at King->ton-upon-Hul', 
bnilt the hall at the palace in Ely, and founded Jesus College, Cambridge. 
He died October 1, 1500, and was buried in the chapel at Hull, which he built. 
—Biog. Diet. 

John Green, Bishop of Lincoln, born in 1706 ; after receiving the rudi- 
ments of his education at the grammar School here, he took his degree ; oi Arts 
at St. John's College, Cambridge, with great credit as a classical scholar ; he 
engaged himself as usher to a school at Lichfield, before Dr. Johnson and Mr. 
Garrick had left that city. After obtaining several church preferments, he was 
raised to the See of Lincoln ; and died at Bath in 1779. This elegant scholar 
was one of the writers of the celebiated " Athenian Letters," published by the 
Earl of Hardwicke, in 1798, 2 vols. 4to.— Biog. Diet. 

Thus we find Beverley has yielded to the world three Bishops, two of 
Rochester, and one of Lincoln, and all educated at this school. — Magna Brit. 
Drake. 

Robert Ingram, a worthy English divine, a native of this place, was born in 
1726—7, and educated at the grammar school here, from which he removed to 
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was author of " A View of the Great 
Events of the Seventh Plague," and other pieces. He died in 1S04. — Monthly 
Mag. 

Hngh Goes is said, by Herbert, to have printed at this place, so early as 
1J09, a broadside, being the picture of a man on horseback. " Emprynted at 
Beverlev, in the Hisih-eate, by me Hewe Goes" 

BEVERLEY-PARKS, 2 or 3/. h. in the township of Woodman- 
sea, and parish of St. John, Beverley; \\ mile from Beverley, 
7 \ from Hull. 

BEW HOLME, in the township of Bewholme-with-Nunkeeling, 
and parish of Nunkeeling; 61 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Greal- 
Driffield. — Pop. including- Nunkeeling, 243. 

BEWICK, in the township of East-Newton with Bewick, and 
parish of Aldbrough, middle-division of Holderness; 7 miles from 
Hornsea, 8| from Hedon, 13 from Hull. 

BILLINGS-HILL, (the seat of James Hopkinson, Esq.) in the 
township of Bewholme with Nunkeeling, and parish of Nun- 
keeling;; 7 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Beverley. 

BILTON, in the parish of Swine, middle-divi^on of Holderness; 
4 miles from Hedon, 4-1 from Hull, 13 from Beverley. — Pop. 
91. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, 
value, p. r. 105/. 135. Patron, The Hon. and Rev. William 
Henry Dawnav. 

BINNINGTON, in the parish of Willerby, wapentake of Dick- 
ering ; 6 miles from Hunmanby, 9 from Scarborough. — Pop. 50. 

BIRDS ALL a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; (Bird- 
sail-Hall, the seat of the Hon. Lord Middleton,) 4 miles from Mal- 
ton, 8 from Sledmere, 16 from York. — Pop. 240. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buck- 
rose, value, p. r. 191. Patron, the Marquis of Hertford. 



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This Church was appropriated by Walter de Espec, to his prior}' at Kirk* 
ham. 

Her* was born Henry Burton., a puritan divine, in 1579, and educated at 
St. John's College, Cambridge ; but took his degree of B. D. at Oxford. He 
was afterwards clerk of the closet to Prince Henry, and to Prince Charles ; but 
was turned out for a libel against the bishops. Alter this he obtained the rect- 
ory of -St. Matthew, Friday-street; but got into trouble by his seditious sermons, 
was sentenced to pay a line of 5000/. to be pilloried, and then imprisoned for 
life in Lancaster gaol. The place of his conlinement was afterwards altered to 
the castle of Guernsey ; where he remained till 1840, when the parliament re- 
called him. He was also restored to his living ; and died in 1648. He wrote 
many pamphlets, chiefly controversial, and very abusive. — Biog. Diet. 
BISHOP- WILTON, (which gives name to the division; is a parish- 
town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter ; 
4 miles from Pocklington, 13 from York, 14 from xVlaiton. — Pop. 
including Belthorpe. 570. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual 
curacy, (Bacon styles it a vicarage discharged, dedicated to St. 
Edith, valued at 11. 3s. 6\d.) dedicated to Sfc'Michael, in the dean- 
ry of Rarthill, value, p. r. 114/. 10s. Patron, Sir Mark Master- 
man Sykes, Bart. 

" Bishop Neville formerly resided in this parish, which gave rise to the 
name of Bishop-Wilton. Here is a field moated round, where his palace stood, 
to this day, and the Neville's Arms are, on painted glass, in one of the windows 
of the church. 
BLACK TO FT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Howdenshire ; 
8 miles from Howdep, 9 from South-Cave, 28 from York.— Pop. 
278. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deamy 
of Harthill, value, 38/. Patrons, the Bean and Chapter of Durham. 
Blacktoft is soineiimes distinguished by east aud west. 

A proposal was made at the latter end of the reign of Charles II. by the then 
Duke of Bolton, to the city of York, to get an Act of Parliament at his own 
charge for cutting a new river or canal from this place, on the Humber, in a 
direct line for York. An actual survey was taken, the charge of the ground the 
cut was to be made through, computed, &c. This treaty unfortunately broke off, 
otherwise, such a flow of tide must necessarily have come up, that we should 
now have had the pleasure of seeing ships of two or three hundred tons burthen 
lying at Ousbridge. — Drake's Ebor. 
BLANCH, /. k. in the township and parish of Warter ; 7 miles from 

Pocklington. 
BOLTON, in the parish of Bishop- Wilton, Wilton-Beacon division 
of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter; (Bolton-Hall, the seat of John 
Preston* Esq.) 3| miles from Pockiington, 10 from Market- 
Weighton and York.— Pop. 1 12. 
BON WICK, in the parish of Skipsea, north-division of Holderness ; 
4 miles from Hornsea, 9 from Great-Driffield, 12 from Bridling- 
ton, 1 4 from Beverley. — Pop. 30. 
BOOTH, or BOOTH-FERRY, ham. in the township of Kned- 
iington, and parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire; 2 
miles from Howden, 8 from Snaith, 10 from Selby, 12 from Thorny, 
14 from Market- Weighton. A ferry across the Humber. 
BOREAS-HILL,/, h. in the township and parish of Paul, south- 
division of Holderness ; 2 miles from Hedon, 10 from Hull. 
BO USE A, ham. in the township and parish of KoIme-on-S£alding- 
Moor ; 7 miles from Market- Weighton, 8 from Howden. 



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BOWTHORPE, 2 /. h, in the township of M enth orpe- with- Bow- 
thorpe, and parish of Hemingbrough, wapentake of Ouse and 
Derwent, and liberty of Howdenshire ; 5 miles from Selbyy 6 from 
Howden. — Pop. included in Menthorpe. 
BOYNTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering 3 * 
(Boynton- Hal I, the seat of Sir William Strickland, Bart.) 3 miles 
from Bridlington, 14 from Sledmere, 17 from Driffield, 28 from 
York. — Pop. 123. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Andrew, in the dean ry of Dickering, value, %1L i4s. 2d» 
p. r. fl40/. Patron Sir William Strickland, Bart. 

At .Boynton is a small collection of marble statues, by the late Sir George 
Strickland, among which are a Juno, 4 feet 10 inches high, carrying a FawA 
tinder her left arm, which is encircled in a wreath of fruit and fiWers suspended 
from the right shoulder ; in the right hand a bunch of flowers : it is in great" 
preservation, and the drapery excellent.— This fine statue was found in 1777 
at the Torre tre teste, four miles from Rome, on the Free nestian^ way, laid on a 
tesselated pavement, probably the temple to which it belonged. A Head of 
M. Junius Brutus, large as life, and of perfect and excellent sculpture.— Del- 
la way. 

In the family of the Stricklands there have been several persons of considerable 
eminence ; and although the ancient family seat appears to have been at Strick- 
land-Hall, Westmorland, they have now resided at Boynton for upwards of 200 
years.— The first Baronet was Sir Wra. Strickland, July 30, 1641, the son and 
heir of Walter Strickland, Esq. of Boynton. The second Bart. Sir Thomas 
Strickland, was a considerable person in Oliver CromwelPs time. His son and 
successor, the 3rd Bart, died in 1724. The 4th Bart. Sir William, was elected 
Member in the first Parliament of Geo I. for the city of Carlisle ; he died at 
Boynton i i 1735 ; and was succeeded by his son, Sir George Strickland, the 5th 
Bart. — he was High-Sheriff for the county in 1768: he died 1808; and was 
succeeded by his son, the present Sir Wra. Strickland, the 6th B&rt.-^Bet/iam's 
Baronet. 

At Boynton is preserved, the thigh-bone of the famous out-law, Little John, 
measuring 38 inches, taken out of his grave at Hathersage, Derbyshire, about 
40 years ago.— Neale's Gents. Seats, — Article, Ccummi-Hall. 
BOYTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Foxholes; 10 

miles from Bridlington, 12 from Scarborough. 
BRACKENDALE, /. h. in the township of Fraisthorpe, and parish 

of Carnaby ; 4\ miles from Bridlington, il| from Hornsea. 
BRACKEN-HILL, /. h. in the township of Garton, and parishes of 

Garton and Roos., 9 miles from Hedon. 
BRACKEN, 3/. h. and a townhip, in the parish of Kihwick-juxta 
Watton, in Buinton- Beacon division ; 1\ miles from Driffield^ 
8 from Beverley.— Pop. 30. 
BRACKENHOLME, in the township of Backenholme-with-Wood- 
hall. and parish of Heraingbrough, liberty of Howdenshire^ wa- 
pentake of Ouse and Derwent: S miles from Selby, 6 from How- 
den, 14 from York.— Pop. including Woodhall, 90. 
BRAFFORDS, (the seat of Robert Osborne, Esq.) in the township- 

of Swanland. and parish of North-Ferriby ; 1\ miles from Hull. 
BRANDSBURTON, a parish-town, in the north-division of Hoi- 
derness ; 6 miles from Hornsea, 8 from Beverley, 1 J from Drif- 
field, 15 from Bridlington, 37 from York. — No Market. — Fairs % 
May 14. for horses, horned cattle and sheep ; every other Wed- 
nesday, for horned cattle and sheep: — Pop. -562. The Church is 

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146 EAST-RIDIN&. 

a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Holderness, 
value, 241. 13s. id. Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. 
I3HANTTNGHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ho wd en- 
shire; 2 miles from South-Cave, 9 from Beverley, 12 from Hull, 

29 from York. — Pop. J 28. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of. Harthill, value, +12/. 9s, 
2a?. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. — It was appro- 
priated, in i 458, by the Prior of Durham, to them for sustenation 
of eight Monks in their Monastery. 

BREIGHTON, in the parish of Bubwith, Holme-Beacon division of 
Harthill; 5 miles from Howden, 7 from Seiby, 14| from York. — 
Pop. including Gunby, 179, which being united, form a township. 

BRIDLINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 
9 1 miles from Hunmanby, 12 from Great- Driffield, 16 from Horn- 
sea, 17 from Sled mere, 18 from Scarborough, 23 from Beverley, 

30 from Hull, 41 from York, from London by Lincoln 208, by 
Fork 238 1. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, Monday before Whitsun- 
tide, Oct, 21, for horned cattle, linen, &c. — Bankers, Messrs. 
Warding and Holtby, draw on Messrs. Sir John Lubbock and Co. 
Mansion-house-street. — Principal Inns* Green Dragon and Black 
Lion. — Pop. including the Quay, 4275. The Church is a per- 
petual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Dickering, 
value, p. r. f83/. 10s. Patrons, Sir Francis Wood, Knight, and 
the Rev. A. Cooke. 

Bridlington, situated within a mile of the pea, gives name to a commodious 
and beautiful Bay, which consists chiefly of one long street, upon the side of a 
srpall elevation ; its situation is both pleasant and salubrious. The chief feature 
in Bridlington, is the grand remains of its once magnificent Priory, of which the 
church is almost its only vestige. This Priory, Walter de Gant, early in the 
reign of Henry I. founded for black Canons, of the order of St. Austin, and dedi- 
cated it to the Virgin Mary, and gave them all bis estate in this town, and con- 
firmed to them all other lands, which his tenants who held of him, had given 
them, — valued at the dissolution at 547/. 6s. \]d. per ann. Dugdale, and 682/. 
\3s. 9d. Speed. Win. Wode or Wolde, the last Prior, was hanged at London 
in 1537, for high-treason, and the estates belonging to this priory confiscated. 

" This Priory," says Burton, " was pleasantly situated, being defended 
on the north and north-west by the walls, having a pleasant prospest towards the 
sea, on the east and south-east side ; but although the Canons reaped many ad- 
vantages from such a situation, they, nevertheless, some times auSered from the 
' ships of the enemy, that entered this harbour ; wherefore, on a representation, 
thereof, King Richard II. in 1888, granted them his licence to inelose this Priory 
with walls, and houses built of stone and lime, the same to fortify for the time to 
come." 

No traces of the walls or fortifications are now visible, except an arched 
gateway. The lower part contains some dark rooms or dungeons, usedas places 
of confinement for petty delinquents. Above the arch is u large room employed, 
as a Town's-hall, and adjoining it a National-school for boys. 

The Church of the Priory appears by its venerable remains, to have been 
a magnificent fabric. It had two towers at the west-end, long since made level 
wi,th the nave. The east-end and the transept are gone, and what remains are 
only fragments of the ancient building. The west-end, which seems to have 
escaped the wanton rapacity of the commissioners of Henry VIII. yet displays 
much magnificence, and its architecture is of far more florid style than any other 
part. The date J 106, preserved on a stone placed very conspicuously over the 
a entrance, in supposed to mark t!he year #f its foundation. In 1813, a stone cof- 
£n was discovered, containing the bones, it is suppo8ed> from an inscription'iitt 



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the margin of tbe stone, of Robert Brystwyk, the 25th Prior.— Bcrtox. — 

HlNDERWELL. 

The Register-book of this Priory is in the hands of Sir William tngflby, 
of Ripley, Bart. 

In 1643, Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles-I. landed at Burlington., from 
on board the Princess Royal of Great Britain, under convoy of Admiral Von 
Trump, from Helvoetsluys. The Queen had a narrow escape from the shot of 
Vice-Admiral Batter, who had drawn up his ships during the night opposite to 
where the Queen lay, and discharged upwards of 100 great shot, <fcc. some of 
which entered the very house where she slept, and obliged her to get up and 
seek shelter in a ditch. — Drake. 

Of tbe men of eminent abilities, who were either natives or have resided in 
the Monastery, we find tbe following, John de Bridlington, a native of this place. 
He was twice elected Prior, and established so great a character for piety, that 
he was reputed a saint. He died in 1379, aged 60. 

William, of New burgh, the famous monkish historian, was also a native of 
Bridlington, though he took his name from the former place, where he was. 
Canon regular. He lived in the reign of King John. 

Robert the Scribe, the fourth prefect of the Canons regular, of this house. 
He took his name from his great dexterity in writing, an art of great importance 
before the' invention of Printing. He was not merely a transcriber from other 
works, but he left many of hi* own writings to posterity. He flourished about 
the year 1 180, Sir George Ripley was also a Canon of this Monastery. He was 
a great alchymist, to the study of which he devoted all his time. He died in 
1492. Some of his works were published by the late Elias Ashmole, Esq. in Lis 
Theatrum Chymicum Britannicum. 

The longevity of Parr and Jenkins, is known to all ; but, the extreme old 
age of Thomas Newman, has escaped the attention of historians.: — A tablet 
to his memory, is in theehurch-yard, at Bridlington, with this short inscription : 

" 1542 
Thomas Newman, aged 1.53." 

The stone was refaced in 1771 . to preserve the recollection of this- remarkable 
prolongation of human life. — Hargrove. 
BRIDLINGTON-QUAY, in the township and parish of Bridling- 
ton ; I wile from Bridlington.— ^Principal Inns, Britannia, & Ship. 

Bridlington Quay, is a pleasant healthful place, to which great numbers 
of genteel peopie resort duriug the summer, for the purpose of sea-bathing. 
The streets being spacious, and houses modern and well built, give an air o| 
chearfulness to it, which is not to be seen in the parent town. It ha* two Piers 
stretching a considerable way into the sea, for the defence of the harbour, the 
- north one baviug a convenient platform, furnishes a pleasant promenade, and in 
summer evenings is much frequented by tbe company for the sake of the pros- 
pect and sea-air; it commands a delightful view of Flamborourgh Head and 
the Bay "» and the numb-r of coasting vessels, that are often detained here by 
contrary winds, gives at, such times a pleasing animation to the scene. The 
Beach, a fiue hard sand, affords at low water, many fine and valuable specimen* 
of minerals and fossils. The gentle declivity of the surface is peculiarly favourable 
to sea-bathing, for which several machines are provided. Warm and cold sea- 
water baths, for the accommodation of valetudinarians are provided in roospt^ 
which are replete with every convenience. The Chalybeate spring, which ha* 
it* votaries, issues from a small garden near the Subscription Milte, a short dist- 
ance from the Quay ; " it is a brisk Chalybeate water, and resembles ttiuse of 
of Scarborough and Cheltenham, though less purgative." 

The port, though small, is well sheltered on all sides, and capable 
of containing upwards of 100 ships, but in stormy weather it is rattefet. 
difficult for ships to run in, on account ot the narrowness of the cbar.n<*l. Tfie 
kay is well sheltered by Flamborough Head, and is by far the safest adoring 
plac Q on this coast. 
BRIOHAM, in the parish of Foster, wapentake of Dickering i g 
railes frora Driffield, 12 from Bridlington, — Pop. iC'i, 



148 EAST-RIDING. 

BRIND, in the township of Newsbam-with-Brind, and parish of 
Wressle, Holme-Beacon division of Harthi.U ; 21 miles from How- 
den, 9 from Seiby, 12 from Market- Weighton. — Pop. included in 
Wressle. ■ ^ 

BRIND-LEYS, exiraparochial, in Holme-Beacon division of Hart- 
hill; 3| miles from Howden, 9 from Seiby. — Pop. 7. 

BRINK, NORTH, (the seat of Alexander Mather, Esq .) in the town- 
ship and parish of Elvington ; 6 miles from York. 

BROMFLEET, in the parish of South-Cave, Hunsley-Beacon divi- 
sion, and liberty of St. Peter ; 3 miles from South-Cave, 1 from 
Market- Weighton, ]2 from Beverley. — Pop. 142. 

BRQMPTON, POTTER, in the township of Canton, with Potter- 
Brompton, and parish of Canton, wapentake of Bickering ; 8 miles 
from Hunraanby, 9 .from Scarborough. — Pop. included in Canton. 

EROUGH, or SKIPSEA-BROUGH, in the township of Brink- 
hoe, Upton, and Brough, and parish of Skipsea, noHhdivision of 
Holderness; 5 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Driffield, 11 from 
Bridlington, 15 from Beverley. — Pop. included in Drinkhoe. 

BROUGH, or BROUGH-FERRY, in the township and parish of 
Elloughton, Hunsley-Beacon division ; 3 miles from South-Cave, 
1 1 from Beverley and Hull. 

At this place is a Ferry across the Humber to Wintringham, Lincolnshire. 
Here the Roman road runs* from Lincoln to York. This place by Horsley and 
others, is supposed to have been the Petvasia of Ptolemy. — Drake differs from 
them, but states, " that it seems to bid fair for being a Roman fortress, <fcc. 

BUB WITH, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division, a part in the 
liberty of St. Peter ; 6 miles from Howden, 7 from Seiby, 11 frOm 
Market-Wei ghton, 13 from York.— Pop. 540. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 
*7/. 2s. Gd, and 8/. 0s. 5cl. in two medieties, p. r . *112/. 17s. lid. 
Patrons, the King and the Dean and Chapter of York. 

The church has two medieties, one given by Guarin de Bubwith to the 
Dean and Chapter of York, who are patrons of the vicarage. The other by 
John de Mowbray, Lord of Axholme, to the Abbey of Byland, the crown being 
patron thereof. 

This was the birth-place of Nicholas de Bubwith, Bishop of Bath and 
Wells t one' of the English prelates that attended the Council of Constance, 
where John Huss.and Jerome Rague were condemned to the flames in 1415, 

BUCKROSE, a wapentake, north-east of York', is bounded on the 
east by the wapentake of Bickering, on the south by the division 
of Wilton-Beacon, and the west and north, by the North- Riding. 
It contains 48 townships, 28 of which are parishes, but no market- 
town, containing 1,S83 inhabited houses, and 11,186 inhabitants. 

BUCKTON, in the parish of Bridlington, wapentake of Dickering ; 
3£ .miles from Bridlington, 6£ from Hunmanby. — Pop. 147. 

BUCXTON-IIALL, /. h< in the township of Buckton, and parish of 
Bridlington ; 3 miles from Bridlington. 

JJUGTHORPE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose, 
and liberty of St. Peter;- 6| miles from Pocklingtdn, 32 from 
York. — Pop. 281. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, £20/. p, r. 95/. 
Patron, the Prebendary of Bugthorpe. 



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BURDALE, /. h. in the township of Thixendale, and parish of 
Wharram- Percy ; 4 miles from Sledmere, 10 from Malton. 

BURLAND, s. h. in the township of Porting'ton-with-Cavil, and 
parish of Eastrington ; 2 miles from Howden, 10 \ from Market- 
Weighton. 12 from South Cave. 

BURNBUTTS, /. h. in the township and parish of Watton; 6 miles 
from Driffield, 9 from Beverley. 

BURNBY, a parish- town, in Wilton-Beacon division; 3 miles 
from Pccklington. 5 from Market- Weighton, 16 from York. — : 
Pop. 9b. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Giles, in the 
deanry of HarthilL value, %1{. \5s. p. r. 98/. 19.?. 6d. Patron, the 
Duke of Devonshire. — A part of Burnby is in the parish of Hay ton. 

BURSALL or BURSHILL, in the township and parish of Brands- 
burton ; 9 miles from Beverley, 10 from Driffield. 

BURST WICK, in the township aud parish of Skeckling-curn-Burst- 
wick, south division of Hoideraets ; 4 miles from Hedon, 8 from 
Pattrington, 1 1 from Hull. — Pop. included in Skeckling. 

BURTON or HORNSEA BURTON, 3 or 4/. h. in the township 
and parish of Hornsea ; 1 \ mile from Hornsea. 

BURTON- AGNES, a parish town in the wapentake of Dickering ; 
{the seat of Sir Francis Boynton, Bart.) 6 miles from Bridlington 
and Driffield, 35 from York. — Pop. 321. The Church is a vicar- 
age, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Dickering, value 

20/. 65. 3d. Patron, Rev. Mills." 

The family of the Boyntons is of very great antiquity ; Bartholomew de 
Boyntou, the first mentioned in the pedigree, died seized oi' the manor of Boyn- 
ton, from whence the family were denominated ; He lived in 1067. They ap- 
pear to have come into possession of the manor of Barmston, their ancient 
seat in this Riding, by the marriage of Henry Boynton, Esq. tempt. Henry 'VIT. 
The first Baronet was Sir Matthew Boynton, created in May, 1618. He 
served in parliament for the Borough of Hedon, in the reign of Charles I. and 
married Frances, the daughter of Sir Henry Griffith, of Bnrton-Agnes, Knight 
and Baronet ; by that marriage the manor and estates of Burton came into the 
Boynton family, Sir Griffith Boynton, the third Baronet being resident there 
in 1725 ; the present Baronet being the sixth, was createdjn 1801. The house 
of Burton- Agness was designed by lnigo Jones. 

Here was born the Rev. William Dade, F. A. S. Rector of Barmston about 
the year 1740, where his father was then vicar. He had made a large and 
valuable collection of materials for the history and antiquities of Holderness, 
proposals for publishing of which, he had printed in 1783. Ill health, and 
variety of other perplexing engagements delayed the progress of the work ; and 
he died at Barmston, after a shtirt illness, August 2, 1790. See a father ac- 
count of th'.s respectable divine and antiquary, my Nichols' Literary Anecdotes. 

BURTON, BISHOP, a parish town in Hunsley- Beacon division of 
Harthill ; (Bishop-Burton Hall, the seat of Richard Watt, Esq. 
and nearly adjoining, is the seat of Francis Watt, Esq.) 2 5 miles 
from Beverley, 61 from South Cave, 1% from Market Weigh- 
ton, 26 1 from York. — Pop. 531. The Church is a vicarage 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value £5/. 
62. Sd. p. r. f90/. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. 

Christopher Wandesforde, Viscount Castlecomer, an upright statesman,. 
was born here, in lo92, and died in 16^0. His works were printed in 1777 and 
1773, under the care of his great great grandson, Thomas Comber, L, L. D. 



150 EAST-1UDINS. 

BURTON, CHERRY, a parish town in Hunsley-Beacon divi- 
sion, (the seat of David Foulis. Esq.) 21 miles from Beverley, 
7 from Market Weighton, 1 1 from Driffield, 27 from York.-— 
Pop. 417. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in 
the deanry of Harthill, value 23/. 6s. Sd. Patron, the Rev. Mr. 
Ranasden. 
BURTON, CONSTABLE, (the seat of Sir Thomas Constable, Bart) 
in the township of West Newton, and parish of Swine ; 5 miles 
from Hedon, 1\ from Hull, 14 from Beverley, 

Constable Burton, or Burton Constable is so named," says Camden, " from 
the Lords of it, who by marriages are allied to very honourable families, and 
flourish in great splendour at this day. Robert of this family, as we find it in 
the book of Meaux Abbey, was one of the Knights of the Earl of Albermarle, 
who, being old and full of days, took upon him the cross, and went with King 
Richard to the Holy Land."— Brit. 

The family had for several generations the title of Lords of Dunbar. The 

mansion is an ancient and magnificient fabric; the gallery, 113 feet long, is 

famished with numerous family paintings, and a variety of mathematical in-? 

struments. Here is also an extensive library, and a good collection of natural 

curiosities. 

BURTON-FLEMING or NORTH-BURTON, a parish town in 

, the wapentake of Dickering ; 3 miles from Hunmanby, 71 from 

Bridlington, 36 from York.— Pop. 300. The Church, by Bacon 

is styled a vicarage, discharged value 1 ()/, 6s. 8f/< It is now a 

perpetual curacy, value flO(. 1 8*. Patron, Humphrey B. OsbaK 

deston, Esq. 

BURTON-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Stamford Bridge, East, 

and parish of Low Catton : 5 miles from Pocklington. 
BURTON-PIDSEA, a parish town, in the middle-division of Holder, 
ness, liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from Hedon, 8 from Pattering- 
ton, M from Hull, 49 from York— Pop. 378. The Church, 
peculiar, is a vicarage dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of 
Holderness, value %6l. p. r. £38/. 2*. Patrons the Dean and 
Chapter of York. 
BURYTHORPE, a parish town in the wapentake of Buckrose; 4 
miles from Malton, 9| from Sled mere, 14 from York. — Pop. 216, 
The Church is a rectory dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of 
Buckrose, value} 16/. 16s. 3d. Patron, the King. 
BUTTER WICK,-' in the parish of Foxholes, wapentake of Dicker- 
ing; 5 miles from Sled mere, 9 from Driffield, 10 from Bridling- 
ton, 12 from Scarborough. — Pop. 93. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy under Foxholes, in the deanry. of Dickering, valuf ^. r, 
f60/. Patron, the Rev. Richard Sykes. 

c 

CAMERTON, in the parish of Paul, south division of Holdserness; 

(the seat of Edward Ombler, Esq.) 3 miles from Hedon, 7 from 

Patterington, 1 1 from Hull. — Pop. 
CARLTON, in the township of AldboroKgh, Carlton, and Fosharo, 

and parish of Aldborough, middle division of rlolderness ; 7 miles 

from Hornsea, 8 from Hedon, 13 from Hull.— Pop. included in 

Aldborough. 



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CARNABY, a parish town, in the wapentake of Dickering; %\ 
miles from Bridlington, 91 from Driffield, 41 from York. — Pop. 
130. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, 
in the deanry of Dickering", value £7/. 8s. 1 1 Id. p. r. 40/. 
Patron, Sir William Strickland, Bart. 

CARR HOUSE,/. A. in the township of Methana, and parish of 
Howden ; 5 miles from Howden. 

CASTLE HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Sutton; 4 miles 
from Hull. 

CASTLEHOLMES, ham. in the township and parish of Lawthorpe ; 
5 milos from Driffield. 

CATFOSS, in the parish of Sigglethorne, north division of Holder* 
ness; 9£ miles from Beverley, 12| from Driffield, 15 from Brid- 
lington, 15| from Hull.— Pop. 49. 

CATTON, HIGH, in the parish of Low Catton, Wilton- Beacon 
division of Harf hill ; 7 miles from Pocklington and York, 1 4 
from Malton. — Pop. 198. 

CATTON, LOW, a parish town, in Wilton-Beacon division of 
Harthill ; 7 miles from Pocklington, 7| from York, 15 from 
Malton. — Pop. 177. The Cburch is a rectory, dedicated to All- 
Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value 21/. 12s. 8|</. Patron , 
the Earl of Egremont. 

CAT WICK, a parish town, in the north division of Holderness; 
(the seat of Godfrey Park, Esq.) 7| miles from Beverley, 12| from 
Driffield, 14 from Hull, 37 from York.—Pop. 190. The Church 
is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Holderness, 
value 10/. 5s. Patron, the King. 

CAVE, NORTH, a parish town, in Hunsley- Beacon division of 
Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; (Low Hall, the seat of 
the Rev. John Fetch.) 2 miles from South-Cave, 7 from Market- 
Weighton, 10 from Beverley, \\\ from Howden, 14 from Hull, 
25 from York.— Pop. 783. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value £10/. Is. 6d, 
Patron, Robert Christie Burton, Esq. 

CAVE, SOUTH, a market and parish town, in Hunsley-Beacon 
division of Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 8 miles 
from Market- Weighton, 9 \ from Beverley, 11| from Howden, 
12 from Hull, %1\ from York, from London by Lincoln^ 186, 
by York, 226. — Market, Monday. — Fairs, Trinity-Monday, fcr 
horses, horned cattle and sheep. — Principal Inn, the Fox. — 'Pop. 
885. The Church, erected in 1601, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedi- 
cated to AJl-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value £8/. p. r. 1 40/. 
Patron, Henry Gee Barnard, Esq. and in the same township 
and parish, is Cave Castle, the seat of that gentleman. 

Cave South, is a small market and post-town, situated in a very pleasaat 
tract of country. " There arc in South Cave, a bailiwick, and two manors, viz. 
South Cave East-Hall, otherwise Faxfleet, and South Cave West-Hail, which 
.were formerly divided, and held by the Harrisons, Danbys, Vavasours, Girling- 
fcons, Washington*,, Idles, and Loyds. These manors, with their several eelateH, 
aro now united, and belon? to Henry Gee Barnard, Esq. 

Cave' Castle, situated in a small but pleasant park, with very l&rge garden* 



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and extensive pleasure-grounds, &c. It is a large and noble structure, orna- 
mented with a number of turrets, battlements, buttresses, &c. which give it an 
air of magnificence. It contains a valuable" collection of pictures by the best 
masters. Among these is a portrait of general George Washington, the Ameri- 
can Hero, whose great-grandfather, John Washington, lived here, and possessed 
part of the estate, but emigrated hence to America about the year 1657. — 

BlGLAND. 

CAVILE, in the parish of Eastrington, wapentake of Howdenshire; 
2 miles from Howden, 12 from 1 Selby and South Cave. — Pop. in- 
cluding Portington, 48, which being united form a township. 

CAWKILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Walton; 6'| miles 
from Driffield. 81 from Beverley, 13 from Pocklii.gton. 

CAYTHORPE^ HIGH and LOW, 2/. h. in the townships and 
parishes of Rudston and Boy i) ton ; 3| miles from Bridlington. 

CHE APSIDES, extraparochial, in the wapentake of Howdenshire ; 

5 \ miles from South Cave, 6§ from Hovvden. — Pop. 50. 
CLEMENTHORPE, /. h. in the township and-parish of Blacktoft; 

6 miles from Howden. 

CLIFFE LONG, in the parish of Hemingborough, wapentake of 
Ouse and Derwent, liberty of Howdenshire ; 3 miles from Selby, 
1 1 from Howden, 1 4 from York, 1 6 from Pocklington. — Pop. 501. 

CLIFFE, NORTH, in the parish of Sancton, Hunsley-Beacon 
division of Harthill; 3 miles from Market- Weighton, 5 from 
South Cave, 10 from Beverley. — Pop. 89. 

CLIFFE, SOUTH, in the parish of North Cave, Hunsley-Beacon 
division of Harthill; 3| miles from Market- Weighton, 5 from 
South Cave, 10 from Beverley, — Pop. IZo. A Chapel of Ease 
to North Cave, . 

CONSTABLE, BURTON.— See Barton-Qmstable. 

CONISTON, in the parish of Swine, middle division of Holderness ; 
6 miles from Hedon and Hull, 9 from Beverley. — Pop. ]37. 

CORPS-LANDING, ham. in the township and parish of Hutton 
Cranswick; 6 miles from Driffield, 12 from Beverley. 

COTHAM or COTTAM, in the parish of Langtoft, wapentake 
of Dickering, liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Driffield, 11 
from Bridlington. — Pop. 16. A Chapelry to Langtoft. 

COTTINGHAM, a parish town, in Hunsley-Bacon division of 
Harthill (Cottingham Castle, the seats of Thomas Thompson, Esq. 
and William Watson Wilkinson, Esq.) 5 miles from Hull, 6 from 

' Beverley. 9 from South Cave, 35 from York.— Pop. 2,479. The 
Church "is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of 
Harthill, value p, r. fl02/. Patron the Bishop of Chester. 

Thomas Lord Wake of Lyddel, in 1322, founded a Monastery here, for black 
Canons, but not being able to procure a perpetual title, the monastery was re- 
moved in 1324 to Newton, since called Alta Prisa, or Haltemprice, a hamlet, 
about a mile further to the south. Not the smallest vestige of it is to be seen ; 
the site is occupied by a farmer, and is the property of the family of the 
Elierkers of Risby. — Burton. 

Cottingham was formerly the seat and lordship of Robert de Stuteville, or 
Estoteirlle, who was descended from Robert Grundebeofe, a Norman Baron. 
William de Stuteville, his heir, being High Sheriff of the county in 1202, enter- 
tained King John at his house here, and about the same time obtained a licence 
frorn the same King to fortify it. The estates came by marriage to the Lords de 
Wake, and afterwards by a daughter of John de Wake, to Edmund, Earl of Kent, 



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,&om whom descended Joan, wile; to Edward, the warlike Prince of Wales, who 
defeated the French iu so many engagements. Thomas de Wake, in the 12th 
Edward II. obtained from that Prince, a grant for a weekly market, and two fairs 
annually, at Cottingham; and in the 1st of Edward III. he obtained r-i grant 
from that King to make a castle of his manor-house here, and to fortify 
it. Henry VIII. when on a visit at Hull, in 1541, hearing that Lord Wake 
of Cottingham, was married to an accomplished Lady, fixed a day for honouring 
them with his company; bnt the amourous monarch was disappointed of his visit ; 
tor hi9 Lordship, less ambitious of the honour, than alarmed for the too probable 
consequence of such a compliment, on the eve of the visit, set fire to his castle, 
and burned it to the ground. This castle, then called Bay nard- Castle, is now 
only lo be discovered by its moat and ramparts of earth, which are appropriated 
to a market and private garden. This ancient castle covered two acres of ground, 
upon the site of which the manor-house was afterwards built. The old court- 
house is yet standing, and in which the court is always called.— Camde.v. — 
Tickjell. 

COTTINGWITH, EAST, in the parish of Aughton, Holme-Bea- 
con-division of Harthill ; 85 miles from Pocklington, 9 from 
Selby, 10 from Howden. — Pop. 308. A perpetual curacy with 
Aughton. 

COTTINGWITH, WEST, in the township of Thorganby with 
West Cottingwith and parish of Thorganby, wapentake of Ouse 
and Denrent; 8 miles from Selby, 10 from Howden, 11 from 
York. — Pop. included in Thorganby. 

COTTNESS, in tbe parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 
4 miles from Howden, 12 from South Cave. Pop. 29. 

GO URTG A RTH W ATH, /. h. in the township and parish of Etton, 
Bainton- Beacon-division of Harthill ; 1 miles from Market- Weigh- 
ton, 7 from Beverley, 10 from Pocklington. 

COWDEN or GOLDEN GREAT, in the township of Cowdens- 
Ambo, and parish of Mappleton, north-division of Holdemess; 10 
miles from Hed on, 14 from Hull, \5 from Beverley, \1\ from 
Driffield. — Pop. including Little-Cowden, 149, which being united 
are stvled the township of Cowdens-Ambo. 

COWDEN or COLDEN LITTLE, in the township of Cowdens- 
Ambo, and parish of Aldborough, north-division of Holdemess; 
9 miles from Hedon, 13 from Hull. The Church, a rectory, in 
the patronage of tbe King, is swallowed up by the sea, and the 
village is reduced to a few farmhouses. Little-Cowden formerly 
contributed to tbe church of Mappleton, but is now annexed to 
to Aldborough. There is a list of the Rectors distinct from the 
Vicars of Aldborough down to 1 639. 

COWLAM or COLDHAM, a parish town, in the wapentake of 
B<*ckrose; 2£ miles from Sledmere, 6\ from Driffield, 26 from 
York. — Pop. 33. The Church is a rectory in the deanry of fiiick- 
rose, value*! I/. 11 s. 3cL p. r. 30/. Patron, the Rev, Timothy 
Fish Foord Bowes. 

From the numberless foundations that have been dag up here, there is every 
r^asort to suppose that this village has formerly been of much greater extent ; 
this want of inhabitants and increased incloaures, have reduced the living to the 
small sum affixed. 

CRANSWICK, in the township and parish of Hutton Cr?.ns T v:ck, 
Bainton-Beacon-division of Harthill ; 4 miies froffi Driffield, 9 
from Beverley. 

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CROA M or CROOM, ham. in the township and parish of Sledmere 9 
wapentake of Buckrose ; \ a mile from Sledmere, 8| from Drif- 
field. 

CRO W GARTH /. h. in the township of Beeford with Drmgbo« y 
parish of Beeford ; 7 miles from Driffield, 9 from Bridlington, 

D 

DALTON, NORTH, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon-division 
of Harthili; 7% miles from Driffield, 9 from Pocklington, 10| 
from Beverley, 22 from York. — Pop. 398. The Church, i& a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Hart- 
hill, value p. r 30/. Patrons, N. Micklethwaite, Esq. and Mrs. 
Mary Corthine. 

DALTON, SOUTH, a parish-town, in Hunsley -Beacon division of 
Harthili ; (Dalton-Hoiise, the seat of Lord Hotham J 6 miles from 
Beverley and Market- Weighton, 1 1 from Driffield, 25 from York. 
—Pop. 277. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in 
the deanry of Harthili, value 12/. Patron, Lord Hotham. 

Sometime in 1791, a ring belonging to Lady Dorothea Hotham, and by her 
"favour allowed to be exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries, was ploughed up 
in a'field near Dalton House. The stone set in it, is a species-ef the tri-coloured 
sardonyx, and the impression on it, a very beautiful Janus' head. The charac- 
ters round the ring are supposed to be old French. — Archoeol. vol. 12, p. 409. 

DANES-DALE, in the township and parish of Great-Driffield; 2| 
miles from Great-Driffield, 10£ from Bridlington. 

Here are several tumuli, which have been distinguished from time immemo- 
rial by the appellation of Danes' Graves ; Hence the name of the place. Here, 
in all probability, the Danes issuing from their fortified canp at Flamborough 
Head, fell victims to the valour of our ancestors. 

DANTHQRPE, in the parish of Humbleton, middle-division of 
Holderness ; (the seat of the late Sir Henry Etherington, Bart.) 
_6 miles from Hedon, 12 from Hull, 19 from Beverley. — Pop. 52. 

DEEPDALE, in the parish of Kirby-Underdale, wapentake of Buck- 
rose ; 9 miles from Malton, Sledmere, and Pocklington. 

DEIGHTQN, in the parish of Escrick, wapentake of Onse and Der- 
went; 4| miles from York, 10 from Selby, 12 from Pocklington, 
Pop. 168. 

A<t this place the Abbot of St. Mary's of York had one of his chief country 

DEIGHTON-HILL, /. h. in the township of Deighton, and parish 
of Escrick; 4 1 miles from York. 

DEM MING,/, h. in the township of Fraisthorpe, and parish of 
Carnaby ; 4 miles from Bridlington, 8 from Driffield. 

DICKERING^ a wapentake, north east of York, is bounded on 
east by the German ocean, on the south, by the division of Bain- 
ton- Beacon and Holderness, on the west, by Buckrose, on the 
north, by the North-Riding. It contains one market- town, Brid- 
lington, 47 townships, 27 of which are parishes, occupied by 
16,461 inhabitants. 

DIMLINGTON, ham. in the township and parish of Easingtoia, 
south-division of Holderness ; 6 miles from Pattrington. 



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DOTTRELL-COTTAGE, /. h. in the township and parish of 
Weaverthorpe ; 4 \ miles from Sledmere. 

DOTTRELL-INN, p. k. in the township and parish of Reighion ; S 
miles from Bridlington. 

DOWTHORPE-HALL, /. h. in the township of KUerby, and 
parish of Swine ; 7 miles from Hedon, 7| from Hull. 

DREWTON, in the township of Drewton-with-Everthorpe, and 
parish of North-Cave, Hunsley- Beacon division of Hartbiil; 1 
mile from South-Cave, 7 from Market- Weighton, $ from Beverley. 
— Pop. including Everthorpe, 177. 

DRIFFIELD, GREAT, amarketand parish-town,inBainton-Beacon 
division of Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 8 miles from 
Sledmere, 12 from Bridlington. 13 from Beverley, 17 from Pock- 
lington, 23 from Scarborough, 29 from York, from London by 
Lincoln , 199, by York, 227^ — Market, Thursday. — Principal Inn, 
Red Lion. — Pop. 2,303. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual cu- 
racy, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. 
including Little-Driffield, tl207. ("Bacon styles it a vicarage dis- 
charged, valued at 11. 10s. 2§rf.) Patron, the Precentor of York, 
as Prebendary of Driffield. 

Great Driffield is a well-built market town, situate at the foot of the Wolds, 
and noted for the rise of the river Hull, proceeding from several springs which 
run in various courses in the town and neighbourhood, and forming some of the 
finest trout streams in the kingdom, and which, in the summer month* bring 
many sporting nobility and gentry to the place. It has a navigable canal com- 
municating with the port of Hull, which has been of great advantage to the 
place. 

The church is partly of Saxon and partly of Gothic architecture, and ex- 
hibits a very antique appearance. The steeple of more modern date, is a light 
and elegant structure ; and said to be built by one of the Hotham. family. The 
work must have been attended with immense labour and expense, as the stone 
with which U was built, is not to be found at Driffield, nor within several miles 
of the place. 

DRIFFIELD, LITTLE, in the parish of Great-Driffield, Bainton- 
Beacon division of Harthill, in part the liberty of St. Peter ; 1 mile 
from Great-Driffleld, 7 from Sledmere. — No Market. — Fairs, 
Easter-Monday, Whit-Monday, August 26, September 19, for 
horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c. — Pop. 75. A chapelry to Great- 
Driffield, dedicated to St. Peter. 

Little Driffield is situated about a mile west of Great-Driffield : The parishes 
are now united. This place is famous for being the burial place of Alfred, king 
of Northumberland, who, after having been wounded in a bloodj battle at 
Ebberston, near Scarborough, was next day conveyed to Little-Driffield, where 
he died. The following is a copy of the inscription remaining upon a stone- in 
the church. " In the chancel of this church lie the remains of Alfred King of 
Northumbria, who departed this life in the year 705." 

The inscription on the south wall of the chancel is as follows — 

Within this chnrch lie the 

Bodv of ALFRED KING, 

of NORTHUMBERLAND, 

who departed this Life January 19th, Anno 

Domini 705 in the xxtb yea/ 

of his Reign. 

Statutum est omnibus 

iemel mori. 



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Little-Driffield is said to have been of some consideration in the time of the 
Anglo-Saxon Kings of Northumhria, and where they had a royal residence, 
though but little of its former grandeur now remains, the place being identified 
and united with the parish of Great-Driffield. In the neighbourhood many 
battles were fought, and several tumuli are now to be seen* 
DRINGHOW, or DRINKHOE, in the township of Drinkhoe, 
Upton, and Brough, and parish of Skipsea, north-division of Kolder- 
ness; 5\ miles from Hornsea, 9 from Driffield, 10 from Bridling 
ton, 14 from Beverley. — Pop. including Upton and Brough, 164, 
which, being united, form a township. 
DRYPOOL, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness; 
adjoins on the east-side of Hull. — Pop. 1 409. r fhe Church is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Holder- 
ness, value, p. r. +100/. Patron, William Wiiberfurce, Esq. 
DUFFIELD, NORTH, in the parish of Skipwith, wapentake of 
Ouse and Der went ; 5 miles from Seiby, 1\ from Howden, 11 
from York, 13 from Market- Weightoh. — No Market. — Fair, May 
4, for horned cattle and sfyeep — Pop. 433. 
DUFFIELD, SOUTH, in the parish of Hemingbrough, wapentake 
of Ouse and Derwent, liberty of Howdenshire ; 41 miles from 
Seiby, 8 from Howden; Pop. 181. 
DUGGLEBY, in the parish of Kirby Grindalyth, wapentake of 
of Buckrose ; 4 miles from Sled mere, 8 from Malton. — Pop. 154. 
DUNC0ATES, .9. h. in the township of Kilpin, and parish of How- 
den ; 2| miles from Howden. 
DUNNINUTON, in the parish of Beeford, north-division of Hol- 
derness; 7 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Driffield, 101 from 
Bridlington, 131 from Beverley.— Pop. 76. 

Here was formerly a chapel to Beeford : the foundation is all that at present 
remains. The chapel yard is still a separate inclosure and a burial ground. 
DUNNJNGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse arid 
Derwent, liberty of St. Peter; (the seat of J t Mortimer Baines, 
Esq.) 4 miles from York, 9 from Pocklington, 16 from Seiby. — 
Pop. 55 1. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John the 
Baptist, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 1 1 9/. Patron, the Earl of 
Egremont. 
DUISSVVELL or BEER-HOUSES, 2 p. h. in the township and 
parish of Cottingham ; 41 mjles from Hull and Beverley. 

JE 

EASINGTON, a parish-town in the south -division of Holderness : 
51 miles from Pattrington, 15| from Hedon, 24 from Hull, 62 
from York.— Pop. 488. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- 
cated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holderness, value +107. p. r. 
+48/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

EASTBURN. /. h. a township in the parish of Kirkburn, Bainton- 
Beacon-division of Harthill ; 3 miles from Great-Drifiield, 12 from 
Beverley. — Pop. 12, 

EASTON, 2 /. A. a township in the parish of Bridlington, wapen- 
take of Dickering ; I mile from Bridlington, 7 from Himmanhy. 
— Pop. 21. 



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EASTRIXGTON, a parish-town in the wapentake of Howden- 
shire; 3\ miles from Howden, 10 from South-Cave, J 4 from 
Market- Weighton, 23| from York.— Pop. 375. The Church, 
peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated te St. Michael, in the deanrv of 
Harthill, value +12/. 9s. Id. Patron, the King. 

In 1727, Mi. Joseph Hewsley of this place, endowed a Free School here, 

with laud, for teaching the poor children of the parish to read and write: annual 

value in 1787, 207. 

EAST-THORPE, in the parish of Londesbrough, Holrne-Beacon- 

division of Harthill; 2 miles from xMurket- Weighton, 6 from 

Pockliiigton, 1 from Beverley. Pop. included in Londesbrough. 

EASTWOOD, /. h. in the township of Storethwaite, and pari?h of 

Thornton, in Holme-Beacon divison of Harthill; 6 miles from 

Pocklington. 

EDDLETHORPE, in the parish of Westow, wapentake of Bucl:- 

rose; 4 miJes from Alalton, i 1 from Sled mere. — Pop. 62. 
EIGHT-and-FORTV-HOUSES, in the township and parish of 

Blacktoft ; 5 miles from South-Cave,, 7 from Howden. 
ELLA, WEST, in the parish of Ferriby, county olktbe town of 
Kingston-upon-Hull; {the seat of the Rev. Richard Sykes.) 5\ miles 
from Hull, 7| from South Cave.— Pop. in 1311, 103. 

Mr. Sykes' houise is in the parish of Kirk-Ella. The village of West and 
Kirk-EUa beinsj situated on an elevated situation, commands fine views of tf^ 
and port of Hull, the Humber, and of the low country of Holderness. 
ELLA, SOUTH, (the seat of John Broadley, Esq.) in the township 

and parish of Kirk-Ella; & miles from Hull. 
ELLERBY, in the parish of Swine, middle-division of Holderness; 

6 miles from Hedon, 8 from Hull aud Beverley. — Pop. £33. 
ELLERKER, in the parish of Brantingbam, wapentake of How- 
denshire; 1 mile from South-Cave, 8 from Market- Weighton, 14 
from Hull.— Pop. 249. A Chapel of Ease to Brantingbam. 
ELLERTON, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of Hart- 
hill ; 8i miles from Pocklington, 9 from Howden, 12 from York. 
Pop. 318. The Cburch is a perpetual' curacy, dedicated to St. 
Mary, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. fl27/. Patron,. 
Richard Bethell, Esq. 

William Fitz- Peter, founded a Priory here for canons of the order of Semp- 
ringham or St. Gilbert, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St. Lawrence, about 
the year 1221, valued at the dissolution in 1536, at 621 8s. lGrf. Dugdale. 76L 
Qs. \Qd. Speed. It was surrendered by John Guiding, the Prior, and four Friars^ 
The site was granted in exchange to John de Aske, 33rd Henry VIII. Duqdale. 
^Blrto^. The remains of this Pfiory are now used as a parish church, and in 
which are some flat stones covering the remains of the Monks, as appears by the 
inscription? now nearly obliterated. 
ELLOLGHTON, a parish-town, in Hunsley-Beacon division of 
Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 21 miles from South- 
Cave, 1 1 from Beverley and Hull, 30 from York. — Pop. 383. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of- 
HaTtuill, value, %ol. 0$. 5d. p. r. 1 1..QZ. Patron, the Prebendary of 
Wetwang. 
ELMOTLANES, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of North-Frod 
ingham : 5 miles from Driffield, 10 from Beverley. 



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ELSTERNWICK, in the parish of Humbleton, middle-division of 
Holderness; 5 miles from Red on, 1 1 from Hull, 19 from Beverley. 
Pop. 154. Here is a Chapel to Humbleton, consecrated temp. 
Henry VIII. and has right of Sepulture. 

ELVINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse and Der- 
went ; (Villa-House, the seat of Miss Cheape,) 7 miles from York, 
7 j from Pocklington, 15 from Selby. — Pop. 405. The Church is 
a rectory, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Bulmer, 
value, %5l. 17s. S l 2 d. Patron, the King. 

EMS WELL, in the parish of Great-Driffield, Bainton-Beacon divi- 
sion of Harthiil; 2 miles from Driffield, 6 from Sled mere.— Pop. 
including Kelleythorpe, 93. 

ENTHORPE, /. h. in the township and parish of Lund ; 4 miles 
from Market- Weigh ton, 8| from Beverley. 

EPPLE WORTH, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Cottingham ; 
4i miles from Beverley, 6 from Hull. 

ERGHAM, or ARGAM, extraparochial, in the wapentake of Dick- 
ering ; 4 miles from Hunmanby, 5 from Bridlington. — Pop. 35. 
It is a rectory, in the deanry of Dickering, value, $21. 13s. Ad. 
Patron, Thomas Grinston, Esq. 

Ergham, given to the Abbey of Bardensey, was one of the chapels of 
Hunmanby, but continued a rectory, though it was endowed as a vicarage. 
The Church and living are both gone. The tenant of the farm pays tflthe for 41. 
per annum. No institution .since 1605. 

ESCRICK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent ; 
(Escrick-Hall, the seat of Bielby Thompson, Esq.) 6 miles from 
York, 8 from Selby, 12 from Pocklington.— Pop. 548. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of 
Bulmer, value, 23/. 3s. 9d. Patron, Bielby Thompson, Esq. 

Escrickgave the title of Baron to Sir Thomas Knivet, who had a seat here. 
He was gentleman of the privy chamber to King James I. and the person entrust- 
ed to search the vaults under the parliament house, where he discovered the 
thirty-six barrels of gunpowder, with the person who was to have fired the train. 
Sir Thomas dying without issue, the title of Lord Howard of Escrick was con- 
ferred upon Sir Edward Howard, son of Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, who 
had married the eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Knivet. — Camden. 

ESKE, in the parish of St. John Beverley, north-division of Holder- 
ness; 4 miles from Beverley, \7 from Driffield. — Pop. 18. 

ETHERDWICK, ham. in the township of Aldborough, with Carl- 
ton and Fosham, and parish of Aldborough, middle-division of 
Holderness ; 7 miles from Hedon, 1 1 from Hull. 

ETTON, a parisb-town, in Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthiil: 
(the seat of Sir Thomas Legard, Bart.) 4 miles from Beverley, 7 
from Market- Weigh ton, 10 from Driffield, 26 from York. — Pop. 
380. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the 
deanry of Harthiil, value, 20/. 9s. A\d. Patron, the Archbishop 
of York. 

EVERINGHAM, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division ©f Hart- 
hill ; (Everingham-Park, the seat of Wm. Constable Maxwell, Esq.) 
5 miles from Market- Wei ghton and Pocklington, 16 from York. 
Pop* 271. The Chusch is a rectoiry, dedicated to St. Emeldis, in 



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the deanry of Harthill, value 2 +8/. 6s. 8d. Patron, the Rev. Wm. 
Alderson. 

This village appears to have given name to a family of the same name, for 
we find that this.manor was held by the Everinghams of the Archbishops of York, 
by the service of performing the office of butler in their house, on the day»of 
the inthronization. The manor now belongs W. C. Maxwell, Esq. 

In the mansion house, which is a large and lofty building of brick, of 
modern erection, with three fronts, is an excellent portrait of King Charles I. 
dn horseback, by Vandyke, full size, and valued by connoisseurs at a thousand 
guineas. Adjoining is a Roman Catholic chapel, supported by the family. 
EVERTHOHPE, in the township of Drewton with Everttiorpe, 
and parish of North-Cave, in Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill; 
2 miles from South-Cave, 6| from Market- Weighton, 9 from 
Beverley. — Pop. included with Drewton. 



FAIRHOLME, /. h. in the township and parish of Swine ; 7 miles 
from Hedon and Beverley, 8 from Hull. 

FALCQNER'S-HALL, (the seat of the late Col. Thornton, unoccu- 
pied,) in the township of Butterwiek, and parish of Foxholes; 10 
miles from Bridlington, 12 from Scarborough. 

FANGFOSS, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill ; 
(the seat of Chomney Overend, Esq.) 4 miles from Pocklington, 1 1 
from York and Market- Weighton. — Pop. 154. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, a peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York, 
in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. 44/. 15s. 6d. Patron, the 
Dean of York. 

FAXFLEET, in the parish of South-Cave, Hunsley-Beacon division 
of Harthill. and liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from South-Cave ? 
9 from Howden.— -Pop. 163. 

FERRIBY, NORTH, a parish-town, in the county of the town 
of Kingston-upon-Huli ; (the seat of Henry Broadley, Esq.) 4£ 
miles from South-Cave, 8 from Hull, 31 from York. — Pop. in 181 K 
315. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the 
deanry of Harthill, value, +8Z. 13s. id. Patron, Wm. Hall, Esq. 
This town was formerly famous for a stately and magnificent priory, of the 
order of knights templars, founded by Lord Eustace Broomfleet de Vesci, in the 
reign of King John, anno 1200, as appears from an ancient manuscript formerly 
in the possession of the late Luke Lillingston, Esq. of North Ferriby, tire owner 
of the priory. It was dissolved along with the lesser monasteries, in 1536, and 
valued at 9oL 1 Is. 7 id. at the full rent, and 60/. 1&, 2d. clear of all payments. 
The site of this priory is said to have been in the possession of 100 different per- 
sons, in the space of no more than 130 years after its dissolution ; which if true. 
is a circumstance so extraordinary, as perhaps scarcely to be parallelled. There 
is not the least vestige of this once venerable edifice remaining. — Tickell's Hull' 
— Blrton-. 

Here is a school founded in 1 778, by the late Luke Lillingston, andendowed 
with 10/. per annum, for educating 12 poor children.— Tickell. 

FILE Y.— See North-Riding, p. 37. 

FIMBER, in the parish of Wetwang, wapentake of Buckrose, 
liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Sledmere, 7 from Driffield. — 
Pop. 104. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Wetwang. 

FIR BY, in the parish of Westow, wapentake of Buckrose ; (the seat 



160 EAST-RIDING. 

of the Rev. Thomas Harrison j 6 miles from Malton, 1 4 from Yorlf 
and Sledmere. — Pop. 44. 

.FISHOLME, /. A. in the township of Brigham, and parish of Foston ; 
$k miles from Driffield. 

■FITLING, in the parish of Humbleton, middle-division of Holder- 
ness; 8 miles from Hedon, J 2 from Hull, 20 from Beverley. — 
Pop. 119. 

In this village was born the late Rear Admiral Storr; he was first promoted 
to the command of a sloop of war in 1746, and advanced to be captain of the 
Gloucester, in 1748. He was one of the captains ordered out to the Meditera- 
nean, in 1756, to take command of those ships on that station, whose cap tains 
had been ordered home to England to give evidence on the trial of Admiral Byng. 
The ship allotted him was the Revenge, in which ship he continued for a con- 
siderable length of time. He distinguished himself extremely in 1758, in the 
attack of the Orphee, a large French ship of war, mounting 64 guns; in this 
encounter he was wonnded in the leg by a splinter, which tore away his calf. 
He again signalised himself in 1759, in the attack and defeat of Conflans. 
In 1779, he was advanced to be Rear Admiral of the White, and afterwards to 
the same rank in the Red squadron in 1780. He died at Bath in the year 1783, 
— Chamocfc's Naval Biog. vol. vi. 

FIVELIN-NOOK, s. h. in the township of Bewholme, and parish 
of Nunkeeling; 7 miles from Hornsea. 

FLAMBOROUGH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering ; 
3| miles from Bridlington, 10 from Hunmanby. — Pop. 917. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the dean- 
ry of Dickering', value, p. r. fS5L Patron, Walter Strickland, 
Fsq. 

This ancient village, formerly a place of some note, but now inhabited chiefly 
by fishermen, is remarkable for the promontary called Flamborough Head, which 
bends into the sea, and forms the bay of Bridlington. Saxon authors called it 
Flamburg, who say that Ida, the Saxon, landed here. The cliff is in some place* 
three hundred feet high ; and the whole of its perpendicular front, in mode- 
rate weather, is covered with myriads of hawkes, gulls, guiilimotes, kittywakes, 
puffins, cormorants, and other sea birds, which afford to the spectator, as Dr. 
Goldsmith says " an agreeable entertainment ; and as they sit upon the ledges-of 
Ihe rocks, one above another, with their white breasts forward, the whole, group 
has not unaptly been compared to the view of an apothecary's shop ! In breed- 
ing too, they have frequent contests : one bird, who has no nest of her own, 
attempts to dispossess another, and puts herself in the place. This often hap- 

■ pens among all the gull kind ; and I have seen the poor bird, thus displaced by 
her more powerful invader, sit near the nest in pensive discontent, while the 
other seemed quite comfortable in her new habitation ! Yet this place of pre- 
eminence is not easily obtained ; for the instant the invader, goes to snatch a 
momentary sustenance, the other enters upon her own, and always ventures 
another battle, before she relinquishes the justness of her claim ! " When a gun 
is fired, all within reach of its terrifying sound, rush from their stations, rise on 
the wing, and darken the air to a great extent. At the west end of the town is. 
a ruin called Danish tower ; and from the mounds of earth around it, it would 
seem as if there had been some buildings contiguous to it. The tower, except 
one apartment, is nearly demolished. On the extreme point of the promontary 
is the newlighfe house. The light is a revolving one, with three faces of seven 
reflectors each, and exhibits a face every two minutes. 

FLTNTON, in the parish of Humbleton, middle-division: of Holder- 
ness; 6 miles from Hedon, 10 from Hull. 16 from Beverley. — 
Pop. 125. 

FLIXTON, in the parish of Folk ton, wapentake of Dicker ingv 
4 miles from Hunmanby, 1\ from Scarborough, — Pop. 267.. 



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In the reign of Athelstan, Achorne, Lord ef Flixton, built an hospital 
for 1 alderman ana 14 brothers and sisters, at Flixton, for the preservation 
of people travelling that way, that they might not be devoured by wolves and 
other wild beasts, then abounding there, drc— Duodale. A certain portion of 
land in this vicinity, is still distinguished by the name of Wolfland, and on thft 
spot where the hospital stood, is now a farm house called Spiral. 

FLOTA1ANBY, EAST, in tbe township and parish of Folkton; 
2 1 miles from Hunmanby. 7 from Scarborough. 

FLOTA1ANBY, WEST, "in the township and parish of Folkton; 
3 j miles from Hunrnanby, 6| from Scarborough. 

FOGGATHORPE, in the parish of Bub with, Hohne-Beacon divi- 
sion of Harthili ; 6 miles from Howden, 8 from Market- Weighton, 
10 from Selby.— Pop. 137. 

FOLKTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering ; 3 miles 
from Hunmanby, 8| from Scarborough, 12| from Bridlington, 
3d from York.— Pop. 144. The Church is a rectory, dedicated 
to St. John the Evangelist, in the deanry of Dickering, value, 
15/. Patron, H. B. Osbaldeston, Esq. It contains both a rectory 
and vicarage ; the rector being propriator of the vicarage. 

FORDUN, ham. in the parish of Hunmanby ; 4 miles from Hunman- 
by, 9 from Bridlington, 12 from Scarborough. — Pop. 48. Here 
is a Chapel of Ease to Hunmanby. 

In this chapel service is only performed twice a year, viz. on Good Friday, 
and. the feast of St. Stephen. 

FOSHAA1, or FOSHOLME, in the township of A ldborough, Carl- 
ton, and Fosham, and parish of Aldborough, middle-division of 
Holderness; 6 miles from Hedon, JO from Hull, 14 from Bever- 
ley. — Pop. included in Aldborough. 

FOSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 6 miles 
from Driffield, 1 1 from Bridlington, 35 from York.— Pop. 300. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry 
of Dickering, value, ±15/. 8s. 6\d. p. r. 36/. Patron, W« 
Wright, Esq. 

FOXHOLES, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering ; (the 
seat of the Rev. Richard Sykes.) 6 miles from Hunmanby, 10 from 
Driffield, J 1 1 from Scarborough, 32 from York— Pop, 1 69. The 
Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Dickering, value, 22/. Pa- 
tron, the Rev. Richard Sykes. 

FRAISTKORPE, in the parish of Carnaby, wapentake of Dickering ; 
4 1 miles from Bridlington, 9| from Driffield, ll.| from Hornsea. 
Pop. 91. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 271: 
Patron, Walter Strickland, Esq. 

FRIDAYTHORPE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose, 
a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 51 mile* from Sledraere, 9 from 
Pocklington, 10 from Driffield, 18| from York.— Pop. 275* 
The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of Buekrose, 
value, %tl 13«. 4c/. p. r. 100/. Patron, the Prebendary of Wet- 
v/ang. 

FRQDINGHAM, NORTH, a market and parish-town, in the north- 
division of Holderness; 6 miles from Driffield, 12 from Bridling- 

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ton, 13 from Beverley, 35 from York. — Market, Thursday. — . 
Fairs, July 10, and October 2, for toys, pedlary-ware, &c. — Pop. 
575. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Elgin, in the 
deanry of Hoiderness, value, %bl. Patron, the Rev. Francis 
Drake, D. D. 
FRODINGHAM, SOUTH, a township, in the parish of Owthorae, 
south-division of Hoiderness ; 4 miles from Pattrington, 10 from 
Hedon. — Pop. 71. 
FULFORD-G ATE, a parish-town, in the township of Fulfords-Ambo, 
wapentake of Ouse and Derwent; .(the seat of Thomas Wilson, Esq.) 
11 mite from York, \%\ from Selby and Pockiington. — Pop. Ful- 
ford-Gate, 710— In Barracks, 102— Water- Fulford, 35— Total, 
847.— The two Fuifords being united, form the township of " Ful- 
fords-Ambo." The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of 
Bulmer y valrae, p. r. tl 15/. Patron, Thomas Key, Esq. 

Hare in 1066, Harold Hasfeger, king of Norway, defeated the Northum- 
brians, and took York, commanded by Morchar, the governor of York, and Edwin,. 
Earl of Chester. — Drake. The Quakers retreat and York barracks are in this* 
township. 
FULL-SUTTON, see Sutton, Full, 

G 

GALLY-GAP, /. h. in the township of Howsham, and parish of 
Scrayingham ; 6 miles from Malton. — Pop. 34. 

GANGSTJEAD, in the parish of Swine, middle-division of Holder* 
ness; 41 miLes from Hedon, 5 from Hull, 12 from Beverley. -— 
Pop. 61. 

G ANTON, or GALMPTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Dickering; (Ganton-Hall, the seat of Sir Thomas Legard, Bart.) 
1 mile from Hunmanby, 10 from Scarborough, 1 6 from Bridling- 
ton, 31 from York. Pop. including Potter-Brompton, 278, which 
being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
in the deanry of Dickering, dedicated to St. Michael, value, p. r„ 
150/. (Bacon styles it a discharged vicarage, valued at 51. 2s. 6d. 
Patron, Sir Thomas Legard, Bart. 

The family of Legards is of Norman extraction, who became possessed o£ 
the lordship of Anlaby, near Hull, in 1100, by the marriage of the, heiress of 
that estate. The first of the family that settled here, was John, commonly 
distinguished by the name of John de Ganton, a younger son of Ralph Legard ?>f 
Anlaby, Esq.- His great grandson, John Legard, Esq. was created a Baronet in 
1660, and died at Ganton in 1678 1 his family have flourished here ever since. 
In the church there are several monuments and a vault belonging to this family, 
— Hist, of Scarborough. 

GANTON DALE INN, in the township and parish of Ganton ; 1 1 
miles from Scarborough, 12 from Driffield, 14 from Bridlington. 
A posting-house on the road from Driffield to Scarborough. 

GANVVICK, or GANNOCK, /. h. in the township and parish of 
Hutton-Cranswick ; S| miles from Driffield. 

GARRABY, 3 h. in the parish of Kirby-Underdale, and wapentake of 
Buckrose ; (the seat of Sir Francis Lindly Wood, Hart.) 6 miles 



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from Pocklington, 10 from Driffield, 11| from Slecknere, 13 from 
York.— Pop. included in Kirby- Underdale. 

GARRABY-NEW-INN, in the township and par.ish of Bishop- 
Wilton; 12 miles from York and Sled mere. 

GARTON-UPQN-THE-WOLDS, a parish-town, in the wapentake 
of Dickering, a part in the liberty of St Peter ; 3 miles from 
Driffield, 5 from Siedmere, \5 from Bridlington, 16| from Maltpn, 
29 from York. — Pop. 357. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Michael, in the deanry of Dickering, value, +5/. 6s. Sd. p. r. 
fllO/. Patron, the King. 

GARTQN, a parish-town, m the middle-division of Holderness-; 
9 miles from Hedon, 9| from Hornsea, 13 from Hull, 20 from 
Beverley, 49 from York.— Pop. 160. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Holdeniess, value, £6/. 
Is. 0|rf. p. r; til it Is. %\d. Patron, the King. 

The family of the Lords Dunbar had formerly a seat here, called Garton 
Blue Hall, now converted into a farm Iiou.-e, 

GEM BUNG, in the parish of Foston, wapentake of Dickering? 
6 miles from Driffieid, J 1 from Bridlington. — Pop. 87. 

GILBERDIKE, in the parish of Eastrington, wapentake of How- 
denshire ; 5 \ miles from Howden, 6| from South-Cave. — Pop. 640. 

GILRIDDING, /. h. in the township of Naburn, and parish of St. 
Dennis, York, wapentake of Ouse and Berwent; 4 miles from 
York, 91 from Pocklington. 

GIVENDALE, GREAT, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon divi- 
sion of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter ; 3 miles from Pockling- 
ton, 10 from Market- Weighton, 14 from York. — Pop. 60. The 
Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 
+4/. 1 8.?. Ad. Patron, the Dean of York. 

GIVENDALE, LITTLE, 2/. h. in the township and parish of 
Great-Givendale; 2\ miles from Pocklington. 

GOt)DMANKAM, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of 
Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 1 f mile from Market- 
Weighton, 6 from Pocklington, 20 from York. — Pop. 240. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in the deanry of 
Harthill, value, 12/115. Sd. Patron, the Rev. John Clark. 

Gocdmanham, a Saxon village, anciently written Godmondingaham, \v:s 
once the famous place of idol worship, which was destroyed by Coin, the high 
priest of the Pagan religion at York, when Edwin, King of Northumberland was 
converted to Christianity. The present church, built by Paulinus, which ex- 
hibits such exquisite specimens of the architecture prevalent in the Anglo-Saxon 
age--, " in all probability," says Drake. " stands on the very site of the ancient 
pagan temple ; the ground will well allow for it, being a line sloping dry hill." 
Particular account of this ancient place is to be met with in Drake, Cumde;% y 
and the Antiquarian Itinerary, vol. 1. in the latter, no less than five views, interior 
and exterior are given. 

Dr. Stukeley informs us, "that Paulinus built Goodmanham church, (of 
which he says, be took a drawing,) where the original font is, in whioh lie 

baptized the hfathen high priest, Coifi." Arohteflbgia. A particular 

account of this font is given in the Antiquarian Itinerary, but too long for our 
insertion ; we shall therefore content ourselves with observing that this account 
is at variance with Dr Stukeley 'a, and we think upon reasonable grounds. 
GOWTHORPE, /. h. in the township of Goulthorpe, and parish of 



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Bishop- Wilton, Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St. 
Peter ; 4 miles from Pocklington. 

GOWTHORPE, .9. h. in the township and parish of Blacktoft ; 8 
miles from Howclen, 9 from South-Cave. 

GOXHILL, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holderness ; 3 
miles from Hornsea, 12 from Beverley, 14 from Driffield, 15 from 
Hull, 41 from York. — Pop. 70. The Church is a rectory, dedi- 
cated to St. Giles, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £8/. Pa- 
tron, the Rev. C. Constable. 

GRANGE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Humhleton ; 

4 miles from Hedon, 9 from Hull. 

GRANSMOOR, or GRANSMERE, in the parish of Burton-Agnes, 
wapentake of Dickering ; 7 miles from Driffield, 8 from Bridling- 
ton. — Pop. 85. 

GREEN-OAK, ham. in the township of Bellasize, and parish of 
Eastrington ; 4 miles from Howden. 

GREEN WICK, s. h. in the township and parish of Bishop* Wilton ; 

5 miles from Pocklington, 1 4 from York and Malton. 
GRIBTHORPE, in the parish of Bubwith, Holme-Beacon division 

of Harthill ; 5 miles from Howden. 9 from Market- Weighton. — 
Pop. including Willito ft, 1 46, which being united, form a township. 

GRIMSTON, (extraparochial) wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, a 
part in the liberty of St. Peter; 2| miles from York, 10 from 
Pocklington, \5 from Selby, 15£ from Market- Weighton. — 
Pop. 72. 

GRIMSTON, in the parish of Garton and Roose, middle-division of 
Holderness ; (Grimston-Garth, the seat of Charles Grimston, Esq.) 
10 miles from Hedon, 14 from Hull, 21 from Beverley. 

This mansion is a superb structure, of a castellated form, and although of 
modern erection, displays in its architecture much of the ancient style of baronial 
magnificence ; being one of the most elevated situations in Holderness, it is both 
a very conspicuous object, and eommands a variety of extensive and magnificent 
prospects.— Bigland. 

The family of Grimstons is one of the few in the county, that reside on the 
estate from which theyare denominated. This family is descended from Sylvester 
de Grimston, of Grimston, who attended William, Duke of Normandy, in his 
expedition to England as his standard bearer, and in that station, valiantly 
fonght at the battle of Hastings ; and in the year following, on the conqueror 
settling his household, he was appointed his chamberlain, and did homage for 
Grimston, Hoxton, Tonsted, and other lands, which he held of the Lord Roos, 
in Holderness, as of his honour of Roos ; he was succeeded at Grimston by his 
son Daniel. The present, Grimstons are descendants. — Collins' Peerage. 

GRIMSTON-HANGING, ham. in the township and parish of 
Kirby-Underdale, wapentake of Buckrose ; 8 miles from Pock- 
lington, 9 from Sled mere. 

GRIMSTON, NORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck- 
rose, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Malton, 8 from 
Sledmere, 1 *| from Driffield, 20 from York.— Pop. 139. The 
Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the 
deanry of Buckrose, value, £6/. 6s. 8d. Patron, the Prebendary of 
Langtoft. 

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division of Karihill, and liberty of St. Peter; 3 mites from Pock- 
lington, 9 from Market- Weighton, 15 from York.— Pop. 2G. 
GR1NDALL, or GRIND ALE, in the parish of Bridlington, Wa- 
pentake of Dickering, and liberty of St. Peter : 4 miles from 
Bridlington, 4§ from Hunmanbv.— Pop. 107. Tbe Church is a 
perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 95/. Patron, John Grearae, Esq, 
GROVE-HILL, 2/. h. and a mill, in the township and parish of St. 
Nicholas, Beverley ; 1 mile from Beverley, 9 from Hull. 

Grovehill was originally a landing [lace for goods from the river Hull, 
and so used, it is said, during tire time of the Romans. It has lately been a ship- 
yard, and has become of no use as a landing place 6ince| the Beck was cut from, 
the river to Beverl?y. — Broadly. 
GUNBY, in the township of Breighton with Gunby, and parish of 
Bubwith, Holme-Beacon division of Hartbill ; 7 miles from Seiby 
and Howden. — Pop. included in Breighton. 

This place, formerly Guneby, was given by William tbe conqueror to his 
standard bearer, Gilbert Tyson ; it afterwards gave sirname to the family, from 
it called De Guneby, which resided here for many generations, in. the 13th and 
14th centuries. Tl-ie old mansion house was taken down about SO years ago. 

H 

HAGTHORPE, /. li. in the township of Brackenholme- with- Wood- 
hall, and parish of Hemingbrough, and liberty of Kowdenshire ; 
5 miles from Selby, 6| from Howden. 
HALLIT REE-HOLME, /. h. in the township of Hempholme, and 

parish of Leven ; 9 miles from Driifield. 
HALSHAM, a parish-town, in the south-division of Hoiderness; §| 
miles from Patrington, 7 from Hedon, 15 from Hull. 53 from 
York. — Pop. 315. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All- 
Saints, in the deanry of Hoiderness, value, 131. 6s. ScL p. r. 30/. 
Patron, Sir Thomas Constable. Bart. 

Sir John Constable, knight, in \. r >79, left by will, a rent charge for a free 
school, <tc. to 8 poor scholars, and for an hospital for 8 poor men and 2 "poor 
women ; annual produce, 80/. subject to deductions for repairs. A rent charge of 
10/. per annum was also left by Catharine Constable, in 1590, towards main- 
taining one poor scholar for seven years, who shall have been brought up in the 
free school, at tha time he shall be sent to Trinity College, Oxford. It has 
never been paid, nor was any scholar ever sent previous to 1786. 

Here was commenced in 1791, and finished in 1800, by the late William 
Constable, Esq. a superb mausoleum, as a burying place for that family. It 
stands on a gently rising ground, surrounded with a plantation of beautiful trees 
and shrubs, and displays in the unadorned, but elegant style of itsarchitectnre, 
a simple kind of magnificence, which at once appears striking to the eye, and 
appropriate to the u-e for which the structure is designed.— Bioland. 
HALTEMPRICE, in the township and parish of Cottingham, ; 4} 
miles from Hull and Beverley. 

Thomas, Lord Wake of Liude), founded a monastery here about the year 
1324, (originally begun at Cottingham, in 1322) for canons of the order of .St. 
Austin, or black canons, and dedicated it in honour of the nativity of our blessed 
Saviour, the annunciation of the Virgin Mar)-, and the exaltation of the Holy 
Cross, though generally distinguished by the latter. John de Meaux of Ber- 
wick, anno 1361, gave to the Prior and convent of this house, his manor of 
Willardby, &c. (conditionally) for ?i* canons to celebrate for the souls of bin. 
and his ahewtop?, matins, muss, vesper:-, and corrrp'in, &c. About the time of 



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the dissolution, herein were a Prior and IT or 12 black canons, who where 
endowed with 178/. Os. IQjd. Speed. 100/. 0s. 2£rf. Dugdale. The site was 
granted 32nd Henry VIII. to Thomas Culpepper, — Burton.— Dugdale. 
HARTLETHORPE, in tfie parish of Bubwith, Holme-Beacon di- 
vision of Harthill; 7 miles from Howden, 9 from Selby and 
Market- Weighton. — Pop. b3. 
HARTHILL, a wapentake, which is divided into four divisions, viz. 
Sainton, Holme, Hunaley, and Wilton-Beacon, each of which may 
be considered a separate wapentake: Harthill is bounded on the 
east by Holdemess, on the south by the river Humber and How- 
denshire, en the west by Ouse and Derwent, and on the north by 
Buckrose Mid Dickering 1 . It comprehends a large portion of what 
is called he Wolds ; and each division contains the following 
number 6f townships, parishes, &c. — Bainton- Beacon, 26 town- 
ships, 1 4 of which are parishes, 1378 inhabited -houses, and 7730 in- 
habitants. — H mme- Beacon, 25 townships, 12 of which are parishes, 
8570 Ir habitants. — Hunsley- Beacon, 34 townships, 19 of which 
are parishes* 19,527 inhabitants. — Wilton-Beacon, 26 townships, 
14 of which are parishes, J202 inhabited-houses, and 6372 inhabi- 
tants. 
HARPHAM, in the parish of Burton-Agnes, and wapentake of 
Dickering; 6 miles from Driffield, 7 \ from Bridlington. — Pop. 
254. A Chapel of Ease to Burton- Agnes. 

In this chapel, the honourable family of the St. Quintins have a vault, and 
in it are several inscriptions commemorative of the chiefs of this house, from Sir 
Herbert St. Quintin, who came from France into this country, at the time of 
the conquest, to Sir William St. Quintin, Bart, who in his life time erected an 
elegant monument in this church, where his bones, with those of his consort 
repose. He also repaired and embellished the church. — Bigland. 

At this small village tradition says, the celebrated St. John of Beverley, 
Archbishop of York, was born ; but where educated is uncertain, although he 
is said to have been a student at Oxford. He embraced the monastic life, and 
was brought up under St. Hilda, the famous Abbess of Whitby, then under 
Theodore, the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury, who preferred him to the 
bishoprick of Hexham, from whence in 687, he was translated to York. He 
founded a college at Beverley, (where some say he first drew breath) -and was 
a great encourager of learned men. Having filled the See with honour 34 years, 
he retired to his own college at Beverley, where he died, May 7, 721, and wa$ 
buried in the porch belonging to that college.— Drake. A well [of excellent 
water, near the east end of the village, called St. John's well, commemorates 
the name of that pious prelate. 
HARSWELL, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of Hart 
hill; 5 miles from Market- Weigh ton, 6 from Pocklington, 17 
from York. — Pop. 78. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St, 
Peter* in the deanry of Harthill. value, %\L p. r. 103/. Patron, 
Sir Thomas Slingsby, Bart. 
HASHOLME, s. h. in the township and parish of Holme-on-Spald- 

ing-Moor ; 7 miles from Howden, 8 from Market- Weighton. 
HATFIELD, GREAT, in the parishes of Mappleton and Siggles- 
thorne, north-division of Holderness ; 3| miles from Hornsea, 11 
from Beverley, 12 from Hull, 15 from Driffield. — Pop. 127. 

The church or chapel which was formerly here, is now wholly dilapidated, 
but the burial ground is still used for the inhabitants of both Mappleton aji^, 
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HATFIELD. LITTLE, in the parish of Sigglesthorne, north-divi- 
sion of Holderness*, 3 miles from Hornsea. 10 from Beverley, 
131 from Hull, 16 from Driffield.— Pop. 25. ' 
HAY-HOLME, /. h. in the township of Hempholme, and parish of 

Leven ; 7 miles from Driffield, 9 from Beverley. 
HAYSTHORPEj in the parish of Burton-Agnes, and wapentake of 
Dickering; 3| miles from Bridlington, S§ from Driffield. — Pop. 
109. 
HAYTON", a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of •larthill: 
2| miies from Pocklington, 4 from Market- Veighton i3 from 
York. — Pop. 177. The Church, peculiar. ic .-■:..- idicated 

to St. Martin, in the deanry of Hartin il Is. Q\d. 

Patron, the Dean of York. 
HEDON, a parish and market- town, in the no i of Hol- 

derness, and liberties of Hedon and St. Pete om Hull, 

10 from Patrington, 15 from Hornsea, 46 f 82 from 

London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, January 15 .:, Sept. 

22, for horses, &c. ; Nov. 7, Dec. 6, for home-:; -..■:. . apery, 

&c. and every other Monday for horned -cattle and sheep. — . 
Principal Inns, San, and Running Horses. — Pop. See Addend. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. AugustiiL, in the 
deanry of Holderness, value, p. r. fll7/. Patron, Sub-Dean of 
York' It is held with the vicarage of Preston. 

Of this town and its ancient state, Camden makes the following remarks: 
u the first place we come to on a winding shore is Hedon, which formerly (if 
we believe fame, that always magnifies) was a very considerable place for mer- 
chants and shipping. For my part I have faith enough to believe it, (there being 
the remains of two churches, besides the one they still have,) notwithstanding it 
is now so decayed, (partly by its nearness to Hnll, and partly because the harbour 
is blocked up) that it has not the least shew of the grandeur it pretends to have 
had ; which may teach us, that the condition of towns and cities is every jot as 
unstable as that of man.'' King John granted to Baldwin, Earl of Abberr.arle 
and Holderness, and to his wife Hawis, free burgage here, so that the burgesses 
might hold in free burgage by the same customs with York, &c. — NichoL. 

In St. Austin*, the present church, are the pictures of a king and a bishop, 
with this inscription, (much the same as that which we meet with at Beverley :) 

" Als free make T thee, 

As heart may think or eigh see." 
At present the town begins to flourish again, and has some hopes of attaining by 
decrees its former greatness. The old haven near the town, being grown up, 
there is a new cut made on the south-east, which helps to scour that part of the 
haven now left, but without any hopes of rendering it so useful as formerly. 
In the year 1656, a great part of the town was consumed by fire; and not many 
years since, several houses in the market-place, suffered the same fate ; but 
now the greatest part is rebuilt, and the town thereby rendered much more 
beautiful. The inhabitants have a tradition, that the Danes destroyed this town ; 
and there is a close beloaging to it, called Danes field to this day. 

The present town of Hedon consists principally of one long street, and is 
governed by a mayor and nine aldermen, assisted by a recorder, and 2 bailiffs. 
It sends 2 members to Parliament, a privilege first granted in the 23rd of Edward 
I. but ceased till the first of Edward VI. from which time it has returned. The 
right of election is in the burgesses of the borough, whose privileges are gained 
by descent, by servitude of seven years to a freeman residing only in the borough, 
or by an honorary gift, at the discretion of the chief officers for the time being. 
Number of voters about 200, returning officer, the mayor. 



168 EAST-HIDING. 

Heckm-is *itnated within about a mile and a half of the. Humber, and the 
haven cut from that river extends to within a ^ of a mile of the town ; but is 
navigable only for small craft. 
"HELPER! 'HORPE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; 
4 miles from Sledinere, 9 from Driffield, 24 from York.— Pop. J 57. 
The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the. 
deanry of Buckrose, value, $4/. ids. Id. p. r. 1201. Patron, the 
Dean and Chapter of York. 
HEAiMINGBROUGH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse 
and Derwent ; 4 miles from Selby, 5 from Howden, 15 from York, 
16 from Pocklington. — Pop. 500. The Church, peculiar, is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Alary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 
p. r i*96/. Patron, the King. 

Hemingbrough is remarkable for its church, which has a beautiful spire, 
rising 42 yards above the battlements, and forming a conspicuous objectin this 
low and level country ; and for there having been, according to Dr. Stukeley, 
a Roman fort at this place, which is indeed very probable, if not demonstrable, 
from part of an old wall on each side of the great west door of the church, of a 
style and grit different from all the rest. The situation too, of this wall greatly 
contributes to corroborate this assertion ; for we find that the Romans were 
careful to have their camps and forts placed near a river, upon a neck of land, 
to command the passage, or conveyance by water. Such is the situation of 
this place.— Burton. King Edward I. in anno 1295, granted to the Prior of 
Sti Cuthbert, at Durham, a charter for a free market and fair at Heming- 
borough,— Ibid. 

Henry VI. in 1426, granted his royal licence to tha Prior and Convent of 
Durham, to erect, or cause this church to be erected into a college, consisting of 
one, provost or warden, 3 prebendaries, 6 vicars and 6 clerks, with other minis- 
ters, to celebrate divine service for the good estate of himself. — Ibid. 

After the dissolution, William Whitehead, the last provost, had a pension of 
13/. 14s. 64 per ann. which he enjoyed in 1553. — Ibid. 
HEMPHOLME, in the parish of Leven, north-division of Holder- 
ness a .8 \ miles from Driffield, 9| from Beverley, 1 5 from Bridling- 
ton, 17 from Hull.— Pop. 93. 
HESLERTON, EAST, in the parish of West- Heslerton, and wa- 
pentake of Buckrose; 8 miles from Sledmere, 9 from Malton. — 
Pop. 196. A Chapel of Ease to West- Heslerton. 
HESLERTON, WEST, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck- 
rose; (the seat of John Robinson, Foulis, Esq.) 8 miles from Mal- 
ton, 9 from Sledmere, 26 from York. — Pop. 273. The Church is 
a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buckrose, 
value, 217. 6s. M. Patron, the King. 
H ELLINGTON, in the parish of St. Lawrence, York, wapentake 
of Ouse- and Derwent, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; (the 
seat of Henry Yarburgh, Esq.) 2 miles from York, U \ from Pock- 
lington.— -Pop. 513. The Chapel, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, in the deanry of Bulmer, 
value, p. r. 48/, 2$. Patron, the Prebendary of Ampleworth. 

This ancient seat is situated about two miles south-west from the city of 
York, and above ten miles from the Jown of Pocklington. As a building, the 
Mansion is a remarkably fine.specimen of the age of Elizabeth, having remained 
with little alteration ;- the ornamented Porch, ascended by steps, leads to the 
Hall, in length 41 feet ; width, 21 feet ; height, 28 feet ; which has the appear- 
ance ot much antiquity, and greatly resembles the hall of a college. At the 
loWer end is a screen of oak, handsomely carved. On each side are placed tvre* 



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large oak tables. The roof is particularly admired for its elegant and elaborate 
workmanship. There are upwards of 60 dilferent shields arranged on wainscot 
pannels round the hall, with the family arms and entermarriages up to the pre- 
sent time. The family is of great antiquity, dating its origin in this country* 
from the period of the Norman Conquest, commencing with Eustachius, Lord 
of Yarburgb, in the county of Lincoln, in the year 1066. Beyond the hall, in 
which are several Royal as well as family Portraits, by fundi/ as, KneUerfshd 
Lely, &c. is a drawing-room, 30 feet long, corresponding in style with the 
hall, aud adjoining are several other apartments, and formerly a gallery 103 
feet in length. All these appear to have been arranged as a suite of state apart- 
ments for the reception of Queen Elizabeth, under the direction of her Chan- 
cellor, had her Majesty visited the north. 
HESSLESKE W-GttANGE, f. h. in the township and parish oi 

Saneton ; 4 miles from Market- Weigh ton. 
EE&SLE, a parish town in Huilshire; 5 miles from Hull, 7| from 
South-Cave, 9 from Beverley, 35 from York. — Pop. see Addenda; 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deahry 
of Harthill, value 10/. 7s. Id, Patron, the King. — In the safes sf 
township is 
HESSLE WOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of Joseph Robinson Pease^ Esq,' 

and Ressle-Mount, the seat oj James Kiero Watson, Esq.) 
HILDERTHORPE, fewf. h. in the township of Hiiderthorpe^with* 
Wilsthorpe, and parish of Bridiington ; 1 1 mile from Bridlington, 
13 from Great-Driffield. — Pop. including Wilsthorpe, 51. 
HILSTON, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness ; 
7 miles from Patrington, 9 from Hedon, 13 from Kornsea, 1 1 
from Hull, 52, from York.— Pop. 39. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Margaret, in the deanry of Holderness, value^ 
t.51. p. r. f59l. Patron, the Rev. Christopher Sykes. 
HIV T E, formerly HYTHE, ham. in the township of Gilberdike, and 
parish of Eastrington ; 5 miles from Howden, 8 from South-Cave. 
HOLDERNESS, a wapentake and seigniory* over which Sir Thomas 
Constable, Bart, is lord and chief bailiff. It is divided into three 
divisions or chief constableries, middle, north, and south, each of 
which may be considered as separate wapentakes, and contain the 
following number of townships, parishes, &c. viz. Middle Division, 
36* townships, 15 of which are parishes, 11,942 inhabitants. — 
North Division, 30 townships, 13 of which are parishes, 7577 
inhabitants. — South Division. 22 townships, 14 of which aref 
parishes, including Sunk Island, 7,007 inhabitants. 

Holderness is bounded on the east by the German ocean, on the south, by 
the Huniber ; on the west, by the divisions of Hunsley and Baiuton-Beacon ; and 
on the north, by the wapentake of Dickering. Although the general surface of 
this district, viewed from the Wold-, appears low and fiat,- when examined upca 
the spot, it is found to possess a surface capable Of being made dry, and every 
part of it adapted to the purposes of cultivation. The drainages in this 
district since the year 1JG2 have been very extensive, and though efiectedatem 
immense expense, not ie<s than 190,000?, have proved very beneficial to the 
country; The seigniory of Holderness was given by the Conqueror to Drew de" 
Brjuercr, a Fleming, on whom William bestowed his niece in marriage ; it was' 
afterwards given to Odo de Campania, who had rnarried-the King's sister? at his 
death it devolved upon his son Stephen, whom the King created Earl of Albermarl*? 
»nd Holderness ; and after passing through various hands, we find it, in 1-6S2) 

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in the family of (he Colliers, Lord Dan y and Coniers, ereated Earl of Holder* 
ness by King Charles II. ; in that family it continued many years, and flow be- 
longs to Sir Thomas Constable, Bart, for whom the town of Hedon is obliged -to 
find a prison for such malefactors as are taken in this liberty, till they can be 
sent to the castle of York ; and an hall to hold therein a court, called the wapen- 
take court for the trial of actions under 40s. — Magna Brit. 

H0LLYM, a parish-town in the south-division of Holderness; 2 
miles from Patringtdn, 12 from Hedon, 20 from Hall, 58 from 
York. — Pop. 260. The Church, built in 1488, is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Holderness. value $9/. 
i 9.9. 2d. Patrons, Ed ward Henry Barker, Esq. and the Rev. C. 
Barker. 

HOLME-HOUSE, s» h. in the township and parish of Holme-on- 
Spalding-Moor ; 6'j miles from Market- Weighton. 

HOLME-ON-SPALDING-MOOR, which gives name to the division, 
is a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of 
St. Peter ; (the seat of the Hon. Charles Langdale.) A\ miles from 
Market- Weighton, 7 from Howden, 8 from Pocklington, JS| 
from Selby, IS from York.— Pop. 1,318. The Church is both a 
rectory and vicarage, dedicated to St. John Baptist, in the deanry 
of Harthill; the rectory, value 27/. and the vicarage, value 10/. 
Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. 

Bacon says, " Holme Rectory is an impropriation in St. John's College, Cam- 
bridge, which presents to the vicarage thereof, and lets out the rectory to the 
vicar by lease for his life, at a pepper-corn rent yearly, if demanded. 

Besides the parish church, there was a chapel at Holme, called the chapel 
of St. Nicholas. In this chapel was founded a chantry by Sir Marmaduke Con- 
stable, of Flamborough, A. D. 1349; and he and his descendants presented 
eantarists or chaplains to it, until the year 1532 inclusive. He also endowed it 
with one messuage and sixty acres of land, in the town and territories of 
Holme. — Tvrre's M. S. A messuage is known at this day by the name of 
Chapel-house, and the small ascent on which it stands, is called Chapel-hill. 
Near this place was a Cell, founded by one of the Vavasours or Constables, for 
two Monks, whose employment, it should seem, was to guide travellers over 
these dreary wastes. This estate was for several centuries possessed by the Con- 
stables of Flamborough, of whom it was purchased by the celebrated Sir Mar- 
maduke Langdale, one of the bravest generals of King Charles I. 

Sir Marmaduke having distinguished himself by his loyalty to his sovereign, 
and by his military talents during the civil war?, was, after the restoration, 
created a peer, by the title of Baron Langdale, of Holme, the first Englishman 
that was advanced to the dignity of a peer by that prince. On the death' of the 
last Lord Langdale, the male line of the family became extinct, and the estate 
devolved on his lordship's daughter, the Consort of. the Right Hon. Charles, Lord 
Stourton, whose son, the Honourable Charles Langdale, now makes the manor 
house his residence.— Cam den, — Biglajjd. 

HOLME-ON-THE-WQLDS, a parish-town, in Eainton- Beacon 
division of Harthill, liberty of Howdenshire; 6 miles from Bever- 
ley, 1\ from Market- Weighton, 27 from York.— Pop. 138 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the 
deanry of Harthill, value p. r. fSO/. Patron, the Duke of Devon- 
shire. ' 

HOLMPTON, a parish-town, in the south-division of Holderness ; 
(the seat of Richard Lacey, Esq.) 4 miles from Patrington, 14 
from Hedon, 22 from Hull, 60 from York. — Pop. 256. The 



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Church is a rectory, in the deanry of HoWerness, value f4/. 3s. Ad. 
\\ r. *135/. 19.?. 6rf. Patron, theKing. 

A great part of this village is ia the parish of Hdllym, the boundaries cf 
which are difficult to ascertain. 
HOOKS, /. h. in the township and parish of Timstall, middle-division 

of Holderncss ; 8 miles from Hetion, 
HORNSEA, a parish and market town, in the north-division of 
Holderness; 1 4 miles from Beverley, ]5 from Hedon and Driffield, 
16 from Bridlington and Hull, 20 from Patrington, &3 from York, 
196 from London. — Market, Monday. — Fairs, August 12 and De- 
cember 17, for horses, horned cattle, &c. — Principal Inns, Hotel 
and Blacksmith's Arms. — Pop. 790. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Holderness, value, with 
Lonjr Riston, \3l. 3s. Ad.. Patron, the King. 

Hornsea, formerly 13 or 14 miles distant from the sea, now little more than 
a quarter, is famous for its Mere or Lake, the only one in the county, except 
Mfilham and Semer water; it covers from 4 to .500 acres of land, and abounds 
in pike\ perch, carp, eels, &c. The exclusive property of this lake, is vested 
in the family of Constable, of Wassand, by a royal grant, as parcel of the 
manor of East- Greenwich, in Kent, and forms a striking and beautiful scene 
from the grounds of that mansion, being interspersed with several woody islands, 
and animated with water fowl. It is situated on the west side of the town, 
from which it is not distant more than 100 yards. 

The town of Hornsea is situated in a valley, having rising grounds on the 
north and the south. It consists of four straggling street, and a market place 
of considerable breath. It has of late become a fashionable watering place, and 
in which there are fonr Tnn=, forty lodging houses, let annually lor the aceom-, 
nudation of visitors. The church was formerly noted for its lofty spire or 
broach, which was a well-known sea mark, till about the beginning of the laiet 
century, when it was blown down by a hurricane. The sea lias made rapid 
encroachments on this part of the coast within these few years past, 
HORNSEA-D URTON.— See Burton. 

HOTHAM, a parish town in Hunsley- Beacon division of Harthii?$ 
3 miles from South-Cave, 5 from Market- Weighton, 10 from 
Beverley, 24 from York. — Pop. 29aSs The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Oswald, value, 10/. (h. l\d. Patron, the Kino;. 
The house called Hotham-hou^e, the seat of the late Robert Christie Burton, 
Esq. stands in the parish of North-Cave. 
HOTHAM CARRS, 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Hotnam; 

5 miles from South-Cave. 
HOUGHTON, in the township and parish cf Sancton ; (a st»nt of th& 
Hon. Charles Langdale.) 6 miles from South-Cave, 8 from Market- 
Weigh ton. 
IIO WD EN", a parish and market town, in the wapentake of How-, 
denshire; (the seat of Richard Arthur Jnsop, Esq.) 10 miles from 
Selhy and Snaiih, 12 from South-Cave and Market- Weighton, 
}?>i from Thome, 16£ from Pocklington. 20 from Beverley and 
York, 25 from Hull; from London, by Thome, 181 ; by Lincoln, 
199. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, second Tuesday in January, 
second Tuesday after July 11, for horned cattle and line ; October 
2, and the six preceding days, for horses. — Bankers, Messrs. 
Schofield. Foster, and Co. draw on Messrs. Spooner, Atwood, and 
Co. 27, Gracechurch-strcet.— Principal Inn, Half Moon. — Pop. 



J72 ^AST-RIDING, 

2,080. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, commonly 
styled a vicarage, in the deanry of Howden, value, p. r. tlSO/, 
Patron, the King, who pays an annual stipend of 33/. 6s. 8d. 

The town of Howden is of great antiquity, but it contains nothing remark- 
able, except its church ; which we find from Burton, in his account of the 
Monastery of Peterborough, with the town, belonged to that Monastery in the 
reign of Edward the Confessor ; but being wrested from it, and in the King's 
hands, William the Conqueror gave them to the Bishop of Durham, who soon 
after conferred the church on the Monks of Durham, but retained the manor. 
This church was at first a rectory, but Tan?jer say's, that Hugh, Prior of Dur- 
ham, obtained a bull from Pope Gregory IX. for appropriating this church 
.towards the maintenance of sixteen Monks; but upon further consideration, 
Robert, the Bishop of Durham, 1266 or 7, caused it to be divided into five pre- 
bends, for secular clerks, viz. Howden, Barneby, Skelton, Thorpe, and Salt- 
marsh, to thes? were added, in 1279, a sixth prebend, viz. Skipwith. There 
were also six vicars, he ides chantry priests, in this collegiate church, which 
was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. It was dissolved by King Edward VI. 
in 1547. The church is in the form of across; east part quite in ruin ; its 
' windows superb and elegant, arches pointed, columns adorned with flutings 
between; tracery of the side windows various. The tower, which is square, 
and finely proportioned, rises from the centre, was built about 1390, under the 
auspices of Walter Skirlaw, who built the chapter-house, which is one of the 
finest specimens of the pointed arch styie of that period now in England, but 
in ruins; nay, Mr Hutchinson in his History of Durham, says, " we have 
nothing in this island of such elegant work in stone, except at Melross-Abbey, 
and in point of symmetry and exact proportion, it excels any part of the 
Scotch-Abbey." 

The church, with all its chapels, lands, and appurtenances, appears to have 
been given by the Conqueror to William Karilepho, Bishop of Durham, who 
conferred the same on the Monks of Durham, for ever. The manor and its prir 
vi leges, the prelates retained, and they still belong to the See at Durham.— Man. 
Angl. Hist. Durham. 

The Bishops of Durham had a palace near the east-end of the church, 
which was once their favourite residence ; .and in which some of them exchanged 
their temporal for an eternal habitation, particularly Hu^h Pudsey, who died 
in 1195, Walter de Kirkbam in 15.60, and Walter de Skirlaw in 1405 Bishop 
Langley, the successor of Skirlaw, made great improvements in it, and built the 
west-gate, over which are his arm?, and some good rooms adjoining. It is now 
considerably reduced in size, and occupied as a farm-house. \ 

In the market-place stands a, large building, called the Moot-Hall, in which 
the Bishop of Durham, as Lord of the Manor, holds four Copyhold Courts in the 
year. 

This place gave birth to the celebrated historian John of Hoveden, who was 
chaplain to King Henry II. His history begins with the year 732, and comes 
down to the reign of King John. In 1291, King Edward I. is said to have 
caused diligent search <o be made, in all the libraries in England, forHoveden's 
History, to adjust the dispute about the homage due from the Crown of Scotland. 
This history was published in London in 1595, and at Frankfort in 1601. 

Several persons have assumed a local surname from this place, and Leland 
observes, that John of Hoveden, reputed a saint, was one of tlje first prebenda- 
ries here ; another John of Hoveden, was representative in five parliaments for 
the city of York. The charter for the great Fair held at Howden in Oct. appears 
to have been granted in the year 1200, by King John. For a more detailed ac- 
count of this place, which appears to have attracted particular notice from all 
the antiquaries since Leland's time, we beg to refer the reader to Hutchinson's 
History of Durham, vol. 3.— Savage's History of Howden Church.— Grose, 
Leland, Tanner, Pennant, <fec. — A \iew of the east-end of the church has been 
lately published by Mr E«pin, of Louth, Lincolnshire 
HOWDENSHIRE, a wapentake nearly south of York, over which 
the Bishop of Borhaiji is lord and chief bailiff; his jurisdiction 



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also extends over some township? or places in the adjoining wapen- 
take of Ouse and Derrrent. It is bounded on the east, by Huns- 
ley-Beacon division of Harthili, on the south and west by the 
rivers Detwent and Ouse, and on the north, by Hoime-Beacoii 
division. It contains onemarket town, Howden, which gives name 
to the wapentake ; 26 townships, 5 of which are parishes, 
and 7,883 inhabitants. 
HOWDEN-DYKE, karri, in the township and parish of Howden; 

1 * mile from Howden. Here is a Ferry over the river Ouse. 
HO WDEN-GH ANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Howden ; 

3 miles from Howden. 
HO YV SHAM, in the parish of Scrayhighan, wapentake of Buck- 
rose; (tlowsh.am-Ilall, the seat of Charles Cholmfey, Esq,) Smiles 
from -Malfen. 12 from York. — Pop. 225. 
KUGGATE, a parish-town, in Wilton- Beacon division of Harthili ; 
7 miles from Pockiington, 8 from Driffield, 12 from Malton, 20 
from York. — Pop. 413. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
. ■Jarv. in the deanrv of Harthili, value. 1 51. Patron, the King*. 
HUG GATE- WOLD-ROUSE./: k. in the township and parish of 

nutate • 7 miles from Pockiing'.ton. 
HULL, KINGSTON-UPON, a distinct coun'y, called the town 
and county of Kingston-upon-HuIl, in the parishes of St. Mary 
and the Holy-Trinity, Hull ; 8 miles from Hedon, 9 from Bever- 
ley, 12* from South- Cave. 1G from Hornsea, 18 from Pairing- 
ton, 25 from Howden, 39 from York; from London, by Lincoln, 
i 74 : by Fori:. 23d. — Markets, Tuesday mid Friday. — Fair, Oct. 
10, for horned-cattle, horses, woollen-cloths, toys, &c. — Bankers, 
Old- Bank, Messrs. Pease and Liddell, draw on Messrs. Sir Peter 
Pole, Thornton, and Co. 1. Bartholomew-Lane; Messrs. Pease, 
Harrison, and Co. draw on Messrs. Marryatt, Kay, and Co. I, 
ision- Hou se -Street ; Messrs. R. Raikes, and Co. draw on Messrs. 
Curries. Raikes. and Co. 29, Comhill; Messrs. Smiths and Thomp- 
son draw on Messrs. Smith, Pavne, and Smiths, Mansion -tfouse- 
' Place.— Pop. 28,624. 

s of no great antiquity, for Kins: Edward I. was the founder of it ; 
ho. having; observed the advantageous situation of the place, (then ealled JVik) 
obtained it by way of exchange of the Abbot of Meaux, and built the town called 
from him Kingston, i. e. the King's town. Here he made a good harbour, and 
the inhabitants Free-Burgees, and granted them many privileges. They were 
at first governed by a Warden, and then by Bailiffs ; and after that by a Mayor 
and Bailiff*, and at last obtained of King Henry VI. to be governed by a Ma}'or 
and a Sheriff, and that the town should be a county corporate of itself.. Sir 
Michael de la Pole prevailed on King Richard II. to enlarge their charter', and 
grzfht them cither privileges. It is now inferior to few places in England for 
trade, being well furnished with shipping. It is governed by a Mayor, a Re- 
corder, 12 Aldermen, £c.— Camden. — Magna Brit. 

Charles I. was received here with great pomp and ceremony. During the 
rupture between the King and parliament, Sir John Hotham was made governor 
of the place, and previous to the King entering the town, he sent a message to 
Sir John, to inform him, that he intended to do himself the pleasure to dine with 
him ; but his Majesty eras immediately informed by the governor, that he could 
cot open the gates to "him, without betraying the trust that was reposed in him by 



174 EAST-RIDING. 

Parliament. Charles, irritated hy the refusal, determined to besiege the town \ 
but after repeated repulses, and finding all bis attempts ineffectual, raised the 
siege, and proceeded to York. It seems, however, that though Hotham at first 
refused to open the gates to the King, yet he afterwards, in 1643, pent his son 
privately to treat with him. These designs being made known to Parliament, 
both the father and son were executed. 

Another attempt to besiege the town was made soon afterwards by the ivlar- 
quis of Newcastle, but attended with no better success. 

The Armory in the citadel, which has lately undergone considerable 
repairs, is capable of containing arms and accoutrements for 15,000 Cavalry, 
and 20,000 Infantry. 

The Trinity-house, a spacious building, begun at first by subscription, for 
the relief of distressed seamen and their wives ; but afterwards a patent was ob- 
tained from the Crown, with many privileges, by the advantage of which they 
maintain many distressed seamen with their widows, both at Hull and other 
places. 

Michael de la Pole, founded here, in 1378, a Monastery for a Prior, and 12 
Carthusian Monks. This house was founded in honour of God, the Virgin Mary, 
and St. Michael the Archangel. — Dugdale. The " White Freres College,'* 
wiys Leland, " stode hy Beverlegate. The Percys were taken for founders of it- 
The A.ugu>tine Freres stode at the est ende of Trinite Chirch." 

The Maison-Dieu, for the relief of the poor, was built by Michael de la 
Pole, in 1384, for 13 poor men and as many women, to which he gave 20 acres 
of land and 20/. per ann. out of his land, in this place and Myton. Over the 
door, cut in stone, is this inscription : — 

Deo et Pauperibiis posuit D. Michael de la Pole, A.J). 1384. 

Magna Brit. 

There are, besides, several hospitals in this place, erected by private be- 
nefactors. That benevolent institution, the Female Penitentiary was opene4 
hero in 1811. The great object of it is to employ, and ultimately to restore }o 
society, such women as have, by evil courses, rendered themselves obnoxious to 
society. Ever} r applicant is considered as on probation, and not fully admitted 
till she has conducted herself for two months in a satisfactory manner. 

This town gave birth to Thos. Johnson, M. D. the first Botanist of his time in 
England. He died in 1644. Doctor Fuller, who knew him well, wrote the fol- 
lowing epitaph to his memory '. — 

Hie, Johnsone,jaces, sed si Mors ccderet Her bis, 
Arte fugata iua cederet ilia tuis. 

Captain Edward Thompson was a native of this place, born in about 1735. 
He was the author of a variety of pieces; but the merits by which Gap t. Thompson 
will be best known, are hjs sea songs, especially those beautiful compositions be- 
ginning " Loose every sail to the breeze," " The topsails shiver in the wind,*' 
and " Behold upon the gallant wave."' He was appointed commander of the 
Grampus, and sent to the coast of Africa, where he died in 1786. 

In the market-place stands a fine equestrian statue of King William III. 
On the pedestal is this inscription :— " This statue was erected in 1734, to the 
. memory of King William, our great deliverer." 

The whale fishery constitutes a principal branch in the commercial concerns 
of Hull, which sends out to Greenland and Davis 5 Straits, a greater number of 
sliips.than any port in Britain., 

Hull sends two members to Parliament. — It first returned 33rd Edward I. 
but ceased sending till 12th Edward II. The right of election is in the Burgesses, 
of which there are about 1,400. The Sheriff is the returning Officer. — Oldjieid 
mi Boroughs. 
I1ULLSHIRE, of small extent, isbounded by the River-Huraber, and 
was constituted with the town of Hull, a County of istseff, by 
Henry VI. — It comprehends the parishes of Hull, Hessle, North 
Ferriby, Kirk-Ella, and all the site of the Priory of Haltempriee. 



east-riding, 17-5 

HULL-BRIDGE, ham. (so called from a bridge over the river Hull) 
in the township of Ticktoii, and parish of St. John, Beverley ; 2 
miles from Beveriey. 

HULL-BANK, ham. in the township and parish of Cottingbam : 

((he seat of Benjamin Blades Haworth, Esq.) 3 miles from Hull. 
HUMBER-LITTLE, /. h. in the township and parish of Paul; 3 

miles from Hedon. 
HUMBER-SIDE, or PATRINGTON-IIAVEN, ham. in the 

township and parish of Patrington ; 1 mile from Patrington. 
HUMBLETON, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holder- 
ness ; 5 miles from Hedon, 10 from Hull, 17 from Beverley, 48 
from York. — Pop. 136. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Peter, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £10/. Is. Q\d. Pa- 
tron, the King. 
HUNMANBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; (the 
$eat of H. B. Osbaldeston, Esq.) 9j miles from Bridlington, from 
Scarborough, fby Gristhorpe and Muston 9 \ , and by Seamor and Flix- 
ton\U) 16 from Driffield, 20 from Malton, 38 from York, 210 
from London. — No Market. — Fairs, May 6, and Oct. 29, for horned 
cattle and sheep. — Principal Inn, Swan. — Pop. 1 ,0 1 8. The Church 
is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, 
value, 20/. Is. 8d. Patron, Humphrey B. Osbaldeston, Esq. 

Here is an Alrns-house for six widows, endowment only small. A noble 
bequest was made in 1696, by a Mr Henry Cowton, for the benefit of the industri- 
iut poor, the annual produce of which at present is 40/. 

Hunmanby, although now only a large village, a few miles from the sea, 
had formerly a market on Tuesday, but long discontinued — a small cross is yet 
standing to point out the market-place. It is said to have been a Barony ; " for 
in King Edward Vs reign, by an inquisition taken at the death of Gilbert de 
Gant, it was found that he held the Lordship of Hundemanby , in this county, 
by Barony ; and likewise that upon the marriage of Gilbert his son, with Lora de 
Baliol, he settled it upon her for her dowry." — Ma ox a Bp.it. 

The site of what is called the Castle- Hill, adjoining the village, and where, 
we are told, " are still to be traced the foundations of an ancient fortress," is 
now planted with trees. 

The Mansion-house of Humphrey Osbaldeston, Esq. the present owner of 
the Manor, is adorned with modern embellishments, completely hid by high 
walls, from public view. 

A sumptuous marble monument, by Fisher, in the church, commemorates 
the Osbaldeston family. The church contains two or three other monu- 
ments remarkable only for their simplicity: And over the central arches of 
the church are emblazoned, in eleven distinct shields, the armorial bearings sub- 
scribed with the names of ancient Lords of the place. The vicarage -house, 
which adjoins the church, is occupied by the present incumbent, the Rev. 
Francis VVrangham. M. A. F. R. S. recently elevated to the Archdeaconry of 
Cleveland, North-Riding. 

At Hunmanby was born, in 1671, Richard Fiddes, an English divine. In 
1694, he entered into Holy Orders, and soon after obtained the Rectory of 
Halaham, in Holderness ; but the air of the place proving unhealthy, he was de- 
prived of his speech, which he never perfectly recovered. In 1712, he removed 
to London, where he was under the necessity of commencing author, in order to 
procure for himself a comfortable subsistence. Unfortunately, he enlisted under 
the banners of party, and closely connected himself with Swift and Atterbury. 
At the recommendation of the former, the Earl of Oxford appointed him his 
Chaplain ; he was afterwards appointed Chaplain to the Garrison at Hull, of 
which he was deprived on the death of Queen Anne, and thrown back upon his 



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former resources of the pen. He died at Putney in 1725, aged 54. His prin- 
cipal works are, the Life of Cardinal Wolsey ;• a Body of Divinity, folio, for 
which flie University conferred on him the degree of D. D. and for which Lintot 
paid him 250 guineas ; 52 Practical Sermons ; a Treatise on Morality, &c— 
Gen. Biographical Dict.~^-Nichois > Lit. Anecdotes. 

HUNSLEY, HIGH and LOW, 2 /. h. (which gives name to the 
division) in the township and parish of Rowley, Hunsley-Beacon 
division of Harthill ; 5 miles from South-Cave and Beverley. 

EUTTON-CRANSWICK, a parish-town, in Baintori-Beacon divi- 
sion of Harthill; 3| miles from Driffield, 10 from Beverley, 30 
from York. — Pop. 917. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Peter, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. f53l. Is. Patron, 
Lord Hotham. 



INGHOLMES, /. h. in the township and wish of Patrington; I 
mile from Patrington. 

K 

KAVlNGIIAM, a parish-town, in the south-division of Holderness; 

5 miles from Patrington and Hedon, 13 from Hull, 51 from York. 
— Pop. 639. . The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Nicholas, 
in the deanry of Holderness, value, £12/. p. r. 421. Patron, the 
Archbishop of York. 

KAYINGHAM-MARSIT, 3 or 4/. h. in the township and parish of 
Kayingham; 6 miles from Hedon, 6 \ from Patrington. 

KEL FIELD, in the parish of Stillingfleet, wapentake of Ouse and 
Devwent; 6 miles from Selbv, 9 from York, 15 from Pockiington. 
Pop. 286. 

KELK, GREAT, in the parish of Foston, wapentake of Dickering ; 

6 miles from Driffield, 10 from Bridlington. — Pop. 158. 

K ELK, LITTLE, (extraparochial) in the wapentake of Dickering ; 
6 miles from Driffield, 9 from Bridlington. — Pop. ol. 

KELLYTHORPE, /. h. in the township of Emswell, and parish of 
Great-Driffield ; 2 miles from Great-Driffield. 

KENDALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Great-Driffield ; 2 
miles from Great-Driffield. 

KENN YTHORPE, in the parish of Langton, wapentake of Buck- 
rose ; 3| miles from Maiton, 10 from Sledmere. — Pop. 83. 

KEXBY, in the parish of Low-Catton, wapentake of Ouse and Der- 
went; 6| miles from York, 7 from Pockiington, 12 i from Market- 
Weighton.— Pop. 149. 

KILDWICK, or KILN WICK-PERCY, a parish-town, in Wilton- 
Beacon division of Harthill; (the seat of Robert Denison, Esq.) 2 
miles from Pockiington, 9 from Market- Weighton, 15 from York, 
Pop. 43. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Helen, in the deanry of Harthill, value, £4/. 16*, 3d. Patron, the 
Dean of York. 



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KlLHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering, a part 
in the liberty of St. Peter : 5 miles from Driffield, 7 from Sledmere, 
8 from Kunmauby and Bridlington, 1 2 from Scarborough, 31 \ 
from York, 231 from London. — Fairs, August 21, and November 
12, for horses, horned cattle, and sheep. — Principal Inn, Black- 
Bull. — Pop. 971. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated 
to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, Value, %Ql. 135. 4d< 
p. r. *106/. 18s. 4d. Patron, the Dean of York. 
KILNSEA, a parish-town, in th& south-division of Holderness; § 
miles from Patrington, IS from Hedon. 64 from York. — Pop. 
including Spurn, 196. — The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Helen, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £6/. ISs. 6\d t p. r* 
f 98/. 5s. Od. Patron. George Lowther Thompson, Esq. 

In the Gentleman's Magazine for July, 1821, maybe seen a view of ar* 
ancient Cross, that stood here till the year 1818, when it was taken down and 
removed into the Park of Sir Thomas Constable, Bart, at Burton-Constable* on 
account of the encroachment of the sea. " This ancient Cross, according to Tra- 
dition, was originally erected at the town ot Ravenspur," (long since swallowed 
up by the sea) " to commemorate the landing of Henry of Bolingbroke, Duke 
of Hereford, afterwards King Henry IV. in the year 1399. The appearance of 
the two latter numeral figures formerly observed on the Cross, seems to support 
this conjecture. Ravenspur was also celebrated for the landing of Edwardy 
Duke of York, afterwards Kin^ Edward IV. in the year 1471." — Gen. Man 
KILLING WOLD-GROVE, f.h. in the township and parish of 

Bishop-Burton : 3 miles from Beverley. 
KILNWICK, OR, KILNNVICK-JUXTA-YVATTON, & parish- 
town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill, (the seat of Charles 
Grimston, Esq.) 7 miles from Great-Driffield, S from Beverley, 
29 from York. — Pop. 230. The Church is a perpetual curacy^ 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r, 
+ 100/. Patron, Charles Grimston, Esq. 
KILPIN, in the parish of Hovvden ; wapentake of Howdenshire ;' % 
miles from Howden, \\\ from Selby, 12 from South-Cave.—* 
Pop. 318. 
KILPIN-PIKE, ham, in the township of Kilpiii, and parish of How* 

den ; 1 1 mile from Howden. 
KINGSFIELD, NORTH and SOUTH, 2 /. h. in the township of' 

Fraisthorpe, and parish of Carnaby ; 4 miles from Bridlington. 
KIPLIN-COATES-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of 
Aliddleton ; 5 miles from Market- Weighton. 

In the year 1618, five noblemen, at the head Of \fhom was Lord Burlington^ 
19 Baronets, and 25 gentlemen of the county subscribed 3601. to the establishment 
of annual horse races h^re.— They were held on the third Thursday iu March; 
and are occasionally continued. 

KIRBY-GRINDALYTH. a parish-town, in the wapentake o£ 
Buckrose; 2 miles from Sledmere, 9 from Malton, 23 from York* 
—Pop. including Mowthorpe, ITS. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, +8/, 
9s. Id. p. r. fSOl. Patron, Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart, 
This Church was given by Walter Espec, to the Priory of Kirkhani. 
K1RBY-UNDERDALE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck" 
rose ; 7 miles from Pocklington, 9 from Sledmere, 13 fro«* 

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York.— Pop. 335. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to AH- 
Saints, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 61. 3s. 4d. Patron, thef 
King. 

KIRKBURN, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Hart- 
hill; 4 miles from Great-Driffield, 11 from Beverley, 25 from 
York.— Pop. 119. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Alary, in the deanry of Harthill, value, £4/. 10s. Z\d. p. r. f75/. 
Patron, the King. 

KlRK-ELLA, a parish-town, in Huilshire ; (the residences of Mrs 
John Sykes and Mrs Williamson) 5\ miles from Hull, 7 from 
South-Cave, 34 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 4:13/. 2s. &\d. 
Patron, the Rev. Richard Sykes. — Pop. see Addenda. 

In the reign of Edward II. a great part of the lands in this pariah were in 
the hands of Lord Wake, of (Nottingham ; at present the ancient mercantile 
family of the Sykes have large possessions here ;— -and in the church is a hand- 
some monument to the memory of the late Joseph Sykes, Esq. who is supposed 
to have had more extensive dealings with the nobles and merchants of Sweden, 
than any other person in England. — Tickill. 

KIRjKHAM, (cxtraparochiajj in the wapentake of Buckrose; 6 
miles from Malton, 12| from York.— It consists of 3 houses and 
7 inhabitants. There has been no Church since the Abbey was 
dissolved.-— The inhabitants attend Westow church. 

Kirkham, which signifies the place of a Church, is situated in a delightful 
vale, on the eastern banks of the Dervvent. Here Walter de Espec and his wife, 
Adeline, in 1121-2, founded a Priory of Cannons regular, of the order of St. 
Austin, to the honour of the Holy Trinity J which he endowed with eevea 
Churches, and which were appropriated thereto. The reason assigned for his 
building this Priory, will be founded under the article Rievalx. At the disso- 
lution it was valued at 269/. 5s. 9d. Dugdale ; 300/. 15*. Gd. Speed; and was 
surrendered in 1539, by John de Kildwick, Prior, and seventeen Canons. In 
32nd Henry VIII. it was granted to Sir Henry Knevet, Knight, and Ann, his wife ; 
but in the 3rd Edward VI. the Earl of Rutland held it " de regeineapite per 
servic. militar." to whom Queen Elizabeth, in the 5th year of her reign, gave 
license to alienate this manor, with those of Billesdale, Stiperlow, and Rievalx, 
to Edward Jackman, and Richard Lambert.— Burton. The principal part 
that remains of this Priory, consists of a beautiful Gateway, a fine Saxon Nor- 
man Doorway, and part of the Cloisters. 

KNAPTON, in the parish of Winteringham, wapentake of Buckrose ; 
7 miles from Malton, 9 from tSledmere. — Pop. 206. The Church 
is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f45/, 1 0s. Patron, John 
TindalJ, Esq. 

KNEDLINGTON, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of How- 
denshire ; (the seat of Thomas Clarke, Esq.) 1 mile from Howden, 
91 from Selby.— Pop. 118. 
In an old Hall, in this village, was born Dr, Terrick, Bishop of London. 



LANGTHORPE-HALL, /. h. in the township of Ellerby, and 
parish of Swine; 9 miles from Hedon and Hull. 

LANGTOFT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering, liberty 
of St. Peter; 6 miles from Driffield and Sledmere, 12 from Brid- 
lington, 1 5%. from Scarborough, 30 from York. — Pop. 416. The 



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Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry 
of Dickering, value, £8/. Patron, the Dean of York. 

Peter Langtoft, an eminent Chronicler, so called from this place, was a 
Canon regular, of the order of St. Austin, at Bridlington, and wrote a Chroni.Oe 
of England in French vers?, in the time of Edward I. or II. which was after- 
wards translated in the latter of those reigns, by Robert of Brunne, and edited 
by Hearns in 1/25. He died in the beginning of the reign of Edward II. 

LANGTON, a parish -town, in the wapentake of Backrose ; (the seat 
of Mrs NorclijfeJ S\ miles from Malton. 9 from S led mere, 1 4i from 
Pockiington, 1 S from York. — Pop. 280. The Church is a rectory , 
dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 17/. 
4s. Id. Patron, the King. 

The Church was given by Burga, wife of Win. Vesey, to the Priory of Malton, 
thence it came to the Crown. 

LANG WITH, a township, in the parish of Wheld rake, liberty of 
St. Peter ; 7 miles from York. Contains of. h. and 39 inhabitants. 

LAXTOX, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 
3 miles from llowden, 12 from Selby, 13| from South-Cave. — Pop. 
268. A perpetual curacy under Howden, value, p. r. 45/. 

LAYTHAM, in the parish of Aughton, Holme-Beacon division of 
Harthill •, 8 miles from Howden and Pockiington. — Pop. 125. 

LEAVENING, in the parish of Acklaro, wapentake of Buckrose, 
liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Malton, 91 from Pockiington. 
1 1 from Sled mere. — Pop. 294. " 

LECKONFIELD, a parish town, in JlWsley- Beacon division of 
Harthill; 3 miles from Beverley, 10 from Market- Weighton and 
Driffield, 29 from York. — Pop. 302. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Catharine, in the deanry of Harthill, value *SL p. 
r. f66l. 7s. id. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. 

At this place, was once a celebrated Mansion of the ancient Earls of North- 
umberland, but of this, not a vestige now remains. Leland describes it as fol- 
lows : — " Leckinheld is a large house, and stondish within a great mote, yri one 
very spaci >us courte ; 3 parts of the house, saving the meane gate that is made 
of bricke, is al of tymhre. The 4 parte is fair, made of stone, and sum bricke. 
I saw in a little studying chaumbre there, callid Paradice, the genealogie of the 
Percys. The Park thereby is very fair and large, and meatly welle woddid 
Ther is a fair tour of bricke, for a logge yn the Park." 

In the year 1541, Henry VIII. in his progress to Hall, lodged at ' Leoonfield* 
Castle.' Besides the genealogy of the Percys in this house, as noticed by Le- 
land, it appears from the " Scarborough Guide," that there were a great raany 
" moral inscriptions in the chambers of this noble Mansion, chiefly collected by 
IT. Algernon Percy, fifch Earl of Northumberland." The following curious and 
ancient bill of fare lor the breakfast of a noble Earl and Countess, may not prove 
unacceptable to our readers: "First, for my Lord and Lady, a loaf of bread on 
trenchers ; two manchcts of the finest meal, weighing each six ounces ; a quart 
of beer; a quart of wine ; two pieces of salt fish ; six: baconed (i. e. smoked) 
herrings; four white herrings; or a dish of sproits," (i. e. sprats.) This wag 
during the holy fast of Lent. " On flesh-days, the bread as before; a quart 
of beer; a quart of wine; half a chine of mutcon, or a piece of beef boiled." 
This about the year 1430 (as appears from the house-book) was in use ntLecon- 
field. Nor was the geueral hour for meals among persons of condition, at that 
period, less remarkable. They breakfasted at seven, dined at fen, and supped 
at four: after which, between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, they had 
their ' liveries'— -that is to say, " for my Lord and Lady, buaari, as at breakfast ; 
a gallon of beer, and a quart of wine" (the wine hot, and mixed with spices) ; soon 
after which they went to bed !— Scarborough Guide, 



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Leckonfield was formerly the lordship and estate of Peter de Bras; who 
gave it in marriage with his sister, to Henry Percy, upon condition, that he and 
his heirs should repair to Skelton-Castle, upon every Christmas-day, and lead 
the Lady of the Castle from her chamber to the chapel, to mass, and thence to 
her chamber again ; and, after dinner, to depart. — Hargrove. 

liELLEY, in the parish of Preston, middle-division of Holdemess ; 
4 miles from Redon, 8 from Hull. — Pop. 119. 

LEPPINGTON, in the parish of Scrayingham, wapentake of Buck* 
rose ; 8 miles from Mai ton, 8 1 from Pocklington.— Pop. 129. It 
is a chapel of ease to Scrayinghain. 

LEVEN, a parish town, in the north-division of Holderness ; 6§ 
miles from Beverley, 71 from Hornsea, 14 from Hull, 16 from 
Bridlington, .36 from York. — Pop. 658. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Faith, in the deanry of Holderness, value 16/. 13s, 
4d, Patron, Rev. G. Sampson. 

A canal was cut by the late Mr. Bethell of Rise, from the river Hull to this 
Village, which supplies the greatest part of north and middle Holderness with 
coals and lime. 

LINCOLN-FLATTS, s. A. in the township and parish of Seaton- 
Ross ; 7 miles from JViarket-Weighton, 1 1 from Selby. 

LINGCROFT, {the. seat of J. B. Walmsley, Esq.) in the township 
of Naburn, and parish of St. Dennis, York, wapentake of Ouse 
and Derwent ; 3 miles from York, 12 from Selby. 

LINTON, in the township and parish of Winteringham, wapentake 
of Buckrose; 4 miles from Sledmere, 10 from Malton, 12 from 
Driffield. 

LINTON, EAST,,/, h. in the township of Balkholme, and parish 
of Howden •, 3 miles from Howden. 

JLINTON-GRANGE, /. h. in the parish of Winteringham, wapen- 
take of Bpckrose; 3 miles from Sledmere. 

LINTON, WEST, ham. in the township of Balkholme, and parish 
of Howden ; 2| miles from Howden. 

LISSETT, in the parish of Beeford, north-division of Holderness ; 
8 mites from Bridlington, 10 from Driffield, 15 from Beverley.—^ 
Pop. 95. Here is a Chapel to Beeford, dedicated to St. James, 
value, p. r. 1 00/. It has right of sepulture. 

LOCKINGTON, in the parishes of Lockington and Kilnwick juxta 
Watton, Bainton-Beacon division of Harthili ; 6| miles from 
Beverley, 81 from Driffield, 29 from York. — Pop. 491. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, m the deanry of Hart- 
hill, value, 20/. Matron, the Rev. Francis Lundy, the present 
rector. 

LOFTSOME AND LOFTSOME BRIDGE, in the township of 
Wressle-with-Loftsome, and parish of Wressle, Holme- Beacon 
division of Harthili; 4 miles from Howden, 6 from Selby. — Pop. 
included in Wressle. 

LONDESBROUGH, or LONDESBURGH, a parish-town in 
Holme-Beacon division of Harthili ; 2§ miles from Market- Weigh- 
ton, 5 from Pocklington, 18 from York.— Pop. 244. The Church 
is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthili, 
value 16/. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire, 



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Here is an hospital founded and endowed by Richard, Earl of Burlington, 
and Eliza, his Countess, for six poor old men, and six poor old women, who 
have a house and garden each, and 100/. laid out for them in coals, &c. 

Londesburgh, according to Drake's opinion, is the ancient Dclgovitia* 
The Roman road from B rough is continued in a direct line to Londes burgh- 
Park. It is composed of materials very scarce in that country, and lies buried 
under a tine soil, about 15 inches.— Several Roman Coins of the middle and lessor 
brass have been found here ; and a great many repositories for their dead, have 
been discovered in digging in and about the town, the park, and the gardens. 
The bones were found to lie in pure clean chalk, seven, eight, or more bodies 
together, side by side, very fresh and entire, though in some, not above twenty 
or twenty two inches deep from the surface-. Londesburgh was for several 
generations, one of the seats of the ancient and noble family of Clifford, Sir 
Francis Clifford, of Londesburgh, was High Sheriff of this county in 1600, as 
were many of his ancestors. Sir Francis Clifford succeeded his brother George 
in the Earldom of Cumberland. His son Henry, was the fifth and last Earl of 
that family, whose daughter was married to the Earl of Cork, from whom is 
descended the present Duke of Devonshire, who possesses this estate.— Drake. 

About two years ago, this ancient Mansion was completely demolished, and 
the Park disforrested. Lady Clifford, widow of " Black-faced Clifford" was 
interred at Londesburgh, where she died in 1491. A fiat stone near the altar 
of the church, (the oldest memorial of that family now remaining^ commemorates 
the event.— If 'hi taker's Craven. 

This place is also remarkable on account of the following anecdote, relative 
to the family of the Cliffords. John, the twelfth Lord, being slain at Towtou, 
fighting for the Lancastrians, left two sons very young, who, with their mother, 
resided at LondestuTrgh : To save her children from the fury of the Yorkists, 
Lady Clifford sent Richard, the youngest, into the Netherlands, and placed 
Henry, the eldest, with a shepherd, who had married one of her maids; this 
young nobleman was soon after removed from Londesburgh, into the mountains 
of Cumberland, where he remained in the capacity of a shepherd, till he was 32 
years old, having never learned to read ; when, in the first Parliament of Henry 
VII. he was restored, in blood and honour, to all his baronies, lands, and castles . 

LOXGBROUGH-LANE-HOUSE, in the township of Fitling, and 

parish of Humbleton; 8 miles from Hedon. 

LOWTHORPE, a parish town in the wapentake of Dickering; 

(Lowthorpe Hall, the seat of William Thomas St. Quinton, Esq.) 

iles from Great-Driffield, 9 from Bridlington, 34 from York. 

>. [40. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St; 

Martin, in the deanry of Dickering, value p. r. 67/. Patron, 

William Thoqaas St Quinton,' Esq. 

In 1333, this church was made collegiate, viz. a rector, and six chantry 
priests and three clerks. No institution to it since 1579. The sum of 15/. 16s. 
i- paid out of the Exchequer yearly, for serving this and Rusta Parva. 

JLU'ND, a parish town, in Bainton- Beacon divison oi" Harthill ; 7 
miles from Beverley and Market- Weighton, 9 from Great-Driffield, 
26 from York. — Pop. 3o7. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
Ail-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value +'6/. 6*5. Old Patron, 
Thomas Grimstone, Esq. The fairs formerly held at Lund every 
Thursday in Lent, are now discontinued, and one only held on 
the fourth Thursday in Lent, for pedlary and feasting. 

LLND, in the tow T nship of Long CliiFe-with-Lund, and parish of 
Hemmingbrough, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, liberty of 
Howdenshire; 4 \ miles from Selby, 7| from Howden, 14 from 
York. — Pop. included in Long Cliffe. 

LUTTON, EAST AND VVEST, in the parish of Wavethorpe, 
wapentake of Huckrose, liberty of St Perter; 2 miles from Sled- 



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mere, 10 from Malton. Pop. including West Lutton, 311, which 
being united, form the township of Luttons-Ambo. Here is a 
chapel of ease to Weaverthorpe. 

MAPFLETON, a parish town, in the north-divison of Holderness, 
a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 3 miles from Hornsea, 1 i\ from 
Beverley, 15 from-Hnll. — Pop. including Rowlston, 187, which 
being united, form a township. The Church, peculiar, is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holder- 
ness, value p. r. f6Q/. Patron, the Archdeacon of the East Riding. 
Bac-on styles this church a vicarage discharged, value 41, \&s. Ad. 

JVJ ARFLEET, a parish town ; in the middle-division of Holderness ; 
3 1 miles from Hedon, Si from Hull, 44 from York. — Pop. 127. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Holderness, 
value p. r. f70/. PatrOn, Rev. Thomas Watson. 

MARKET- WEIGHTON, a market and parish town, in Holme- 
Beacon division of Harthiil, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6| 
miles from Pocklington, 8 from South-Cave, 9| from Beverley, 
11| from Howden, 18 from Selby, 19 from York; from London, 
by Howden, 188 ; by York, 21 6 ^—Market, Wednesday.— Fairs, 
May 14, September 25, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c. — 
Principal Inns, Briggs 1 New Inn, King's Arms, and Half Moon. 
—Pop. 1 724. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to 
All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthiil, value, $4/. 13s. 9d. p. r. 
f 133^. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. 

Market- Weighton, situaied at the western foot of the Wolds, on the road 
between Beverley and York, does not contain any thing particular either to 
interest the antiquary or the tourist ; although it had for a number of years 
attracted the notice of most antiquaries, as the Roman Delgovitia, till Drake, in 
his Eboracum, p. 31, assigned that station to Londeshrough, 27i miles north of 
Market- Weight on, where it has remained undisturbed ever since. The town 
has of late years improved in building; and a navigable canal brought from the 
Humber to within two miles of the place, has tended much towards the improve- 
ment of the trade of the town and neighbourhood. 

MARTON, in the- parish of Swine, middle-division of Holderness; 
7 miles from Hedon, 91 from Hull, 12 from Beverley. — Pop. 129. 

MARTON, in the township of Sewerby-with-Marton," and parish of 
Bridlington, (Marfan- House, the seat of Ralph Creyke, Esq.) 2| 
miles from Bridlington. — Pop. included in Sewerby. 

MELBOURNE, or MELBURN, in the parish of Thornton, 
Holme-Beacon division of Harthiil ; (Melbourne- Houss, the seat of 
Sir Henry Maghull Mervin Vavasour, Bart.) 5 miles from Pock- 
lington, 9 from Market- Weighton, 12 from York. — Pop. 437. 
This fjamily of Vavasours appears to be a branch of the ancient family of that 
name, settled at Haslewood, soon after the conquest. The present Sir Herwy 
Maghull Mervia Vavasour was created a Baronet in J801. 
In the same township is 

MELBOURNE-LODGE, (the seat of General Wharton;) 6 mile^ 
from Pocklington. 

MELTON, in the parish of Welton, wapentake of Howdenshire; 
(the seats of Henry Sykes and Henry Thompson, Esqrs.) 5 miles 
from South-Cave. 9 from Beverley and Hull.— Pop. 1 18. 



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Of this Place wns William de Melton, the forty-second Archbishop of York; 
He was elected Archbishop in 1315, and died at Cawood, in 1340.— Drake. 

MELTON-HILL, hi the township of Melton, and parish of Welton • 
(the seat of John Wilson, Esq.) 5\ miles from South-Gave, 9 J from 
Hull and Beverley. 

MELTOXBY, in the parish of Poekliagtan, Wilton-Beacon divi- 
sion of Harthiil ; 2 miles from Pocklington, 9 from Market- 
Weighton, 15 from York.— Pop. 78. 

MENN YTHORPE. or MENETHORPE, in the parish of Westow, 
wapentake of Buckrose ; 3§ miles from Malton, 12 from Sledmere. 
Pop. 131. 

MENTHORPE, in the township of Menthorpe-with-Bowthorpe, and 
parish of Hemmin°:broug-h, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent ; 5 
miles from Selby and Howden, 14 from York. — Pop. including 
Bowthorpe, 49. 

METHAM, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire; 
(the scat of Philip Schol field, Esq.) 4| miles from Howden, 11 from 
South-Cave.— Pop. 45. 

This village was once the seat of the ancient family of the Methams. Sir 
Thomas Metham, an adherent of King Charles I. was slain at the battle of Mars- 
ton-Moor, fighting for the royal cause. Upon a moor near this place, a Roman 
pottery has been descovered, where a great quantity of cinders, broken urns, tfee. 
have been found. It is about a mile from the Roman military way. 

MEUX, in the parish of Wavra, middle-division of Holderness; 6 
miles from Beverley, 7 from Hull, 13 from Hedon. — .Pop. 74. 

William le Gross, Earl of Albemarle, and Lord of Holderness, founded an 
Abbey here, and introduced a Convent of Monks, from the Monastery of 
Fountains, of whom Adam, was the first Abbot, in 1150. Valued at the disso- 
lution at 299/. 6s. Ad. — Dcgdale. No part of this Abbey is remaining, but the 
site is easily traced by the foundations of the buildings and extensive moats. A 
catalogue of the Abbots is given in the History of Hull, which was sent Mr. 
Tichill, by the Rev. W. Dade, and to which history we would refer the reader 
for an enlarged account. 

MIDDLETON, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Hart- 
hill ; 81 miles from Beverley and Driffield, 9| from Pocklington, 
23 from York.^-Pop. 441. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
St. Andrew, in the deanry of Harthiil, value, 15/. 3s. 4d. Patron, 
the Rev. John Blanchard. 

MILLINGTON, in the parish of Great-Givendale, Wilton-Beacon 
division of Harthiil, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 3 miles from 
Pocklington, 8 from Market- Weighton, 15 from York. — Pop. 
282. The Chapel of Ease here is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 
1 11. I is. Patron, the Dean of York. 

MOLESCROFT, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, liberty of 
Beverley, Hunslev-Beacon division of Harthiil ; 1 mile from Bever- 
ley, \2k from Driffield.— Pop. 98. 

The cross on the further side of Molescroft valley, was one of the boundaries 
of tke sanctuary of the founders of St. John, of Beverley. — Drake. 
MORE BY, (the seat of the Rev. Thomas Preston) in the township 
of Stillingfleet-with-Moreby, and parish of Stillingfleet, wapentake 
of Ouse and Derwent; 5| miles from York, 9£ from Selby. 

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184 EAST-RlDlNG. 

MOOR HOUSES, 3 /... h. in the township and parish of Burton- 
Agness;- 7 miles from Bridlington and Driffield. 

MOOR- HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Humbieton; 5 
miles from Hedon. 

MOOR-TOWN, in the parish of Erandsburton, north-division of 
Holderness; 7 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Beverley, 13 from 
Bridlington. — Pop. 29. 

MOUNT-FARRAN, /. h. in the township and parish of Birdsall ; 4| 
, miles from Malton. 

MOWTHORPE, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Kirby^Grin- 
dalyth ; 3 miles from Sledmere A 

MUSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering ; 1 \ mile 
from Hunmanby, 8 from Scarborough, 10 from Bridlington, 38 
from York. — Pop. 350. The Church is a perpetual curacy $ dedi- 
cated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, Patron, Humphrey 
B. Osbaldeston, Esq. It was formerly a chapelry to Hunmanby, 
to which church, it still continues to pay a small sum towards the 
repairs of the mother-church ; and the inhabitants bury at Hun- 
manby.— Bacon stiles it a vicarage discharged, valued at 61. 10s. 

iv 

NABURN, in the parishes of Acaster-Malbis, and St. Dennis, York, 
wapentake of Ouseand Derwent; (the seat of George Palmes* Esq.) 
4 miles from York, 11 from Selby, 15 from Pocklington. — Pop. 
366. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Bulmer, 
Patrons, the King, and George Palmes, Esq. alternately. 

NAFFERTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 2| 
miles from Great-Driffield, 9 from Bridlington, 15 from Beverley, 
32| from York. — Pop. 917. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, value, f97L 
19s. 8d Patron, the Archbishop of York. Bacon styles this a 
vicarage discharged, valued at 13/. 1 5s. id. 

This church was an ancient reetory, belonging to the patronage of the 
Percys, till Sir Henry Percy, Knight, gave it to the Abbot and Convent of 
Meaux, about 1304 ; a vicarage was then ordained for a perpetual vicar to serve 
the. church; to have cure of souls, <fec. Thomas, Archbishop of York, decreed 
that this vicarage should consist of 20 marks sterling, payable quarterly, by the 
said religious. This sum the vicar enjoys to this day, and which is paid by 
Hie lay impropriator. 

In 1709, a Mr John Baron, of Bridlington, left the sum of 51. annually to 
the school here. 

NEVILLE-GRANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Long- 
Riston; 5\ miles from Beverley, 11 from Hull. 

NESWICK, in the parish of Bainton, Bainton-Beacon divisiou of 
Harthiil ;. (the residence of Charles Thorold, Esq.) 6 miles from 
Great-Driffield, 10 from Beverley.— Pop. 55. 

NEW BALD, NORTH, a parish-town, in Hunsley-Beacon divi- 
sion of Harthiil, liberty of St. Peter ; 3f miles from South-Cave, 
4| from Market- Weighton, 8 from Beverley, 23 from York. — 
Pop. The Church peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to Str 






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Nicholas, in the deanry of Harthill, value, pll. p. r. 178/. 12?. 
Patron, the Prebendary thereof. 

The church is remarkable for containing some of the most exquisite re» 
mains of Saxon architecture. Over the door way is an elegant statue of St. 
Nicholas, to whom the church is dedicated ; but so mutilated, that it would be 
impossible to say for whom it was designed, were it not seated within a 9hell, 
formed of Saxon architectural mouldings. — Antiquarian Itinerary, vol. 1, in 
which no less than four engravings aregiveu, to illustrate this church. 
NEWBALD, SOUTH, in the parish of North- Newbald, Hunsley- 
Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter; 3 miles from 
South-Cave, 6 from Market- Weighton, 8 from Beverley.— Pop. 
— See Addenda. 
NEW- FIELDS, ham. in the township of Skelton, and parish of 

Howden ; 1 mile from Howden, 1 1 from Selby. 
NE WLAND, in the townships of Balkholme and Eastrington, and 
parishes of Howden and Eastrington : 3 miles from Howden, 10 
from South-Cave. 
NE WLAND. ham. in the township and parish of Cottingham \ 2 

miles from Hull, 1\ from Beverley. 
NEWPORT, in the parish of Eastrington, wapentake of Kowden- 

shire; 4 1 miles from South-Cave, 7 1 from Howden. — Pop. 339. 
NEWSHAM, in the township of Newsham- with- Brind, and parish 
of Wressle, Holme-Beacon division of Harthill ; 3 miles from 
Howden, 7 from Selby. — Pop. included in Wressle. 
NEWTON, in the parish of Winteringham, wapentake of Buckrose; 
(a seat of George Strickland, Esq.) 8 miles from Malton and Sled- 
mere. — Pop. 50. 
NEWTON, /. h. in the township of Scalby, and parish of Blacktoft; 

4 miles from Howden, 9| from South-Cave. 
NEWTON, EAST, in the parish of Aldbrough, middle-division 
of Holderness; 8 miles from Hornsea, 9 from Hedon, 14 from 
Hull.— Pop. including Bewick, 38. 
NEWTON, OUT, in the parish of Easington, south-division of 
Holderness ; 5 miles from Patrington, 15 from Hedon. — Pop. 69. 
NEWTON-UPON-DERWENT, in the parish of Wilberfoss, Wil- 
ton-Beacon division of Harthill ; 5 miles from Pockiington, 8 
from York, 13 from Selby.— Pop. 205. 
NEWTON, WEST, in the parish of Aldbrough, middle-division of 

Holderness; 5 miles from Hedon, 9 from Hull. — Pop. 159. 
NEW- VILLAGE, (extraparochial) in Hunsley-Beacon division of 
Harthill; 4\ miles from South- Cave, 7| from Market- Weighton. 
Pop. 149. 
NORTH-BURTON, see Burton- Fleming. —Pop. 386. 
NORTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose; i mile 
east from Malton. — Pop. including Sutton and Welham, 1,168. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Buckrose, 
value, p. r. f78/. 3s. Patron, Thomas Ewbank, Gent. 
NOVA-SCOTIA, /. h. in the township of Skelton, and parish of 

Howden; 2 \ miles from Howden. 
NUNBURNHOLME, a parish-town, in Wilton -Beacon division of 

2 A 



180- EAST-RlDING. 

Harthill; 3 miles from Pocklington, '5 from Market- Weightotf* 
1 5 from York.— Pop. 203. The Church is a rectory, dedicated 
to St. James, in the deanry of Harthill; value, 9/. 12s. 6tf. 
Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

Here Roger de Morlay, Lord of the Barony of Morpath, founded a Nunnery. 
The Nuns held lands here of the fee of Thomas de Graystoc. — DuGDAiiB. Their 
revenue at the suppression, was valued at 10/. 3,?. 3d. — Spebo. 

NUN&EELING, or NUNKILL1NG, in the township of Bew- 
Jholme, and parish of Nunkeeling, north-division of Holderness ; 
6 miles from Hornsea, 9\ from Driffield, 10 from Beverley, 14 
from Bridlington, 16 from Hull, 39 from York.— Pop. included 
in Bewholme. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry 
of Holderness ; value, p. r. f37/. 5s. Patroness, Mrs R. Dixon. 

This church was originally part of the Priory, but was re-built about twelve 
years ago. 

Agnes de Arches, in the time of King Stephen, built a Priory here for Be- 
nedictine Nuns, to the honour of St. Mary Magdalen and St. Helen. Valued at 
the dissolution in 1540, at 35/. 15*. 5c?.- Duodale; 50/. 17*. 2d.— Speed. The 
site and demesnes were sold to Sir Richard Gresham, Knight, 32nd Henry VIII. 
to be held de rege in capite per servic, militare. — Dugdale. — Burton. 

NUTHILL, f. h. in the township of Burstwick, and parish of Skeck- 
lirig '; 3 miles from Hedon, 9 from Hull. 

NUTTLES, /. h. in the township of Burstwick, and parish ofSkeck- 
liag ; 4 miles from Hedon, 8 from Hull. 

o 

OCTON, in the township and parish of Thwing ; (Octon-Cottage, the 
seat of Robert Prickett, Esq.) 8 miles from Bridlington. 

OCTON-G RANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Thwing i 9 
miles from Bridlington, 12 from Scarborough. 

OSGODBY, in the parish of Hemmingbrough, wapentake of Ouse 
and Derwent, liberty of Howdenshire ; 3 miles from Selby , 5 from 
Howden, 13 from York.— Pop. 185. 

OTTRINGHAM, a parish-town, in the south-division of Holder- 
ness ; 3 1 miles from Patrington, 6§ from Hedon, 15 from Hull r 
53 from York.—- Pop. 637. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. Wilfrid, in the deanry of Holderness, value, p. r : . 
1*39/. Patron, Francis Watt, Esq. 

OTTRINGHAM-MARSH, s, h. in the township and parish of Ot- 
tringham ; 4 miles from Patrington. 

OUSE and DERWENT, a wapentake, which takes its name from 
the two rivers, that form its chief boundaries ; the west side being 
bounded by the river Ouse, the east by the river Derwent, and 
their junction forms the southern boundary, while the city of York r 
and part of the North-Riding bounds it on the north. It has no 
market- town ; contains 24 townships, 10 of which are parishes, 
and 7,730 inhabitants. 

OWBROUGH, 3 /. A. in the township of Ellerby, and parish of 
Swine; 6 miles from Hedon, 7 from Hull, 9 from Beverley. 

OWSTHILL, s. h. in the township of Aldbrough-with-Carltoa and 
Fosham, and parish of Aldbrough •, 8 miles from Hedon. 



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OWSTHORPE, a township, in the parish of Pocklington, Wiifort- 
Beaeon division of Harthili; 1 \ mile from Pocklington, 8 from 
Market- Weighton, 13 from York. Contains 2 farm-houses and 
9 inhabitants. 

OW STROP, 'If. h. in the township of Giiberdike, and parish of 
Eastrington ; 3| miles from Hovvden, 8^ from South-Cave. 

OYVSTWICK. in the parishes of Garton and Hooss, middle-division 
of Holderness ; 8 miles from Hedon, 13 from Hull. — Pop. 139. 

OWTHORN, a parish-town, in the south-division of Holderness; 
5 miles from Patrington, 10 from Hedon, 18 from Hull, 56 from 
York. — Pop. 1 43. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Peter, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 1 1 /. 6s. 3d, Patron, 
the King. 

In Feb, 1816, the tide flowed so strong on this coast, that it washed clown 
the spire of Oatfhom church, better known by the name of one of the ISister 
CMtrshes ; it had long been considered an ancient land-mark. A new one has 
since been built at Rimswell, iu the same parish, instead oi it. 



PAINSLACK, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Huggafe ; 7 
miles from Driffield, 9 from Pocklington. 

PAINSTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirby-Under- 
dale; (the scat of Captain Richardson) 7 miles from Pocklington, 
9 from Sled mere. 

PARK-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Storthwaite, and parish 
of Thornton; 7 miles from Pocklington, ] 1 from York. 

PATRINGTON, a market and parish-town, in the south-division 
of Holderness; 10 miles from Hedon, \S from Hull, 2(§ from 
Hornsea, 56 from York, 192 from London. — Market, Saturday. — 
Fairs, March 23, July 18, December 6, for drapery, roillioery, 
shoes, <frc. — Principal Inns, Three Tuns, and Simpson's Inn. — . 
Pop. 1,244. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Patrick, 
in the deanry of Holderness, value, 22/. Patron, Clare-Hall, 
Cambridge. 

Patrington, an ancient town, supposed by Camden to be the Pratcrium. 
mentioned by Avtonin>ts in hi3 first Iter : and by Dr. Gate, to be a place, where 
justice was administered between merchant and merchant. Drake differs i/cra 
Camden, and considers the Prceiorium to have been merely a moveable encamp- 
ment, but where, is no-.r impossible to determine ; probably long sinco swallowed 
np by the sea. However, he that as it may, the inhabitants used to boast of 
their antiquity, and the former excellency of their harbour ; which is now only 
a small creek forming a kind of a haven for small craft within a mile from the H«ttc- 
ber; but there is no canal up to the town. From the church-yard and feom 
several parts of the vicinity, are delightful views of the Humber, and its fertile 
5 bores as tar as Spurn point, and the opposite shores of Lincolnshire render the 
prospect more beautiful. The town may boast of a much handsomer church than 
nscst others in the neighbourhood. It is built in the form of a cross, and has a 
vpry lofty spire, whioh has long been a landmark for seamen on entering the 
Humber. This spire, about 190 feet high, was not many years ago repaired at 
a trifling expense, considering ifs height, by a very ingenious workman, who 
ereeted his scaffolding half way up the spire, by means of a chain on hooks. 

PA rillNGTON-HAVEN, see Humber- Side. 

PAUL, or PAG HILL, a parish-town, in the south-division of Bio'- 



188 EAST-HIDING. 

derness; 3 miles from Hedon, 7 from Patrington, 10 from Hull, 
48 from York. — Pop. 486. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Andrew and St. Mary, in thedeanry of Holderness, value, 
$10/. 0s. 5d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

Paul, situated on the banks of the Hnmber, is remarkable for its dock yard, 
where ships of the line, of as high a rate as seventy-fonrs, are sometimes built. 

PAUL, HIGH, in the township and parish of Paul ; S| miles from 
Hedon, 6\ from Patrington, 10| from Hull. 

PAUL-HOLMES,/, h. in the township and parish of Paul ; 31 miles 
from Hedon. 

PLOUGH LAND, 2 f. k. in the township and parish of Welwiek ; 
1 1 mile from Patrington. 

PLUCKHAM, /. h. in the township of Thixendale, and parish of 
Wharram-Percy ; 5 miles from Pocklington. 

POCKLINGTON, a market and parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon 
division of Harthill,a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6£ miles from 
Market- WeightOn, 13 from York, 14 from Sledmere, 16 from 
Malton, 16| from Howden, 17 from Great-Driffield, 212 from Lon- 
don. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, March 7, May 6, August 5, and 
Nov. 8, for horned-cattle, horses, sheep, cloth. &c— Principal Inns, 
the Feathers, Buck, and Black Bull.— Pop. l;962. The Church, 
peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of 
Ilarthill, value, $10/. is. lO^p. r. 140/. Patron, the Dean of 
York. 

POCKLINGTON-NEW-INN, in the township and parish of Pock- 
lington; 1 \ mile from Pocklington, 5J- from Market- Weigh ton, 
13 from York. A Posting-house, on the road from York to 
M arket- W ei ghton. 

POCKTHORPE, hanu in the township and parish of Nafferton ; 
(Pockthorpe-House, the seat of William Hall, Esq.) 4 miles from 
Driffield, 10 from Bridlington. 

PORTINGTQN, in the township of Cavile-with-Portington, and 
parish, of Eastrington, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 3 miles from 
Howden, 11 from South-Cave. — Pop. included in Cavile. 

la 1814, three small imperfect coins, and a Roman urn containing upwards 
of 100 other coins, all in high preservation, and- comprising, with the exception 
of two, coins of the several Emperors from Nero to Commodus, were found in a 
lane near Portington. 

PRESTON, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness, a 
part in the liberty of St Peter ; 1, mile Irom Hedon, 8 from Hull, 
46 from York.— Pop. 828. The Church, peculiar, (styled Pres- 
ton-with-Hedon) is a "vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the 
deanry of Holderness, value, %\%l. Patron, the Subdean of York. 

PRICKETT-HILL, /. h. in the township of Newsham-with-Brind, 
and parish of Wressle; 2 miles from Howden. 

RAYWELL. (the seat of Daniel Sykes, Esq.) in the township and 
parish of Cottingham ; 5 miles from South-Cave, 6 from Beverley, 
7 from Hull*- 






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R AISTHORPE, /. h. in the parish of Wharram-Percy ; 5 miles from 
Siedmere, 9 from Malton. — Pop. including Burdaie, 47, which 
being- united, form a township. 

REIGHTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; (the 
seat of Arthur Strickland, Esq.) %\ miles from Hunmartby, 6rJ from 
Bridlington, 40 from York. — Pop. 217. The Church is a vicar- 
age, in the deanry of Dickering, value, $91. 10s. p. r. tl3-9/. Pa* 
tron, Sir Wm. Strickland, Bart. It was formerly a chapel to Hun- 
nianby, to which it still pays a small sum annually towards repairs, &c. 

RICCALL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, 
•liberties of St. Peter and Howdenshire; (Riccall-HaU, the seat of 
Toft Richardson, Esq.) 5\ miles from Selby, 91 from York, 12 from 
Howden. — Pop. 599. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedi- 
cated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, £67. p. r. 50/. 
Patron, the Prebendary thereof. 

Iu the year 1066, the King 1 ef Norway, with a fleet of near 600 sail, came 
up the Hu ruber, and landed their forces at this place, and marched directly to 
York, which they took by storm. — Drake.. 

The church of Riccall is of great antiquity, the porch of which is not only a 
curious, but a fine piece of sculpture and architecture, and is equal, if not superior y 
to that celebrated one of St. Margaret's, Walmgate, York. The Prebendal Hall, 
occupied by Mr. Richard Wilson, is a very ancient building) some part being 
built after the manner of Bugden Palace. It is moated round. 

RIDGEMO'NT, /. h. in (he township of Burstwick, and parishes of 
Skecklingand Burton- Pidsea ; 5 miles from Hedon. 

RILLINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose; \\ 
miles from Malton, 8 from Sledmere, 22 from York. — Pop. 683. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry 
of Buckrose, value, ^8/. 14s. §\d. p. r. fl30/. Patron, the King. 

RILLINGTON-MOOKS, a few f. h. in the township and parish of 
Rillington ; 7 miles from Malton. 

RIMSWELL, a township, in the parish of Owthorn, south-division 
of Holderness; 5 miles from Patrington, 1 1 from Hedon, 19 from 
Hull. — Pop. 129. A Church has been built here instead of that at 
Owthorn, which was washed down by the sea, in 1816. 

RINGBROUGH,/. h. in the townshipof Bewick-with-East-Newton, 
and parish of Aldbrough ; 10 miles from Hornsea and Patrington. 

RIPLINGHAM, in the township and parish of Rowley, Hunsley- 
Beacon division of Harthill ; 4 miles from Beverley, 8 from Hull, 

RISBY, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Rowley ; 4 miles from 
Beverley, 6 from South-Cave. 

About 50 years ago, the mansion of the Ellerkers here, was accidentally 
destroyed by fire. The Park at Risby, one of the most beautiful in the Riding, 
i<? now occupied by a farmer. 

RISE, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holderness ; (the seat 
of Richard Bethell, Esq.) 6| miles from Hornsea, 9 from Beverley, 
10 from Hull, 38 from York.— Pop. 221. The Church is a rec- 
tory, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 10/. 0s. 5d. Patroa, the 
King. 

This place anciently belonged to the noble femily of Fauconberg, but has 
.now been for many generations the family seat of the Bet helix. 

RYSOME, in the township of Holmpton, and parish of Hollym ; (the 



190 EAST-P.IDING. 

seat of George Henry Sherwood, Esq.) 4 miles from Patrington, 13 
from Hedon. 
RISTON, LONG, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holder- 
ness; 6| miles from Beverley, i 1 from Hull, 14 from Driffield, 18 
from Bridlington, 35| from York.— Pop. 361. The Church is a 
rectory, dedicated to St. Margaret, in the deanry of Holdemess, 
and is held along with Hornsea. Patron, the King. 
ROOSS, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holdemess ; 5 miles 
from Patrington, 7 from Hedon, 14 from Hull, 52 from York.— 
Pop. 442. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the 
deanry of Holdemess, value, IS/. Patron, the Rev. Christopher 
Sykes. 
ROTSEA, in the parish of Hutton-Cranswick, Bain ton-Beacon 
division of Harthili ; 6 miles from Great-DriMeld, 12 from Bever- 
ley.— Pop. 23. 
ROUTH, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holdemess ; A\ 
miles from Beverley, 10 from Hornsea, 13 from Hull, 19 from 
Bridlington, 33 from York. — Pop. 124. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holdemess, value, 8/. 17s. 
Id. Patronesses, Mrs E. M. Ellerker, and Mrs H. Ellerker. 

Jn the church is a mutilated effigy of a Knight Templar; and br*sser of a 
Knight and his Lady, in good preservation, except the inscription, which has 
been torne ofi. 
ROUTON, 3 /. k. in the township of Arnold- with-Rou ton and 
North Skirlaugh, and parish of Swine, north-division of Holdemess; 
7\ miles from Beverley, 9 from Hull, 15 from Driffield. — Pop. 
included in Arnold. 
ROWLEY, a parish-town, in Ilunsley -Beacon division of Harthili ; 
2| miles from South-Cave, 5 \ from Beverley, 8| from Hull, 29 from 
York. — Pop. 425. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. 
Peter, in the deanry of Harthili, value, 20/. 1*. 8c/. Patron, €ol, 
Hildyard. 
ROWLSTON, in the township of Mappleton- with- Rovvlston, and 
parish of Mappleton; (thereat of Miss Amiman) 2 miles from 
Hornsea, 14 from Beverley, 16 from Driffield.-^ Pop. included 
in Mappleton. 
RUDDINGS, see Aughton-Ruddings. 

RUDSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 5 miles 
from Bridlington, 6 from Hunmanby, 7 from Driffield, 36 from 
York.— Pop. 417. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to Ail- 
Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, value, £9/. 13s. 6 id. Patron, 
the Archbishop of York. 

Here stands an Obelisk of great magnitude, which mostprobaily gave name 
to the village, In Doomsday book it is called Rodestane ; some authors have 
imagined that the erection may be attributed to the Romans, as several tumuli 
and entrenchments are visible in many parts of the Wolds. We shall malse ike 
stowing extracts from Mr. Pegge's account of it, given in the 5th vol. of Ar- 
ch*ologia, when he presented an engraving of the stone to the Society of Anti- 
quaries. " This stone stands about four yards from the north cast corner of R»d- 
ston church, which is situated on a high hill. Its depth underground, is equal to 
iin heigth above, as appeared from an experiment made by the late Sir William 
3t^ick!and. All the four sides are a little convex, arid the whole covered with 



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moss. If, aa it is there stated, the part underground be equal to that above, jt 
is a most prodigious stone, not less than sixteen yards long ; for the part above 
ground, measures above twenty-four feet. Mr. John Page, a master builder, 
says, the stone is of a very durable sort, as hard as most marble ; that the breadth 
is 5 feet 10 inches, and the thickness, 2 feet 3 inches, and supposing it to be 
28 feet above ground and as much below as above, he computes the whole weight 
to be, if equal to Portland stone, 46 tons. These pyramids are commonly 
esteemed to be Danish erections, and for my part I have always been inclined to 
think them funeral monuments." 
TtUSTON-PARVA, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering ; 

4 miles from Driffield, 9 from Bridlington. — Pop. 14.0. The 
Church is a curacy, in the deanry of Dickering, Patron, William 
Thomas St. Quintin, Esq. 

RYALL, or RYEHILL, in the parish of Skeekling, south-division 
of Holderness ; 3k miles from Hedon, 7 from Patrington.— Pop. 
including Camerton, 315. 

R YTHAM-G ATE, 2 h. in the township and parish of Seaton-Ross ; 

5 miles from Pocklington, 6 from Market- Weighton. 

SALTAGH-G RANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kaying- 

ham ; 6 miles from Patrington and Hedon. 
SALTMARSHE, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howden- 
shire ; {the, seat of Philip Saltmarshe, Esq,) 4 miles from Howden, 
1 4 from South-Cave. — Pop. 179. 

Sir Lionel Saltmarshe lived in the time of King Harold. He did homage to 
King William tha Conqueror, and was knighted by him at the castle of Knore, 
the 14th of November, 1067, where he gave him under the royal letters patent, 
the lordship of Saltmarshe, This family has flourished here ever since. — lfo<- 
chinson's Hist. Durham. 

SANCTON, a parish-town, in Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill; 
2 1 miles from Market-Weighton, 5\ from South-Cave, 9 from 
Beveriey. — Pop. including Houghton, 334. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 
+61. Is. \Q$d. p. r. *58/. lis. id. Patron, John Broadley, Esq. 

SAND-HALL, (the seat of William Sholfield, Esq.) in the township 
of Skelton, and parish of Howden ; 3| miles from Howden, 13 
from Selby. 

SAND-HOLME, in the township of Giiberdike, and parish of East- 
jington, wapentake of Howdenshire; 4| miles from Howden, 8 
from South-Cave. 

SAND-HOLM E, ham. in the township of Sand-Holme-with-Storkhiil. 
and parish of St. John, Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of 
Harthill, liberty of Beverley ; 1 \ mile from Beverley. — Pop, in- 
cluding Storkhill, see Addenda. 

SCAGGLETHORPE, in the parish of Settrington, wapentake of 
Buckrose ; 3 miles from Malton, 10 from Sledmere. — Pop. 222. 

SCALBY, in the parish of Blacktoft, wapentake of Howdenshire; 
5 1 miles from South-Cave, 6| from Howden.— Pop, inclDding 
Cheapsides, 179. 

8CAMPSTON, in the parish of Rillington, wapentake of Bcckrose ; 



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\ (Sccnnpston-House, the residence of Charles Thorald- JFood, Esq,) 6 
miles from Malton, 15| from Scarborough.~Pop. 200. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy under Rillington, in the deanry of 
Buckrose, value, p. r. $25/.. 

This seat of the. ancient family of the St. Quintins, is at present occnpied by 
Charles Thorald Wood, Esq. The family of St. Quintin is said to have derived 
its name from St. Quintin, the Capital of Lower Picardy, in France, and entered 
England on the Norman invasion. The name is recorded in the roil of Battle 
Abbey. The fifth and last Baronet of that lineage died A. D. 1795.— Scarborough 
Guide. 

SCEAF, or SCEFF, f.k in the township and parish of Kolme-on- 
Spalding- Moor ; 5\ miles from Market- Wei ghton. 

SCORBROUGH, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of 
Harthill ; 4 miles from Beverley, S\ from Great-DrifiHeld, 29'from 
York. — Pop. 88. The Church is a rectory, dedicated "to St. 
Leonard, iu the deanry of Harthill. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. 
This place was formerly the seat of the ancient family of the Hothams. ' The 
mansion house during the civil wars, was supplied with stores and cannon, and gar- 
risoned by Sir JohnHotham, governor of Hull. Butitfell suddenly with its mas- 
ter, after being ravaged by those whose party he had supported against Charles 
I. Sir John Hothani, on his flight from Hull, was seized near Beverley gate, 
as he made an effort to regain his house at Scorbrqugh, the' place of his nativity. 
A small remnant of decayed trees, bald headed wit!i dry antiquity, hard by where 
the mansion stood, and close to the road, still affords protection to a company of 
herons; ^nd an extensive castle moat is still preserved. — Scarborough Guide. 

SCORES Y, in the township of Stamford-Bridge, east-side, wapen- 
take of Ouse and Derwent ; 6 miles from York, 8 from Pockling- 
ton. — Pop. included in Stamford- Bridge. 

SPRAYING HAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; 
9 miles from Pocklington, 1 1 from York. — Pop. 1 57. The Church 
is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Buckrose, 
value,, 21/. 1 Is. 10|f/. Patron, the King. 

SCULCOATES, a parish-town, or a street adjoining Hull, in Huns- 
Jey-Beacon division of Harthill : 9 miles from Beverley, 14 from 
South-Cave. — Pop. 1 0,449. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
Mary, in the deanry of Harthill ; value, +5/. 6s. Sd. Patron, the 
King. 

SEATON, in the township of Seaton-with-Wassand. and parish of 
Sigglesthorne, north-division of Holderness ; 2f miles from Horn- 
sea, 10| from Beverley; 12| from Great-Driffield, ]3| from Hull. 
Pop. including Wassand, 301 , which being united, form a township. 

SEATON-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Seaton-Ross ; 
6 \ miles from Pocklington, 7 from Market- Weighton. 

SEATON-HALL, NEW, s. h. in the township and parish of Seaton- 
Ross ; 6 1 miles from Pock lington. 

SEATON-ROSS, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of Hart- 
hill;. -5\ miles from Pocklington, 7 from Market- Weighton, 10 
from Howden, \6 from York. — Pop. 477. The Church is a per- 
petual curacy , dedicated to St. Edmund, in the deanry of Harthill, 
value, p. r. f48/. Patron, William Charles Maxwell, Esq*. 

SETTRINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; 
(a seat of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart) 4 miles from Malton. 



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8 from Sledraere. — Pop. 535. The Church is a rectory, dedicated 
to All-Saints, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 42/. 125* 6d. 
Patron, the Earl of Bridgewater. 

This Manor and Estate formerly belonged to the honourable family of the! 
Mastermans, and by marriage with the heiress, canie into the possession of the' 
present proprietor, Sir Mark Masterman Sykes> Bart. 

SEWER BY, in the township of Sewerby-cum-Marton, and parish 
of Bridlington, wapentake of Dickering; (S ewer by- House * the seat 
of John Greame, Esq.) i\ mile from Bridlington, \3\ from 1 
Driffield.-^ Pop. 317. 

SHERBURNE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bdckrose; % 
miles from Sledmere, 12 from Malton.-^-Pop. 496; The Church 
is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Hilda, in the deanry of Buckrose ; 
value, i6L Os. '2\d. p. r. f 60/. Patron, Sir W^ Strickland* Bart 

SHIPTON. in the parish of Market- Weighton, Holme-Beacon dp 
vision of Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter 5 2 miles from 
Market- Weighton, 4| from Pocklington. — Pop. 369. Here is a* 
Chapel of ease to Market- Weighton * value, p. r< %5l< 18$ 

SIGGLESTHORNE, a parish-town, in the north-division of KaU 
derness; 3| miles from Hornsea, 9| from Beverley \%\ from 
Hull, 14 from Driffield, 16 from Bridlington, 39 from York.-^ 
Pop. 163. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St* Lawrence, in 
the deanry of Holderness, value, 31 /. Is. 3d. Patron, the Kingv 

SKECKLING, in the township of Skeckling-cum-Burstwick, and 
parish of Skeckling, south-division of Holderness; 4 miles from 
Hedon, S from Patrington, 1 1 from Hull, 49 from York. The 
Church is a vicarage, (styled Burstwick-with-Skeckling) dedicated 
to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 7L Patron, 
Executors of the late Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan, 

There is no village of the name of Skefckling, it is merely the flame of 3 
parish. 

SKEFFLING, a parish-town, in the south-division of HoldertfesS ; ; 
3| miles from Patrington, 13| from Hedon, 22 from Hull, 60 from 
York. — Pop. 201. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Helen, in the deanry of Holderness, value, p. r. f63/. Pa- 
tron, the Rev. N. Holme. 

SKELTON, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire* 
2 miles from Howden, 12 from Selby, 132 from South-Cave. — 
Pop. 221. 

SKERNE, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill; 
%\ miles from Driffield, 12 from Beverley, 31 from York. — Pop, 
251. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Harthill, 
value, p. r. 55/. 10s. Patron, Richard Arkwright, Esq. 

SKIDBY, in the parish of Cottingham, Huns ley -Beacon division of 
Harthill; 4 miles from Beverley, 7 from Hull and South-Cave. 
Pop. 313. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St/ 
Michael, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. 20/. Patron, the 
Bishop of Chester, or his lessee, Mr Peploe. 

SK IPSE A, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holdemesst 5 
miles from Hornsea, 10 from Bridlington, 10! from Driffield, 1£ 

2b 



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from Beverley, 40 from York. — Pop. 329. The Church is a vicar- 
age, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 
" £9/. 1 6s. p. r. 52/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

At this place was an ancient castle, built by Drugo de Bruerer, a Fleming, 

the first Lord of Holderness after the conquest, who accompanied William into 

. England, and being skilful and courageous in arms, was rewarded with this 

' estate, as well as the hand of his niece in marriage ; but, she being poisoned by 

him, be was obliged to fly for his life, and his estates given to Stephen, the son of 

Edo, Earl of Albemarle, in Normandy. No remains of the building ate now 

to be seen, but in the middle of the marsh, which separates Skipsea from Skipsea- 

Brough, is an artificial Mound of a circular form, and considerable height, on 

- the top of which may be traced, the foundations of an ancient castle or tower. — 

This mound still retains the name of Castle- Hill.— Cam den. — Magna Brit. — 

Archjsol. 

SKIPSEA-BROUGH, see Brougk. 

SKIP WITH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Onse and Derwent, 
liberty of Howdeushire ; {the seat of Mrs Jane Hudson) 5\ miles 
from Selby, 1\ from Howdeu, 9\ from York.— Pop. 315. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of 
Bulmer, value, +10/. 11 s. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. 

Here is a school founded and endowed by Dorothy Wilson, Spinster, by will, 
dated Jan. 20, 1710. The Rev.. Joseph Wilson, the late vicar, left 400/. to this 
school, the interest of which to be applied to the education of the poor of the 
parish. The present salary for the Master is 20/. arising out of lands at Skip- 
with Holmes, originally for 10, now 14 boys. 

SKIRLAUGH, NORTH, in the township of Arnold-with-Routon 
and North-Skirlaugh, and parish of Swine, north-division of 
Holderness; it adjoins and is a part of South-Skirlaugh. — Pop. in- 
cluded in Arnold. 

SKIRLAUGH, SOUTH, in the parish of Swine, middle-division of 
Holderness; 8 miles from Hedon, 9 from Hull and Beverley. — 
Pop. 211. Here is a Chapel to Swine, dedicated to St. Austin. 

The elegant chapel here, erected by Walter Skirlaugh, Bishop of Dnrham, 
the place of his nativity, is described by Britton in his Architectural Anti- 
quities, as one of the most perfect minor specimens of parochial architecture in 
the kingdom, and supposed to have been erected after Skirlaw was advanced to 

.. the See of Durham, A. D. 1388, and probably not before 1400. The base of the 
tower is surrounded with a series of a quartrefoil panels. 

Mr. Britton further adds, on the authority of Wood, that " it appears by a 
certain note (inter collect. Rog. Dodsworth) that Skirlaw was born at Skir- 
law or Skirley, in Yorkshire, and the son of a siever (riddle or sieve maker) 
there, but being very untoward, ran away from his father's house, and went to 
the. University, where, being received by some Scholar, he arrived at such 
learning, that he became noted for it, and through various preferments, was 
made Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, then of Wells, and at length of Durham. 
At which last place being settled, he sent his steward to inquire at Skirlaw, 
whether his father and mother (who had given him over for a lost son) were liv- 
ing; and having received notice that they were alive, sent for them, and sup- 
plied their wants. " 

SKIRLING TON, /. h. in the township and parish of Atwicke ; 3 
miles from Hornsea. 

SKIRPENBECK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; a 
part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles from Pockiington, 10 
from York.— Pop. 263. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry 
of Buckrose, value, 14/. 7s. S\cL Patron, the King. 



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SLEDMERE, a post and parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck- 
rose ; (a seat of Sir Mark Master man Sykes, Bart.) Smiles from 
Driffield, VI from Mai ton, 14 from Pocklingion, 17 from Brid- 
lington, 20 from Scarborough, 24 from York, 226 from London. 
— Principal Imu Triton Inn. — Pop. including Groom, 42o. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry 
of Buckrose, value, +32/. \5s. Patron, Sir Mark Mas'.erman 
Sykes, Bart. 

It was originally a Chapel in the parish of Grindalyth, and appropriated 
with it to the Priory of Kirkham. 

Sledmere, situated in a spacious vale, in the centre of the Yorkshire Wolds, 
may be considered as the ornament of that bleak and hilly district, is noted for 
being. the residence of Sir Mark Maste.rman Sykes, Bart, whose father, the late 
Sir Christopher Sykes, Bavt. erected, from his own design, the present Mansion, 
which.hasbeen planned and executed in a superior style of elegance; butthe great- 
est boast and pride of its noble owner, is the Library, 100 feet in length, and which 
the Rev. F. Dibdin is pleasc-d to call "one of the finest rooms in the kingdom ; 
perhaps rather too splendidly got up for the purpose t^> which it is converted. 
Here repose all the Editiones Princeps of Sir Mark : and among them t^i first 
Livy upon vellum. Here too are seen his History and Topography and f'oyages, 
and Travels, mostly upon large paper, in beautiful condition and appropriate 
bindings : while, below stairs, in Sir Mark's own particular apartment, and by 
the side of a bookcase, which contains some of ihe rarest Old English Poetry, 
in our language, are to be found his beautiful Hollars, and matchless Fait/iornes,'' 
■ — Bibliogr. Decani. III. p. 405. 

The ornamented appendages, the pavilions, hot houses, green houses, &e. 
add to the beauty of the scene : and a loity arched gateway erected over the pre- 
sent and ancient Roman road, from York to Bridlington, is seen at a great dis- 
tance from every quarter, and has a fine effect. 

Sir Mark succeeded his father, Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart. September, 
1801, married, November 11, 1795, Henrietta, daughter of Henry Masterman, 
of Settrington, in Yorkshire, Esq. — Debrett. 
SMITHY-BRIGG, /. h. in the township of West- Newton, and 

parish of Swine; 7 miles from Hed on, 8| from Huil. 
SOUTHBURNE. in the parish of Kirkburn, Bainton-Beacondi vision 
of HarthilJ ; 4| miles from Driffield, 10| from Beverley. — 
Pop. 103. 
SOUTHCOATES, in the parish of Drypool, middle-division of Hoi- 

derness; 2 miles from Hull, 8 from Hed on. — Pop. 798. ■ >, 
SP ALDINGTON, in the parishes of Bobwith and Aughton, Holme- 
Beacon division of Harthill; i\ miles from Howden, lOfromSdby 
and Market- Weigh ton. — Pop. 361. 

The ancient mansion of the Vavasours is yet to be seen here.-. .Tt is a. fine 
old building, and, from its architecture, appears to have -been built -irfTout the 
time of Queen Elizabeth. 
SPEETON, in the parish of Bridlington, wapentake of Dickering-; 
4 miles from Hunmanby, 5 from Bridlington. — Pop. 116. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 60/. Patron, Wm. J. 
Denison, Esq. 
SPITAL, /. h. in the township and parish of Fangfoss, Wilton- 
Beacon division of Harthill ; 3| miles from Pocklington. 
SPITAL-HOUSE, in the township of Staxton.and parish of Witterby •> 
8 miles from Scarborough, 1 i from Bridlington. 

A few years ago, when removing some earth adjoining this house, a large 
quantity of human bones appeared. It formerly belonged to the Priory of 
Bridlington. 



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SPRINGHEAD, in the township and parish of Cottingham, {the seat 

of Richard Tottie, Esq.) 3 miles from Hull, 8 from Beverley. 
flPROATLE Y, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness ; 
4 miles from Hedon, 8 from Hull, 15 from Beverley, 46 from York. 
Pop. 357' The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Swithin, in 
the deanry of Holderness, value, 71. Qs. lOd. Patron, Francis Con- 
stable, Esq. 

Here is a sphool, endowed by Bridget Biggs, in 1739, for teaching 12 poor 
boys and 12 poor girls, and apprenticing or clothing them for service. — Annual 
produce, 64l:\9s r 8d, 
pPURNHEAD, in the township and parish of Kilnsea ; 1 J £ miles 
from Patrington, 21 1 from Hedon, 29 \ from Hull. 

Spurnhead, is a noted promontary, at the southernmost point of Holderness, 
and at the entrance of the Humber. It is the Ocellum Promontorium of Ptolemy, 
and where, if in the time of the Romans, a watch-tower was built, not only to 
overlook the mouth of the Humber, but as a guard to these coasts/' " The pre- 
sent name of Spurnhead, called in our old English Chronicles, Spure?ihead, is 
certainly derived from the Saxon verb, " Spurien," to look out, spy, or ex- 
plore." Here pow stands a light-house for the direction of mariners, built in 
the year 1677, by Mr. Justinian Angel, of London, who had a patent for it 
from King Charles II. and in 1684, a day mark was erected, i. e. a beacon with 
a barrel on the top of it. Not far distant from this point was the famous seaport 
of Ravenspur, celebrated in history for the landing of Henry IV. in 1399, and 
Edward IV. in 1471. Ravenspur has long since been swallowed up by the sea 
pr the Humber, the precise spot where it stood being unknown. — Drake.- - 
Ma(»iva. Brit. 
STADDLETHORPE, a few f h, in the township and parish of 

JBlacktoft; 7 miles from Howden, 8 from South-Cave. 
STAMFORD-BRIDGE, in the parishes of Low-Catton and Gate- 
Helmsley ; east part in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, 
and west in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent; 7| miles from 
York and Pocklington, 16| from Sled mere, 18 from Selby, 23 from 
Driffield. — No Market.^ Fair, December 1, for horses, horned- 
cattle, sheep, hoots, shoes, &c. — Pop. east part 298, west, including 
Scoreby , J 5 1 —total ,449. 

Stamford Bridge, called by the Normans Pons belli or Battle Bridge, from 
one of the mos{ bloody battles, probably, at that time, ever known in England, 
petween King Harold II. and Harfager, King of Norway, in conjunction with 
Tosti, the banished Earl of Northumberland, who persuaded the Norwegian 
Monarch to undertake the conquest of England. This battle between two armies 
of 60,000 each, took place in September, 1066, only nine days before the land- 
ing of William the ponqjieror ; a detailed account of which is to be met with in 
Drake's Ebor.p. 83. 

Stamford Bridge is also noted as being, according to Drake, p. 33, the 

ancient Derventio, although Camden fixes it at Aldby ; both places are situated 

upon the river Derwent, and nearly at equal distance from York. The village 

of Stamford Bridge is situated on both sides of the Derwent. 

STANINGHOLME, in the township and parish of Watton; 8 miles 

from Driffield. 
STAXTON, in the parish of Willerhy, wapentake of Dickering ; 5 
miles from Hunmanby, 7 from Scarborough, 12 from Bridlington. 
^ Pop. 213, 

STEPNEY, 2 h. in the township of Cottingham, and parish of Scul^ 
coates ; 1 mile from Hull, 8 from Beverley. 

The house called Stepney Bouse, stands upon the boundary line of the 
townships of Cottingham and Sculcoates, 



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STILLING FLEET, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse and 
Dei-went, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; (the seat of Joshua 
Ingham, Esq.) 7 miles from York, 8 from Selby and Tadcasfer, 15 
from Pocklington. — Pop. including Moreby, 404. The Church is 
a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in thedeanry of Bulrner, value, 
£9/. 7*. 6d. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. 
STOXE-FERRY, ham. in the township and parish of Sutton; 2 

miles from Hull, 9 from Hedon. 
STORK-HILL, /. A. in the township of Sandholme-with-Storkhill, 

and parish of St. John, Beverley ; 1 \ mile from Beveriev. 
STORTHWOOD, or STORTHYVAITE, in the parish of Thornton, 
Holme-Beacon division of Harthill ; 7 miles from Pocklington, 10 
from Market- Weig:hton and York.— Pop. 116. 
SUNDERLANVVICK, a township, in the parish of Hutfon-Crans- 
wick, Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill ; (the seat of Homer 
Reynard, Esq,) 2 miles from Driffield, J 1 from Beverley. — Pop. GO. 
SUNK-ISLAND, fextraparochial) in the south-division of Holder- 
ness; 8 miles from Hedon and Patrington, 16 from Hull. — 
Pop. 216. 

Sunk Island is a large tract of land in the Humber, of not less than 45J0 
acres, in the hands of the crown, and is on lease. The lessees let it again to 
tho fanners. Sunk Island first began to make its appearance about the. reign of 
Charles I. when a few acres were left dry at low *vater ; but havinglncreasod 
every year in extent, it was embanked and converted into pasture land ; and as 
the water receded, leaving large quantities of land, further embankments be- 
came necessary, till the Island at length reached its present size. 
SUTTON, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness ; 2\ 
miles from Hull, 8 from Hedon and Beverley. — Pop. including 
\V r itham, Stoneferry, &c. 3,658. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Holdemess, value, 
p. r. £81/. Patron, Henry Broadley, Esq. 

The church of Snttop was anciently collegiate, and valued at \3L ISs. dd. 
hut dissolved long before Bacon's time, who says, " no such college now." 
It appears also to have at sometime been a chapel to Waghan ; Sir John Sutton, 
Patron, granted it for the sustenation of six chaplains to Bay Mass for the King 
and Queen and himself, his wife, and their souls, when dead : so all the tithes of 
this place were appropriated to that use. 

In the reiin o* Edward I. a house for Carmelites or White Iriars, was 
founded here. — Burton. 
SUTTON, /. h. and Mill, in the township and parish of Norton ; 1 

mile from AJalton. 
SUTTOX, FULL, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon division of 
Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 5 miles from Pockling- 
ton, 10 from York, 12 from Alalton. — Pop. '125. The Church is 
a rectory, in the deanry of Harthill, value, £10/. ]2s. &{d. p. r. 
-J130/. Patron, the Honourable John Simpson. 

This church is very ancient, and supposed to have formerly belonged to the 
Priory of Watton, near Beverley, and built as a chantry for some idle Monk. 
The arma of the Percy family are in some of the windows.— James liudd,' D. Jj. 
Iteetor. 
SLTTOX-UPOX-DFRWEXT, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon 
division of Harthill -, tj miles from York, 7 from Pocklington, 12 
from Selby. — Pop. 4QU. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 



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St. Michael, in the deanry of Harthiil;-, value, 14/. 145, Id. 
Patron, Sir Thomas Clerges, Bart. 

SWANLAND, in the parish of Ferriby, in Hullshire ; (the seat of 
Nicholas Sykes, Esq.) 6 miles from South-Cave, 7 from Hull. — 
Pop. see Addenda. - 

SWAYTHORPE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kilham. 

SWINE, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness ; 6| 
miles from Hull and Beverley, 8 from Hedon, 47 from York, by 
Wawn-Ferry. — Pop. 229. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Mary, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £8/. p. r. f5il. 
Patron, William Wilberfoss, Esq. 

Here was once a religious house, which at the time of the dissolution, con- 
tained a Prioress, and 14 or 15 Nuns of the Cistertian order. It was founded by 
Robert de Verli, in the reign of King Stephen, and dedicated to the Virgin 
Mary. It was surrendered by Dorothy Knight, the last Prioress, who received 
a pension of 13/. 6s. Sd. per annum, each of the Nuns had pensions of from 
3L 6s. 8d. to 21. per annum. The revenues of their house at this time, was 
according to Dugdale, 82/. 3s. 9d. and Speed, 134/. 6s. 9d. The site, &c 
was sold by Henry VIII. in 1540, to Sir Richard Gresham, Knight, and in the 
38th year of his reign, the King sold to the same person the rectory of Swine, 
with all its appurtenances in Swine, Coniston, &c. — Burton. 

jP'f the Priory of Swine, there are no remains ; but in the church, which be- 
longed to it, are several monumental effigies, in a high state of preservation, 
with' inscriptions, probably belonging to the Darcy family. — Britton. 

SWINKELL, ./. h. in the township and parish of Watton ; 5 miles 
from Driffield. 

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TANSTON, or TANSTERNE, ham. in the township of West- 
Newton, and parish of Aldbrough ; 7 miles from Hedon. 

THE ARNE, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon 
division of Harthiil, liberty of Beverley ; 3 miles from Beverley. 
— Pop. see Addenda. 

THICK ETT, (the seat Joseph Dunnington. Esq.) in the township of 
Thorganby-with-Cottingwith, and parish of Thorganby ; 9 miles 
from York and Pocklington, 12fromSelby. 

AtThikehead, now Thicket, in the time of Richard I. a small Benedictine 
Nunnery was built here by Roger Fitz-Roger, to the honour of the Blessed Vir- 
gin. At the dissolution, 26th Henry VIII. its revenues amounted, according to 
Dugdale, to 20/. 18*, lOd. and Speed, 23/. 12*. M. la the 33rd Henry VIII. 
the King granted the site, &c. to John Aske, in whose family the patronage or 
foundership had been for some years \ it having descended to them from the 
Haves. — Burton. 

THIRKLEBY, a township, in the parish of Kirby-Grindalyth, 
wapentake of Buckrose-, 3 miles from Sledmere, 10 from Maiton. 
—Pop. 44. 

THIRKLEBY, or THIRTLEBY, in the parish of Swine, middle- 
division of Holderness ; 5 miles from Hedon, 7 from Hull, 10 
from Beverley. — Pop. 61. 

THIXENDALE, in the parish of Wharram-Percy, wapentake of 

Buckrose ; 8 miles from Sledmere, 9 from Poeklington. — Pop. 184. 

John de Sezevaux, one of the Representatives for the city of York, 28th 

of Edward I. was of this place, and to whose name Drake, p. 355, annexes the 



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following note. De Sezevauz, or de sexdecem vallibus, is the town on the 
fVolds, now called Thixendale ; corruptedly no doubt from sixteen dales, which 
the place is remarkable lor. 

THORALDBY, /. h. in the township and parish of Bugthorpe; 6 
miles from Pocklington, 12 from York. 

THORGANBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse and 
Derwent •, (the seat of John Dunnington Jefferson , Esq.) 8 miles 
from Selby, 10 from Howden, 12 from York. — Pop. including 
West-Cottingwith, 381, which being united form a township. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Elen, in the 
deanrv of Bulmer, value, p. r. 35/. Joint Patrons, Mr Abbey, 
and Mr Halley. 

THORNGUMBALD, in the parish of Paul; southldivision of 
Holderness; 2| miles from Hedon, 1\ from Patrington, I0| from 
Hull. — Pop. 259. Here is a Chapel to Paul. 

THORNHOLME, or THURNHOLME, in the parish of Burton- 
Agnes, wapentake of Dickering ;_, 4 1 miles from Bridlington, 7$ 
' from Driffield.— Pop. 94. 

THORNTON, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Hart- 
hill ; 5 miles from Pocklington, 7 from Market- Weighton, 12 
from York.— Pop. 198. The Church of Thomton-with-Aller- 
thorpe, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the 
deanry of Harthill, value, £7/. 5s. lOd. Patron, the Dean of 
York. 

THORNTON-HOUSE and THORNTON-LAND. 2/. h. in the 
township of Scalby, and parish of Blacktoft ; the former 7 miles 
from Howden. and the latter 8 miles. 

THORPE, a township, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of 
Howdenshire ; 1 mile from Howden, 1 1 from Selby. — Pop. 53. 

THORPE, EAST, see East-Thorpe. 

THORPE-BASSETT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose; 
5 miles from Malton, 16 from Driffield, 17 from Scarborough, 22 
from York. — Pop. 156. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
All-Saints, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 12/. p. r. 144/. Joint 
Patrons, Richard Watson, Esq. Mr Rider, Mr Thomas Owston, 
and Mrs Inchbald. 

Here is a small school endowed with ]Ql. per annum, by the late Rector, 
the Rev. W. Graves. 

THORPE-BRANTINGHAM, in the township and parish of Brant- 
ingham, Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of Howden- 
shire ; (the seat of the Rev. Edward William Barnard) 2 miles 
from South-Cave, 9 from Hull, 12 from Beverley. — Pop. 174. 

THORPE-HALL, (the seat of the Hon. Major-Gen. Godfrey Bos- 
ville) in the township and parish of Rudston ; 4 miles from Brid- 
lington, 8 from Driffield and Hunmanby. 

THORPE-LE-STREET, in the parish of Nunbumholme, Holme- 
Beacon division of Harthill ; 3 miles from Market- Weighton, 4 
from Pocklington. — Pop. 37. 

THORPE-LIDGET, 2 cots. i/i the township of Thorpe, and parish 
of Howden ; 1 mile from Howden.. 



200 £AST~lUt>iNtr. 

TRANBY, (the seat of Mrs Barkworth) in the township of Hessle; 

and parish of Kirk-Ella ; 5 miles from Hull. 
THWING, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 8 miles 
from Bridlington, 10 from Driffield, 13 from Scarborough, 33 from 
York. — Pop. including Octon, 314. The Church is a rectory, 

. dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, value, 8/^ 12s. 
id. It consists of two medieties, Thwing and Octon. Patron, 
the King. 

In Thwing, Archbishop Lamplugh, the 74th Archbishop of York, first 
drew breath. He was Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, afterwards Rector of 
Charlton, Oxfordshire, and Principal of St. Alban's Hall, August 12, 1664. He 
became not long after one of the King's Chaplains. He was translated to the 
See of York in 1688, when he was 74 years of age, and died at Bishopthorpe in 
1691.— Darken- Biog. Dict. 

TIBTHORPE, in ihe parish of Kirkburn, Bainton-Beacon division 
of Harthill; 6| miles from Driffield, 12 from Beverley, 161 from 
Malton.— Pop. 221. 

TICKTON, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon 
division of Harthill; (the seat of Wm. West, Esq.) 2| miles from 
Beverley, 11 from Hull and Hornsea. 

TOLLINGHAM, s. h. in the township and parish of Holme-on- 
Spalding-Moor; 7 miles from Market- Weighton. 

TORMOND-HALL, (the seat of John Burton, Esq.) in the township 
of Long- ClifFe, and parish of Hemmingbrough ; 2] miles from Selby, 
71 from Howden, 14 from York. 

TO WTHORPE, 2 /. h. a township, in the parish of Wharram- Percy, 
wapentake of Buckrose; 2 miles from Sledmere. — Pop. 61. 

TRESWICK, /. h. in the township and parish of Hay ton ; 3| miles 
from Market- Weighton and Pocklington. 

TUNSTALL, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness, 
liberty of St. Peter ; 6 miles from Patrington, 8 from Hedon, 15 
from Hull. — Pop. 163. The Church, peculiar, is "a perpetual cu- 
racy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 
p. r. f52l. 18s. Patron, Succentor Canonicorum Ebor. — Bacon 
styles it a vicarage disharged, of the clear value of 20/. 

TURMER-HALL, /. k. in the township of Gangstead, and parish 
of Swine ; 4 miles from Hedon, 5 from Hull. 

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ULROME, in the parishes of Barms ton and Skipsea, north-division 
of Holderness; 6| miles from Hornsea, 9 from Bridlington, 12 
from Driffield, 16 from Beverley.— Pop. 170. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Holderness, value, p. r. fl20/> 
Patron, Sir Francis Boynton, Bart. 

That part of Ulrome which is in the parish of Skip9ea, bury in that church, 
and pay towards the repairs of the same, one fourth. According to Bacon, 
it is a vicarage endowed and discharged, valued at 31. 19s. 2d. 

UNCLEBY, 3 or 4/. h. in the township and parish of Kirby-Under- 
dale, wapentake of Buckrose ; 8 miles from- Pocklington. 

UPTON, m the township of Drinkhoe, Upton, and Brougb, and 



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parish of Skipsea, north-division of Holderness ; 6 miles from 
Hornsea, 10' from Bridlington. — Pop. included in Drinkhoe* 

w 

W ALDB Y, or WAULDB Y, in the parish of Elloughtdn, Hunsley- 
Beacon, division of Harthill ; 5 miles from South-Cave, 8 from 
Beverley, 9 from Hull. — Pop. 44. 

W ALKINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Howdenshire, 
Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill; 2| miles from BeVerley, 7 
from South-Cave, 1 1 from Hull. — Pop. Howden 324, Provost-Fee 
209— total, 533. The Church is a rectory, dedicated io All-Saints, 
in the deanry of Harthill, value, 24/. 13s. id. Patron, the Rev. 
Daniel Ferguson, the present incumbent* 

This village conissts of* two parts, one of which is a copyhold manor, called 
IValkinglwm Provost Fee, belonging to Henry Gee Barnard, of Cave Castle, 
Esq. the olher part is copyhold within the Manor of Howden. 

WANSFORD, in the parish of Nafferton, wapentake of Dickering \ 

4 miles from Driffield, 10| from Bridlington. — Pop. 344. 
WAPLINGTON, 3/. h. a township in the parish of Pocklington; 

2 1 miles from Pocklington, 8 from Market- Weigh ton, 12 from 
York.— Pop. 19. 
VVARTER, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill ; 

5 miles from Pocklington, 11 from Driffield, 12 from Beverley, 
17| from York. — Pop. 428. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. James, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. $271. Patron, 
Lord Muncaster. 

Geoffrey Fitz-Pain, alias Trustbut, founded here an Augustine Priory, in 
1132, and dedicated it to St. James. About the time of the dissolution it was the 
residence of a Prior and ten Canons ; and its revenues amounted to 143/. 7*. S^. 
according to Dugoale, and 221/. Ss. \Qd. — Speed. The site was granted 28th, 
and 32nd Henry VIII. to Thomas, Earl of Rutland.— Burton. 
WARTER-HALL, {the seat of Lord Muncaster) in the township 
and parish of Warter ; 4 miles from Pocklington. 

Lowther Augustus John Pennington, Lord Muncaster, born December 13th, 
1S02, succeeded his father, Lowther, the late Lord, Julv29th, 1818. Creation, 
September 21st, 1783. 

Garnet de Pennington, ancestor of this noble family, t was seated at Muncas* 
ter in Cumberland, at the conquest. 
W ASS AND, in the township of Seaton-with-Wassand, and parish of 
Sigglesthorne, north-division of Holderness; (the seat of the Rev. 
Charles Constable) 2\ miles from Hornsea, 11 from Beverley, 13 
from Driffield, 14 from Hull. — Pop. included in Seaton. 

The noted Mere or Lake of Hornsea comes within a quarter of a mile of this 
mansion, from the grounds of which it forms a striking and beautiful scene.— ike 
Hornsea. 
WA.TTON, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division df Harthill ; 
(Watt on- Abbey, the residence of Digby Legard, Esq.) 5\ miles 
from Driffield, 7J from Beverley, 12 from Market- Weighton, 31 
from York. — Pop. 307. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- 
cated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. £40/. 
Patron, Richard Bethell, Esq. 

At Watton, (olim Fetadun) was a Nunnery about the y< ar 6S6, but by 

2c 



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whom founded, or how it was demolished, does not appear ; but probably by 
the Danes. About the year 1150, Eustace Fitz-John founded a Priory of Gil be r- 
tine Nuns, of the order of Sempringham, dedicated it to the Virgin Mary, in a 
place almost surrounded by water, called Watton, for the sustenation of thirteen 
Canons, perpetually to serve the Nuns therein, in divine and terrene matters. 
Fifty-three Nuns were here consecrated at once, by William de Melton, Arch- 
bishop of York, in 1326. Before the dissolution, the revenues of this Monastery 
were valued at 360/. 16s. lOd. — Dugdale, and 453/. 7s. 8d.— Speed. It was 
surrendered Dec. 9, 1540, and 3rd of Edward VI. the site was granted to John, 
Earl of Warwick.— Burtox. 

It now belongs to the family of the Bethells of Rise, who use every ex- 
ertion to preserve the little that remains of the buildings. 
WAWN, orWAGHEN, a parish-town, in the middle-division of 
Holderne&s, liberty of St. Peter ; 5 miles from Hull and Beverley, 
12 from Hedon, 34 from York. — Pop. 251. The Church, peculiar, 
is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Holderness, 
value, p. r. f 39/. Patron. Sir William Smyth, Bart. 
WAXHOLM E, a township, in the parish of Owthorn, middle-divi- 
sion of Holderness; 6 miles from Patrington, 10 from Hedon, 13 
from Hull.— Pop. 72. 
WEADLAND, f. h. in the township of Hempholme, and parish of 

Leven ; 7 miles from Driffield, 10 from Beverley. 
WEA VERTHORPE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; 
4 miles from Sledmere, 12 from Malton, 28 from York. — Pop. 
334. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, 
in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 9/. 6s. 0\d. p. r. 150/. Patrons, 
the Dean and Chapter of York. 
WEEL, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon divi- 
sion of Harthill, liberty of Beverley; 1| mile from Beverley, 8 
from Hull, 1 5 from Hedon. — Pop. see Addenda. 
WEETON, in the township and parish of YVelwiek. south-division 

of Holderness; 2| miles from Patrington. 12f from Hedon. 
WEIGHTON, MARKET, see Market- Weighton. 
WEIGHTON, LITTLE, in the township and parish of Rowley; 

4 miles from South-Cave, 5 from Beverley. 
WELHAM, ham. in the township and parish of Norton ; (the seat 

of Robert Boiver* Esq.) I mile from Malton, 1 1 from Sledmere. 
WELHAW-BRIDGE, ham. in the township and parish of Holme- 

on-Spalding-Moor ; 5 miles from Howden. 
WELTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Howdenshire ; (the 
seats of Robert Raikes and John Carrick, Esqrs.) 4 miles from 
South-Cave, 9 from Beverley, 10 from Hull, 32 from York. — 
Pop. 576. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Helen, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 25/. Patron, the King. 
WELWICK, a parish-town, in the south-division of Holderness; 
2 miles from Patrington, 12 from Hedon, 58 from York. — Pop. 
410. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the 
deanry of Holderness, value, £6/. 13s. Ad. p. r. 80/. Patron, 
the King. 

In this Church is an old monument, supposed to belong to the family of 
Albemarle. It is said that Le Gros, a branch of that stock, died on his passage 
to Germany, and was brought here to be interred. 



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WELWICKTHORPE. ham. in the township and parish of Wei-, 
wick, south-division of Holderness; i mile from Patringtpn, 

WEST ALL, s. h. in the township of Bewick- with- £asi- Newton, 
and parish of Aldurough; 9 miles from Hedon, 14 from Hull. 

WESTOVV, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; (the seat 
of Tat ton Sykcs, E*q.) 6 miles from Malton, 12 from Sled mere, 
14 from York. — Pop. 423. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, %U. 186. id. 
Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

WETWANG, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose, liberty 
of St. Peter; 4 miles from Siedmere, 6 from Driffield, 13 from 
Malton, 22 from York. — Pop. 422. The Church, peculiar, is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Buckrose, 
value. +9/. 7s. 8hd. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. 

WHARRAM-G RANGE,/, h. in the township and parish of Whar- 
ram-le-Street ; 6 miles from Malton and Siedmere. 

WHARRAM-LK-STREET, a parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Buckrose; 5§ miles from Siedmere, 6| from Malton, 20 from 
York, 21 1 from Beverley. — Pop. 127. The Church, peculiar, 
is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buckrose, 
value. f:6/. p. r. 70/. Patron. Lord Middleton. 

WHARRAM-PERCY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck- 
rose; 5 miles from Siedmere, 7 from Malton, 20 from York.— 
Pop. 44. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Buckrose, 
value, £11/. i'3*. p. r. 52/. Patrons, Lady Inglefield and Mrs 
Tsted. sisters and co-heiresses of the late Sir Charles Buck, Esq. 

WHELDRAKE, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Ouse and 
Denrent ; 8 miles from Y r ork, 10 from Pocklington, 12 from 
Selby. — Pop. 638. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St 
Helen, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 25/. 17s. 'S l 2 d. Patron, 
the Archbishop of Y ork. 

WHITE WALL-CORNER, ham. in the township and parish of 
Norton : 1 mile from Malton. This Hamlet being situated on the 
edge of the Wolds, excellent conveniences are made for the 
training of Race Horses. 

WHOLESEA, s. h, in the township and parish of HoIme-on-Spald- 
ing-Moor: 6 miles from Market- Weighton, 8 from Howden. 

WILBERFOSS, a parish-town, in Wilton- Beacon division of Hart- 
hill ; 5 miles from Pocklington, 8 from York, J I from Market- 
Weighton. — Pop. 385. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- 
#ated to St. John Baptist, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. f 
42/. Patrons, four Feoffees in right of lands laying in the parish. 
Here in \\~>3, Ilelias de Catton, (banded a Nunnery for Benedictines, 
which was endowed by his son Alan, with divers lands. It was dedicated to the 
Virgin Mary. Not a vestige of this Nunnery is now to be seen. Valued at the 
dissolution at 21/. 16.?. JO*/.— Deo da lh. — Burtox. 

Wilberfoss is remarkable for having been the ancient seat of the family of 
WUberfbss, which is said to have taken its name from the place, and to have 
flourished here ever pine the Conquest; till William Wilberfoss, Esq. who was 
born A. D. 1710, sold the family estate and the mansion. William Wilherforce, 



204 EAST-lUDINfr. 

E?q, M, P,. celebrated for his senatorial abilities and philanthropy, is a de- 
scendant of this ancient family. 

\V ILFEHQLME, in the township of Beswick, and parish of Kiln^ 
wick-juxta-Watton; 9 miles from Driffield, 10 from Beverley ; 
formerly a Common, now inclosed on the banks df the River Hull, 
from which river there is a Landing Place and an Inn, for the 
convenience of the neighbouring townships. 

WILLERBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 6 
miles from Hunmanby,. 7 from Scarborough, 13 from Bridlington, 
32 from York. — Pop. 34. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Peter, in the deanry of Dickering, value, $91. 0s. 7|</. p. r. 
tl20/. Patron, the King. 

WILLERBY, in the parishes of Kirk-Ella and Cottingham, in 
Hullshire, and Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill ; 6 miles from 
Hull, 7 from South-Cave, 8 from Beverley. — Pop. see Addenda. 

WILLITOFT, in the township of Gribthorpe-with-Wiiiitoft, and 
parish qf Bubwith ; 5 miles from Howden, 10 from Selby. — Pop. 
included in Gribthorpe, 

in the time of Charles 1 . the family of the Vavasours resided here ; the 
Hall is now used as a farm house. 

W1LSTHORPE, /. h. m the township of Hildersthorpe-with-Wils- 
thprpe, and parish of Bridlington; 2| miles from Bridlington, 13 
from Driffield. — Pop. included in Hilderthorpe. 

WILTON. BISHOP, see Bishop- Wilton. 

WINBRY-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of VVilberfoss; 
6 miles from Pocklington, 9 from York. 

WINESTEAD, a parish-town, in the south-division of Holderness ; 
(the seat of Arthur Maister, Esq. and Wintstead- Hall, the seat of 
James Moiser. Esq.) \\ mile from Patrington, S\ from Hedon, 
1.6| from Pull, 55 from York.— Pop. 129. The Church is a rec- 
tory, dedicated to St. Germain, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 
YZl. Patron, Mrs Hildyard. 

The Manor of Winestead has been in the family of the Hildyards ever since 
the reign of Edward III. Mis. Hildyard, niece and heiress of the late Sir 
Robert, is the present owner, who founded a charity school here in I8d2. 

This place gave birth to the patriotic and political writer, Andrew Marvel, 
-which took place on the 5th of April, 1621. — Parish Register. He was the son. of 
the Rev. A. Marvel, rector of this parish. His abilities being very great, his 
progress in letters was proportionable ; so that at 13 or 15 he was admitted of 
Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a Bachelor of Arts Degree, in 
1639 ; and about 1642, commenced his travels through Holland, France, and 
Italy. In the last of those countries, he obtained the acquaintance and friendship 
of the illustrious Milton, during their residence at Rome ; and had afterwards 
the honour of having him for a coadjutor in the office of Latin Secretary to the 
Protector. 

In 1658, he was elected one of the Representatives for Hull ; and again 
returned in the two successive Parliaments. In, this station he acquitted himself 
■So ntucfc to the satisfaction of his constituents, that they allowed him a handsome 
pension all the time be continued to represent them, which was to the time of 
his death. This was probably the last borough in Englahd that paid a repre- 
sentative. 

In Parliament he distinguished himself by his integrity as a senator, and by 
his wit as a writer against the corruptions of the court. Charles II. delighted m 
but could never prevail on him to support his measures. Ta 






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effect this, he one day sent Lord Danby to wait upon him, with a particular 
massage from himself. His Lordship with some difficulty found his elevated 
retreat, which was a second floor in an obscure court in the Strand. Lord Danby, 
from the darkness of the stair case, and the narrowness thereof, abruptly burst 
open the door, and suddenly entered the room, wherein he found Mr. Marvel 
writing-. Astonished at the sight of so noble, and so unexpected a visitor, he 
asked his Lordship with a smile, if he had not mistook his way, " no," replied 
His Lordehip, with a bow, " not since I have found Mr. Marvel ;" continuing, 
that he came from the King, who wished to do him some signal service, to testify 
his high opinion of his merits. He replied, with his usual pleasantry, that kings 
had it not in their power to serve him ; he had no void left aching in his heart : 
his Lordship, after some other discourse, offered him any place at court he 
should choose. Marvel answered, "that to take a place at the hands of his 
Majesty, would be proving him guilty of the first sin, ingratitude, if he voted 
against him ; and if he went in the smooth 6trcam of his interest, it might be 
doing injustice to his country and his conscience. These royal offers proving 
vain, Lord Danby began to assure him, that the King had ordered him a 
thousand guineas, which he hoped he would be pleased to receive, till he could 
bring his mind to accept something better, and more durable. At this, Mr. 
Marvel renewed his usual smile, and said, " surely my good Lord, you do not 
mean to treat me ludicrously by these munificent offers, which seem to interpret 
a poverty on my part. Pray my Lord Treasurer, do these apartments wear in 
the least the air of need ? and has for my living, that is plentiful and good, which 
you shall have form the mouth of the servant : — 

" Pray what had I to dinner yesterday ?" 
" A shoulder of mutton, sir." 
" And what do you allow me to day ? ; ' 
" The remainder hashed." 
" and to morrow, my Lord Danby, I shall have the sweet blade bone broiled ; 
and when your Lordship makes honourable mention of my cook and my diet, I 
urn sure his Majesty will be too tender in future, to attempt to bribe a man with 
golden apples, who lives so well on the viands of his country." The Lord 
Treasurer, unable to withstand this, withdrew with smiles, and Mr. Marvel 
6ent to his bookseller for the loan of one guinea. No Roman virtue ever sur- 
passed this temperance, nor can gold bribe any man that is not bribed with 
luxury. He died in U578, not without the strongest suspicions of being poisoned, 
and was buried in the church of St. Giles in the. Fields. Ten years after, the 
town of Kingston-upon-Hull erected an epitaph at once expressive of their 
" grief and gratitude." The corporation ordered 50/. to be issued for the pur- 
pose of burying him. 

He wrote some pieces against Parker, Bishop of Oxford, and miscellaneous 
Poems and Tracts ; all of which bave been published in 3 vols. 4to. A poetical 
piece of his, which, with one from Dr. Barrow, was the means of rescuing the 
poem of* Paradise Lost" from unmerited obscurity, is usually prelixed to his 
works. — Biog. Dict.— Oldjield on Boroughs. 
WIXKTOX', long since been swallowed up by the sea. 
WINTRINGfitAAl, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; 
7 miles from Mai ton and Siedmere, 25 from York. — Pop. including 
Newton and Linton, 326. The Church, donative, is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 
p. r. *17/. 6s. Patron, George Strickland, Esq. 

This Church was given by Eustace Fitz-John to his Priory at Malton; the 
Impropriator pays the curate 6s. Hd. per Sunday. 
WITH AM, in the township and parish of Sutton ; a part of th© 

suburbs of Hull. 
WITHEUXSEA, in the parish of Hollym, south-division of Hol- 
derness ; 4 miles from Patrington, 12 from Hedon. — Pop. 108. 
The Church is a curacy, dedicated to St. Nicholas, held with 
Hollym, and has long been in ruins. 



208 EAST-RIDING. 

It now serves as a land mark for seamen, and is well known as one of the 
Sister Churches, so called from it and Owthorn having been built by two Sisters, 
WITHERNWICK, a parish-town, in the north-division of Hol- 
derness, liberty of St, Peter; 8 miles from Hedon, 12 from Bever- 
ley and Hull, 17 from Driffield.— Pop. 370. The Church, pecu- 
liar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Aiban, in the deanry of Hol- 
derness; value, %$l. 7s. ]d. Patron, the Prependary of Arch- 
bishop Holm, in York Cathedral. 
WOLD-COTTAGE, in the township and parish of Thwing ; (the 
seat of the Bev. Timothy Fish Foord Bowes.) 8 miles from Bridling- 
ton, 10 from Driffield, 13 from Scarborough. 

On Sunday about three o'clock, the 13th of December, 17-95, a stone 
weighing 56 pounds, fell within two fields of the house, — three people were within 
150 yards from the place where it fell. So great was the force in its fall that it 
excavated a place 19 inches deep, and something more than a yard in diameter. 
It is now lodged in Mr. Sowerby's Museum, Lambeth Road, London. To per- 
petuate the spot where the stone fell, the late Major Topham erected a pillar, 
with a plantation around it. The pillar is built over the exact place which the 
stone excavated, and ha9 this inscription on a tablet: — 

Here 

on this spot, 

December 13th, 1795, fell from the atmosphere, 

An extraordinary stone ! 

In breadth 28 inches, 

In length 30 inches, 

and 

the weight of which was fifty-six pounds ! 

This Column 

In memory of it, was erected by 

Edward Topham, 

1799. 

Brit. Minerology, vol. II. p. 7. 

WOLD-HOUSE,/, h. in the township and parish of Great-Driffield ; 
3 miles from Driffield. 

WOLD-NEWTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 
8 miles from Bridlington, 13 from Scarborough, 34 from York, — 
Pop. including Fordon, 177. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
in the deanry of Dickering, value, p. r. 60/. Patron, Richard 
Langlev, Esq. Bacon styles this a vicarage, discharged, valued 
at 61 I9s. §\d. 

Wold Newton anciently a chapel to Hunmanby, to which it still continues 
a small annual sum towards the repairs, &c. and the inhabitants still continue \o 
burv their dead there. 

WOLFRETON, s. h. in the township of Kirk-Ella and Anlaby, and 
parish of Kirk-Ella ; 5 miles from Hull. 

WOODHALL, in the township of Brackenholme-with-Woodhall, 
parish of Hemmingbrough, wapentake of Ouse and D«rwent, liberty 
of Howdenshire ; (the seat of Charles Reeves, Jim. Esq.) 6 miles 
from Selby, 7 from Howden, 14 from York.— Pop. included in 
Brackenholme. 

WOODHALL, (the seat of William Henry Maister, Esq.) in the 
township of EUerby, and parish of Swine ; 1\ miles from Hull. 

WOODHOUSE, s. h. in the township and parish of Pocklington ; 
1 mile from Pocklington, 8 from Market- Weigh ton. 



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WOODHOUSES, 2 /. k. in the township and parish of Sutton-upon- 
Derwent; 5 miles from Pocklington, 8 from York, 13 from Selby. 

WOODLEY, in the parish of Kirby-Underdale ; 9 miles from 
Maltonand Sledmere, 14 from York. 

WOODMANSEA, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, Hunsley- 
Beacon division of Harthill, and liberty of Beverley; 2 miles from 
Beverley, 7 from Hull. — Pop. see Addenda. 

W RESSL-E, a parish town in the township of Wressle-with-Loftsome, 
Holme-Beacon division of Harthill; 4 miles from Howden, 6| 
from Selby, 13 from Market- Weigh ton, 17 from York. Pop. 
including Loftsome and Newsham-with-Brind, 360. The Church 
is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John of Beverley, in the deanry of 
Harthill, value, J£& 13s. 9d. p. r. 90/. 17s. \d. Patron, the 
Earl of Egremont. 

Wressle Castle was built and fortified by Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, 
in tlie time of Richard II. and which Leland considers as one of the most superb 
houses north of the Trent. It was a quadrangular building with five towers, one 
at each corner, and a fifth over the gateway, [n one of these towers Leland 
says " ther was a study called Paradise, wber was a closet in the middle of 
eight squres latised aboute, and at the top of every square was a desk ledgid to 
set books on, coffers within them, and this semid as joined hard to the toppe of 
the closette, and by pulling one or al wolde cum down briste highte in rabbitts, 
and serve for desks to lay bookes on." This castle was in pieservation till the 
civil wars broke out in 1641. On the decline of the King's party, the northern 
counties experienced some respite, but in 1648, attempts being expected from 
the royalists, fresh troops were sent into the north, and Major Larnbton ordered 
a detachment of 60 men to garrison the castle ; and while the Earl of Northumber- 
land was exerting all his influence above, to save this noble seat of his ancestors, 
a committee at York sent a sudden order to dismantle it, which was done before 
the Earl could receive notice of their design. After this, it does not appear 
to have been long used as the residence of its Lords. It was occupied as a farm 
house, till 1796, when it was accidentally burnt to the ground, leaving little 
more than the shell of this princely mansion. It is at present the property of 
the Earl of Egremont. — Camden. — Dr, Percy. 
WYTON, in the parish of Swine, middle-division of Holderness ; 
3 miles from Hedon, 5\ from Hull. — Pop. 95. 



YAPHAM, in the parish of Pocklington, Wilton-Beacon division 
of Harthill •, 3 miles from Pocklington, 10 from York. — Pop. 114. 

The Chapel of Yapham-with-Meltonby here, is a perpetual curacy, and 
served by the Vicar of Pocklington time immemorial. No burial ground. 
Y EDDINGHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose; 9 
miles from Malton, 10 from Sledmere, 13 from Scarborough, 27 
from York. — Pop. 127. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Mary, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 51. As. 2d. Patron, 
Earl Fitzwiliiam. 

Yeddingham, formerly called Little Maries or De Parvo Marisco. Here 
Roger de Clerc, before the year 1168, founded a small Monastery for eight cr 
nine Benedictine Nuns, to the honour of the Virgin Mary, granting them all his 
lands in this place, with other privileges. At the dissolution in lo34, their in- 
come amounted to 211. 16*. Sd. Dugdale, and 261. 6s. Sd. Speed. The site, 
in 1543, was granted to Robert Holgate, Bishop of Landaff, afterwards Arch- 
bishop of York. Sir fVilliam Dugdale says, " that there were delivered in this 
house, to the Prioress and Convent, 62 loaves daily ; to 9 brethren 12 loaves a 



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piece weekly, to brother James, 14 loaves; to three priests, four chaplains., 
and other officers accordingly ; and canibus in singulis maneriis. trigenta novem 
panes depane duriori ; — i. e. to the dogs in each manor, 39 loaves of the coarser 
sort of bread. '* These are supposed to have been wolf dogs kept, at first by 
permission, (wolves been anciently a royal game,) afterwards by obligation, to 
protect both cattle, inhabitants, and travellers, from those dangerous animals, 
which formerley abounded upon the Wolds.— Burto^.— Dtjgdale. — Hist, of 
Scarborough. 

Adjoining' is 
YEDDINGHAM-BRIDGE INN, a Posting-House, between Mai- 

ton and Scarborough. 
YOKEFLEET, in the parish of Howden, Wapentake of Howden- 
shire ; (the seat of Mrs Empson) 5 miles from Howden, 12 from 
South-Cave.— Pop. 199. 
YOULTHORPE, in the parish of Bishop- Wilton, Wilton-Beacon 
division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter ; 5 miles from Pockling- 
ton, 11 from York.— Pop. including Gowthorpe, 111. 



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Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorunt, 
THE RIGHT HON. LORD MULGRAVE. 



ACTING MAGISTRATES. 

Sir Mark Masterman Sykcs, Bart Sledmere, Malton 

Sir Henry Maghull Mervin Vavasour, Bart. Melbourne Hall, Pocklingtori 

The Rev. Dr. John Bell, Sainton, Beverley 

Barnard, the Rev. Edward William, Thorpe-Brantingham, South Cave 

Bell, John, Esq Scarborough 

Bentinck, the Rev. William Harry Edward, Sigglesthorne, Beverley 

Bethell, Richard, Esq Rise, Beverley 

Beverley, William, Esq Beverley 

Beverley, Robert Mackenzie, Esq, Beverley 

Blanchard, the Rev. John, Middletou, Beverley 

Bowes, the Rev. Timothy Fish Foord, .... Wold Cottage, Malton 

Brown, Jonas, Esq Seulcoates, Hull 

Constable, the Rev. Charles^ . . i . . . ; Wfitssand, Beverley 

Coltman, the Rev. Joseph, Beverley 

Cieyke, Ralph, Esq Marton, Bridlington 

Creyke, Ralph, Jun. Esq Raweliffe 

Croft, the Rev. Robert, " Rowley, South Cave 

Currer, the Rev. Danson Richardson, ..... Witwell, Malton 

Dension, Robert, Esq Kildwick Percy, Pocklington 

Denison, Robert, Jun. Esq Kiid wick- Percy, Pocklington 

Dension, Edmund, Esq #, — Doncaster 

Elliot, the Rev. Robert, Wheldrake, Pocklington 

Ferguson, the Rev. Daniel, Walkington, Beverley 

Foulis, John Robinson, Esq West Heslerton, Malton 

Gilby, the Rev. John, Beverley 

Gilby, tbe Rev. William Robinson, Barmston, Beverley 

Grearne, Yarburg, Esq Sewerby, Bridlington 

Griinston, Charles, Esq Grimston-Garth, Hull 

Hill, Richard, Esq Thornton, Pickering 

Holme, the Rev. Nicholas, Rise, Beverley 

Maister, Arthur, Esq Winestead, Patriasrton 

Osbaldeston, Humphrey, B. Esq Hunmanby, Bridlington, 

Osborne, Robert, Esq Braftbrds/Hull 

Palmes, George, Esq Naburn, York 

Read, the Rev. T. Cutler Rudston, Sand Hutton, York 

Saltmarshe, Philip, Esq Saltmarshe, Howden 

Sampson, the Rev. George, Leven, Beverley 

Sykes, the Rev. Christopher, Rn#ss, n ill 

Sykes, the Rev. Richard, West Eiia, Hull 

Sykes, Daniel, Esq Rayweil, South Cafe 

Thompson, Paui Beilby, Esq Efcrick, York 

Warifen, James, Esq Melbourne Lodge, Pocklington 



Lords and Chief Bailiffs of Liberties, 

The Hon. and Right Rov. the Lord Bishop of Durham, for Howdenshire. 
Sir Thomas Constable, Bart. Burton Constable, for the Seigniory of Hoictemess, 



OFFICERS OF THE RIDING. 

Clerk qfiheTeaee, Richard William Johnson, Esq. Darlington. 

Deputy Clerk of the Peace, John Lockwood, Gent. Beverley. 



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Deputy Sheriffy Samuel Hall, Gent. Beverley. 

Clerk of Indictments, John Lockwood, Gent. Beverley. 

Crier of the Court, Mr. William Burrell, Beverley. 

Treasurer, Henry John Shepherd, Gent. Beverley. 

Clerk of General Meetings of Lieutenancy, John Lockwood, Gent. Beverley. 

Governor of the House of Correction, Beverley, Samuel Shepherd. 

Surveyor of Bridges, John Creyke, Gent. Howsham. 



Register-Office, Beverley. 

Register, Henry William Maister, Esq. Beverley. 
Deputy, Anthony Atkinson, Gent. Beverley. 



Coroners. 

Richard Bell, Pocklington, f 

Samuel Cowling, York, £- For the East Riding. 

Thomas Shepley, Selby, 3 

William and James Iveson, Hedon, for Holdernees. 

Robert Spofforth, Jun. Howden, for Howdenshire. 



Chief Constarles. 

Bainton Beacon, Robert Robinson, Lockingtoa. 

Buckrose, William Hudson, Howsham. 

Dickering, Edward Ashley, Molescroft. 

North Holderness, Samuel Ball, Hornsea. 

Middle Holderness, John Nornabell, Sutton. 

South Holderness, William Raines, Winestead. 

Holme Beacon, Barnard Clarkson, Holme-on-Spaldiag Moor. 

Howdenshire, James Campbell, Knedlington. 

Hunsley Beacon, Robert Smelt, Beverley. 

Ouse and Derwent, William Johnson, Fulford. 

IVilton Beacon, George Bagley, Pocklington. 



Subdivision Clerks. 

North Holderness,. 

South Holderness, 

Middle Holderness, 

Hunsley Beacon, 

Holme Beacon, r John Lockwood, Gent. Beverley. 

IVilton Beacon, j 

Howdenshire, I 

Ouse and Derwent, i 

Beverley-cuni'Membris, J 

Sainton Beacon, John Robinson, Gent. Lockington. 

Buckrose and Dickering, Edward Ashley, Gent. Molescroft. 

Hull and County t George Codd, Gent. Hull. 

The General Quarter Sessions 

Are'held at Beverley, oa Tuesdays in the first whole week after Epiphany ;— 
Easter ;— St. Thomas the Martyr ;— and on the first Tuesday after the eleventh of 
October. 



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ABBERFORD, a market-town, in the parishes of Abberford and 
Sherburn, wapentakes of Skirack, (lower division; and Barkston- 
Ash, liberties of Pontefract and St. Peter ; 6 miles from Tad caster, 
8 from Wetherby, 9 from Ferrybridge, 1 ] from Leeds and Ponte- 
fract, 14 from Selby, 16 from York, 1S6 from London. — Market, 
Wednesday. — Fairs, last Mondays in April and May, first Monday 
in October, first Monday after St. Luke, first Monday after All- 
Saints, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c. ; if either of the two 
last St. days fall on a Monday, the Fair will be held on that day. — 
Principal Inn, the Swan. — Pop. Lotbertoii with Abberford, 427 — 
Abberford, 579 — Total, 1 ,006. The Church is a rectory, dedicated 
to St. Richard, in the deanry of the Ainsty , value, £6/. 1 s. 8d. Patron 
Oriel-College, Oxford. Abberford is thus singularly situated with 
respect to the townships, viz. the west-side of the town, from the 
river Cock, (south-end) is Abberford * cum- Partington ; the east-side 
of the same end, is Lotherton-cum- Abberford ; and all north of the 
river is Abberford alone. 

Abberford is situated on the great north road, upon the small river Cock, 
a river rendered famous in history by the battle of Towton, in 1461, a village 
a few miles lower don-n ; the market is almost discontinued. At the north end 
of the town is the vestige of a Roman station, to which place the Roman road 
from Castleford runs. Abberford had once a good trade for pin9, but has long 
siac3 fallen to decay. On the site of the School, endowed oy Lady Betty Hastings, 
in 173S, is built a National School, conducted on the plan of Dr. Beil About 
half a mile north from Abberford, is a farm house, formerly a public house, and 
knovsTi by the name of the Black Horse, which is said to have been the occasional 
retreat of the notorious Nevison, and at which house he baited his favourite 
mare, on his expeditious journey from London to York. This mare was after- 
wards giv^n to the Gascoignes of Parlington. 

Drunken Barnaby seems to have visited this place, for thus he sings '. — 

" Veni Aberford, nbi notum 
Quod aciculis emunt potum, 
Pauperes sunt et indigente9 
Multum tamen sitientes ; 
Parum habent, nee habentur 
Ulla, quae non tenet venter." 

ABDV", Zf. h. in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of 
Walh-upon-Dearn, liberty oi Tickhill ; 5 miles from Rotherhara. 

ACACIA.-COT. (the seat of Richard Fawcett, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Guiseley ; 4 miles from Bradford. 

ACASTER-MALBIS.VAinsty) a parish-town; A\ miles from York, 
7 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 291. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, value, p. r. t32/. Patron, Paul 
Beilby Thompson, Esq. Bacon styles it a discharged vicarage, 
value, 51. 6s. old. 



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ACASTER-SELBY, (Ainsty) in the parish of Stillingfieet ; 6 miles 
from Tadcaster and York, "8 from Selby.— Pop. 1 88. 

ACK WORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Pontefraet, 5 from Ferry- 
bridge, 8 from Wakefield, 28 from York. — Pop. including Low- 
Ackwortb, 1,575. The Cimrch is a rectory, dedicated to St. Cuth- 
bert, in the dean ry of Pontefraet, value, 221. Is. Q\d. Patron, 
the King, as Duke of Lancaster. Ackworth is nominally divided 
into two villages, called High and Low, adjoining* each other. 
The parish and township are co-extensive, in which are the following* 
seats, vizz—Ackworth-Park, John Petyt,Esq. Ackworth- House, 
John Goldswor thy, Esq. Ackworth- Villa, Thomas St. Quintin, Esq. 
Ackworth-Lod ge* The Rev. George Maddison ; Ackworth Moor-Top, 
Thomas Gee, Esq. Ack worth-Grange, Richard Wilson, Esq. and 
at Ackworth, D'Oyley Sanders, Esq. 

The school at this place was originally an appendage to the Foundling Hos- 
pital in London, and built partly by original subscription, and partly by aid of 
Parliament. In 1777 the premises and lands were offered for sale ; when Dr. 
Fothergill, and some of the Society of Friend?, purchased the whole for 7,000/. 
and converted it into a seminary for the children of Quakers. The school has 
since been supported by legacies, donations, &c. The sum paid for board, 
education, and clothes, is regulated by a cammittee. There are generally about 
300 pupils on this establishment ; and nothing can exceed the order and regularity 
that prevails in the school, which stands in a beautiful and pleasant situation. 
The management is under the direction of Mr. Robert Whitaker, superintendant, 
subject to the direction of a cemmjittee. 

ACOMB, (Ainsty) a parish-town, in the liberty of St. Peter; 2| 
miles from York, 81 from Tadcaster, lEf from Wetherby. — Pop. 
733. The Church is u vicarage, dedicated to St. Stephen, value, 
$32. 95. 2d. p. r. fSOI. Patron, the Rev. Thomas Tireman. 

ADDINGHAM, a parish-town, in the east-division of StaincHife, 
liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 6 miles from Skipton, 7 from Keighley, 
9 from Otley, 37 from York.— Pop. 1570. The Church is" a 
rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanrv of Craven, value, 
+9Z. 7s. 8H p. r. tl22/. 18s. iOd. Patroness, Mrs Mary Cunciiffe. 
The Church is. one of the neatest in Craven, with the antique parsonage 
house, stands at an agreeable distance from the village, • on a lingula of land, 
between the Wharf and the deep channel of a brook, which unites with it imme- 
diately beneath. — Whittaker. 

ADEL, or ADDLE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Sky- 
rack ; 4 miles from Harewood, 5 from Leed::, 7 from Otley, 24 
from York.— Pop. including Eccup, 609, which being united, form 
a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John the 
Baptist, in the d'eanry of the Ainsty, value, 16/. 3s. 4d. Patron, 
W. G. Davy, Esq. in right of his wife. 

Adelor Addle, or " the Adhill of the Liber Regis, which probably gives the 
true etymology of the word, the Hill of Ada, the first Saxon colonist of the place, " 
and supposed to be the Burgo-duiuwi of the Romans ; and from the great number 
of antiquities discovered here at different times, such as fragments of urns and 
other Roman vessels, monuments, pillars, aqueducts, inscriptions, &c. we may 
conclude it to have been a station of considerable importance. This station 
appears to have been about half a mile north of the church, for particulars of 
which, we must refer the reader to Thoresby and fVJiittaker. The Church of 
Adel, built not long before 1100, is one of the most perfect and beautiful speci- 



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*nens of Norman architecture in the county, particularly when we consider its 
exposed situation. The rich and highly adorned entrance of the south side, 
appears to have been freed, at the request of Dr. Whittaker, by the present 
rector, the Rev. George Lewthwaite, in whose possession are many antiquities 
found in the neighbouring station, mentioned before. An engraving of the south 
entrance, and another of the oeautiful enriched arch entering the choir, are given 
in Whitaker's Loidiset Ehueie, as. well as the Norman capitals, and two Roman 
altars 

ADDLETHORPE, /. h. in the township and parish of Spofforth ; 
2\ miles from Wetherby, 6 from Knaresbrougtf. 

ADL1NG FLEET, u par sh-town, in the wapentake of Osgoidcross, 
liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from rlowden and Crowle, (Line.) 
17 from Snaith, 28 from York. — Pop. 256. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, 
value. 9l.l2s.lldi Patron, the King-. 

ADMERG1LL, /. h. in the township of Brockden, parish of Bar- 
noldswick, east-division and liberty of Siaincliiie; 2 miles from 
Guisburn. 

ADW ALTON, in the township of Drigblington, and parish of Bir- 
stall, Morley -division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty o^ .Ponte- 
fract ; 5\ miles from Bradford, 6| from Leeds. 8| from Wakei.eld. 
JSo Market. — Fairs, Feb. 26, Thursdays in Easter and Whitsun- 
Weeks, for horses and horned cattle; and every ether Thursday 
until Sept. 29, for lean cattle. 

A battle was fought on Adwalton Moor in 16+2, between the Earl of New- 
castle, who commanded the royalists' troops, and the Lord Fairfax and his son, 
who commanded the Parliamentarian forces: the latter were totally rooted. The 
old Lord fled to Bradford; Sir Thomas took the road to Halifax, but the next 
day joined his father at Br dibrd with his division, where Newcastle prepared 
to besiege them in form. Newcastle's head quarters were ac Bowling Mall, from 
which place he now brought his cannon to bear upon the town, church, and 
steeple, the last of which was protected by wool sacks. Fairfax now : 
danger, aad determined to make his escape by a saiiy ; this he eiiected with 
considerable loss, and fought his way to Leeds, whence he retreated to Hull. 
In this sally, Lady Fairfax, who had bravely accompanied her husband through 
this campaign, wa? taken prisoner on horseback*, but was generously sent baca 
with an escort by Newcastle in his own coach. 

The town havingnow fallen in*o Newcastle's hands, he ordered it, 'tis said, 
to be given up to military execution ; whether the order was really given or not, 
it certainly was not pui in execution ; and tradition assigns the following reason 
for his forbearance: on the night preceding, Newcastle, while in bd at Bowling 
Hall, was accosted by an apparition of a female form, which implored him t > 
spare the town, and eirber affrighted, or melted him into compliance, thus saved 
the lives of the unarmed inhabitants, and the place became a garrison for the 
King. — Fan fax's Memoirs. — fVhitaker^s Loidis et Elmete. 

ADVY ICK-IN-THE-STREET, a parish-town, in the lower-division 
ofStrafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Don- 
caster, 6 (torn Rotherham, 10 from Pontefract, 12 from Barosley. 
ora York. — Pop. 346. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
St. Laurence, ip the deanry of Doncaster, value, 41. 13*. Ad. 
Patron, J. Keiierton, i!sq. 

ADWICK-UP(XN-DJ£ARN, a parish-town, in the lower-division of 

Straffbrth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Rother- 

i, 8 from Doncaster, 35 from York. — Pop. 168. r lhe Church 

is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, f40/. 

Patron, Lord Mam 



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AGBRIGG, ham. (which gives name to the division) in the township 
and parish of Warmfield ; 1 5 mile from Wakefield. 

AGBRIGG and MORLEY, a wapentake, bounded on the east by 
Osgoldcross, on the south by Staincross and Cheshire, on the west 
by Lancashire, and on the north by Skyrack and part of Staincliffe ; 
it is divided into two divisions, Agbrigg and Morley, which may 
be almost considered now as two distinct wapentakes. It contains 
5 market-towns, Halifax, Huddersfield, Bewsbury, Wakefield, and 
Bradford :— In Agbrigg-division, 19 parishes, 68 townships, 18,600 
inhabited houses, and 154^091 inhabitants. — Morley, 4 parishes, 53 
townships, 35,509 inhabited houses, and 176,475 inhabitants — 
Total, Population in the wapentake, 54,109 inhabited houses, and 
330,566 inhabitants. 

The Fee of this wapentake was the property of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, 
who dying without issue male, his large estates were divided between his daugh- 
ters, of whom Blanch being married to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, fourth 
eon of King Edward III. had the bailiwick of this hundred assigned for her pro- 
perty with many other estates. — Magna Brit. 

AGDEN, s. k. in the township of Bashalleves, and parish of Mitton, 
liberty of Staincliife ; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 

AIKTON, in the parish of Featherston, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Aikton-Hall, the seat of Sir 
Edmund Mark Whine, Bart.) 3 miles from Pontefract, 7 from 
Wakefield. -Pop. 72. 

Sir Edmund Mark Winne, the seventh Baronet of this family, was born 
September 16th, 1762 ; succeeded his cousin, Sir Rowland, October 14th, 
1805.— Creation, 1660. 

AIRM YN, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty 
of Pontefract; 3 miles from ffowden, 7 from Snaith, 8 from Thorne. 
Pop. 750. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the 
deanry of Pontelraet, value, p. r. 33/. 12s. 9d. Patron, Henry 
Yarburgh, Esq. 

A1RMYN, LITTLE, in the township of Newland, and parish of 
Drax, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 3| miles from Howden, 6£ 
from Snaith. 

AIRTON, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division of 
Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 6 miles from Settle, 8 from 
Skipton, 12 fromKettlewell.— Pop. 187. 

AISMUNDERBY, a part of the township of Aismimderby-with- 
Bondgate, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty 
of Ripon ; | of a mile from Ripon. — Pop. including Bondgate, 
551, which being united, form a township. 

AKEHOLME, or ACOMB, /. h. in the township of Blaxton, and 
parish of Finningley, {Notts.) soke of Doncaster ; 6f miles from 
Bawtry, 7 from Thorne. 

AKETON, scattered houses, in the township of Follyfoot, and parish 
of Spofforth ; 3| miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Wetherby. 

ALDBOROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, a 
part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 1 mile from Boroughbridge, 7 
from Knaresbrough and Ripon, 16 from York.— Pop. 484. The 
Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated .to St. Andre w, in tl^e 



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deamy of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, £9/. 3 9s. 5a. 
Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. 

This was the Iseur of the Ancient Britons, and the Isurium of the Romans, 
of which scarcely a vestige of its former grandeur remains. And this once 
celebrated city, which has ever since the days of Leland, arrested the attention 
and engaged the particnlarnotice of British antiquaries, is now sunk into a small 
village, and in danger of losing the remains of its ancient grandeur. Romaa 
coins are frequently dug up, chiefly of Constantine and Carausins Maximian, 
Dioclesian, Valerian, Severus, Pertinax, and also of Faustina and Julia. In. 
766, it was attacked with great fury by the Danes who murdered a great parto 
the inhabitants, and burnt the city to the ground. — Camden. — Higden's Polychrm, 

Though we have no account from history of its origin, yet we have incon- 
testible evidence of its great antiquity ; and that it was the metropolis of the 
Brigantes is a fact that can never be called in question. Many British princes 
resided here, and as it flourished many ages prior to York, it is probable that 
it was the seat of government. Venutius who opposed the brave Cara«tacus 
resided here in the year 50. — Tacitus 

The brave Agricola, whose wisdom beamed a double lustre on triumphant 
Rome, after having subdued the Brigantes about the year 70, resided at York, 
and made it his head quarters, which shews that Isurium had sunk in the esti- 
mation of the Romans, while York was rising into eminence. 

In the time of the Romans it was defended by a strong wall, a small part of 
which is still visible, though even in Lelctnd's time the ruins were slender, who 
observes, " Vestigia qusedam, sed tenuaria." 

The most fatal blow given to this once celebrated city, was the turning of 
the road, which went through it, by removing the bridge over the Ure to where 
it now stands at Boroughbridge, which happened during the reign of the Con- 
queror. 

In the house famed for curiosities, may be seen a Roman pavement in great 
preservation, about 18 inches below the surface, first discovered in 1731, and 
in the same room .are many other ancient remains, particularly a votive stone 
found in 1776, coins, &c It sends two Members to Parliament; the first 
retnrn of which was in 1542. 

ALDERMANSHEAD, /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish 
of Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. 

ALDFIELD. in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, libertj 
of Ripon: 4 miles from Ripon, 8 from Pateley -bridge, 10 from 
Boroughbridge. — Pop. 133. The Church is a perpetual curacy 
with Studley, dedicated to St. Laurence, in the deanry of Ripon, 
value, p. r. f7il. Patroness, Mrs Lawrence. 

This village is situated about a mile above the venerable ruins of Fountains' 
Abbey, on the banks of the SkeLl, and is celebrated for its valuable mineral 
springs, which are situated on the south side of the vale beneath, richly clothed 
with wood. This Spaw is resorted to during the summer months by immense 
numbers of people, and only wants accommodation to render it a fashionable 
watering place ; few places abounding with more natural and picturesque 
scenery. 

The spaw was first discovered in 1698, and its waters analised in 1805 — 6, 
by the late Mr. W. Brunton, when the contents were found to be as follows, viz. 
carbonate of lime, 123, — grains; carbonate of magnesia, 35, — grains; sulphate 
of magnesia, 5, — grains; muriate of soda, 208, — grains; muriate of magnesia, 
96,— grains ; total 325. — Gosef/us contents, carbonic acid gas, 6 ; azotic gas, 4; 
sulphurate hydrogen gas, 21 ; total 31 cubic inches. 

ALDWARKE-HALL, (the residence of Samuel Walker, Esq.)'m the 
parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, 
liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Don- 
caster.— Pop. including Wheatcroft, 35, which being united, form 
a township. 



216 WEST-RIDING. 

Akiwarke, the ancient seat of the Clarelles, FitzwilKams, and Foljanlbe** 
lies remote from the parish of EecIesfieM ; being separate.: from it by the parishes 
or Rawmarsh and Rotherham. In this house was boni William Fitzwilham, an 
eminent naval commander, and Earl of Southampton, in the sixteenth century. 
He was the second son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, Knight, of Aidwarke Hall. 
He died at Newcastle, in 1542, when on an expedition to Scotland. Of the per- 
sonal character of this great man, it is said that there was not a serviceable man 
under his command whose name he knew not ; not a week passed hut he puid 
his ships *, and not a prize bat his seamen shared in as well as himself. — Biog\ 
Diet, 

ALCOM-DEN", ham. in the township of Wadvvortb, and parish of 
Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 

ALLERTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Bradford, 7 from 
Halifax-— Pop. 1,488. 

ALLERTON-BYWATER, in the parish of Kippax, lower-division 
of Skirack, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Pontefract, 9 from 
Leeds and Wakefield.— Pop. 329. 

ALLERTON, CHAPEL, in the parish and borough of Leeds, 
lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract ; 2| miles from 
Leeds, 5\ from Hare wood, 9 from Wetherby, 11 from Otley. — 
Pop. 1,678. The Church is a perpetual curacy. Patron, the 
Vicar of Leeds. 

Rohert Parker, of Browsholme, says Thoresby, huilt an hospital here for 
ten widows, to whom he has given SQL per annum, for nearly twenty years past, 
and designed to augment the endowment at his death very considerably. Whether 
this design was put into executioner not, we have not learned. 

ALLERTON-GLEDHOW, see Gltdkow. 

ALLERTON-GRANGE, in the township of Chapel-AIlerton, and 
parish of Leeds; 3 1 miles from Leeds. 

' This place formerly belonged to the Abbot and Convent of Kirkstall. The 
family of the Killingbecks which is of considerable antiquity in these parts, 
were tenants to ithefore the dissolution. — Thoresby. 

ALLERTON-LEE, ham. in the township of Allerton, and parish of 
Bradford \ 3| miles from Bradford, 6| from Halifax. 

ALLERTON-MAULEVERER, a parish-town, in the upper-divi- 
sion of Claro ; (the seat of the Right Hon. W. Lord Stourton) 4| 
miles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Wetherby, 7 from Borough- 
bridge, 13| from York. — Pop. including Hopperton, 276, which 
being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese 
of Chester, value, p. r. $28/. Patron. Lord Stourton. 

Allerton Mauleverer, was for many ages the seat of a family of that name, the 
founder of which was William Mauleverer, who came over with the Conqueror. 
His name is found in the list of gentlemen hung up for ages in Battle Abbey, 
and- is in Graftmi, Holinshead, <fec. He received Allerton as a reward for his 
services. Sir Thomas Mauleverer about the 21st in succession, was created a 
baronet in 1840. He took np arms for the Parliament during the civil wars of 
Charles I. and raised two regiments at hi^ own expense, one of horse and the 
ether of foot, which indicated a state of affluence. He was also governor of 
Ripon. His name is in the instrument for the execution of the King. The 
estate continued in the male line till 1720 ; it was then held by the female line 
till 1786, when Lord Gahvay sold it to the Duke of York. The Duke in 1781?, 
sold it to Colonel Thornton for 110,000£. who then gave it tha name of Thorn ville 
Rr>yal. In February, 1805, this superb mansion, pleasure ground, park, &c 



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together with the estate particularly annexed to them, were sold at Garraway's 
Coffee House to Lord Stourton for 163,800/. — Hutton. 

At this place was a Priory of Benedictines, founded by Richard Mauleverer,- 
in the reign of Henry II. to which Priory he gave the church of St. Martin, of 
this place, with one caracute of land, &c At the dissolution its revenues were 
settled by Henry VI. on King's College, Cambridge. — Burton. — DugdaLe. 

Charles Philip Stourton, Lord Stourton, born August 22nd, 1752, succeed- 
ed his father, October 3rd, 1781, married June 15th, 1775, Mary, the second 
daughter and co-heir of the late Lord Langdale. Heir apparent, William, son 
of the present Lord. Creation, May 13th, 1448. — Debrett. 
ALMHOLME, iii the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish 
of Arksey, lower division of Spofforth and Tickhill, liberty of 
Tickhill ; 5\ miles from Doncaster, 8 from Thorne. 
ALMONDBURY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Thorpe-Ville, the seat of John 
Dobson, Esq.) 2 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Halifax, 10| 
from Penistone, 11 from Wakefield, 41 from York. — Pop. 5,679. 
The Church is a. vicarage, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in the deanry of* 
Pontefract, value, 20/. 7s. ] \d. Patrons, the Trustees of the 
Free Grammar School of CJitheroe, (Lane.) 

Here is a free grammar school founded by patent of King James T. and now* 
endowed with about 120/. peranntim. 

Here is supposed to have been a Roman station, the Cambodunum of Anto- 
ninus, as there are marks of an old rampart, and some ruins of a wall, and of a 
castle. In the Saxon times it was the seat of royalty^ and graced with a churchy 
built by Paulinus, the Northumbrian apostle, and dedicated to St. Alban. After- 
wards a castle was built here, which was confirmed to Henry Lacy, by King 
Stephen.— Cam dex. 

The late Dr. Whittaker says, " that the whole" of what Camden states 
respecting this place, " is so hypothetical, as scarcely to merit a confutation.'* 
First, Almonbury is not Cambodunum, which has been decisively fixed at Slack. 
Secondly, it is not Roman at all, wanting every symptom which belongs either 
to the site or the structure of a Roman encampment. Thirdly, it is unquestion- 
ably Saxon," &c. Of the castle hill, Dr. fVhittaker has given us a ground plan, 
from which it appears to occupy upwards of eleven acres. " The crown of the 
hill has been strongly fortified by a double wall and trenches; the area within 
has also been subdivided into an outer and inner enclosure from the gate, and 
the remains of mortar and stones, almost vitrified, prove beyond all controversy 1 
that the place has been destroyed by fire." — Loidit> et El-mete* 
ALTOFTS, in the parish of Normanton. Agbrigg division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Wakefield, 5| 
from Wetherby.— Pop. 404. 
ALVERLEY-GRANGE, (the seat of Bryan William Darwin Cooke, 
Esq.) in the township and parish of W ad worth ;■ 3 miles from 
Doncaster, 10 from Rotherham. 
ALVERTHORPE, in the parish of Wakefield, A gbrigg division of 
Agbrigg and Morley. liberty of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wake- 
field, 4 from Dewsbur}\ — Pop. including Thornes, 4,448, which 
being united form a township. 
ALWOODLEY, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Sky- 
rack ; 3 miles from Harewood, 5? from Leeds, 6 from Otley*-^- 
Pop. 142. 

This place was formerly a seat of the Franks, afterwards the estate of Sir 
Gervaise Clifton, the noted Baronet, who outdid Henry VIII. i» the number of 
his wives *, for, whereas that monarch, three Kates, two Nans, and one dear 

2e 



218 WEST-RIDING, 

Jane had wedded ; this Baronet had three honourables, three right worshipfuls, 
and one well-beloved wife ; he died in 1666. — Thoresby. 

ALWOODLEY-GATE, ham. in the township of Wigton, and 
parish of Harewood ; 3 miles from Harewood, 5 from Leeds. 

ANGRAM, /. h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of 
Kirkbymaizeard ; 5 miles from Kettlewell. 

ANGRAM, (Ainsty) in the parish of Long-Marston ; 4 miles from 
Tadcaster, 7 from York, Sh from Wetherby.— Pop, 66. 

ANSTON, NORTH, in the parish of South- Anston, liberties of St. 
Peter and Tickhili ; 6 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from 
Rotherham, 9 from Tickhili. — Pop. included in South- Anston. 

ANSTON, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafi 
forth and Tickhili, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhili ; 6 miles 
from Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from Rotherham, 9| from Tickhili; 12 
from Sheffield, 50 from York. — Pop. including North-Anston, 
776, which being united form the township, usually denominated 
Anston with its Members. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual 
curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 33/. Patron, the 
Duke of Leeds. 

APPERLEY and BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Eccleshill, 
and parish of Bradford, liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Brad- 
ford, 6 from Otley, lOf from Leeds. 

APPLEDA Y, 2f. h. in the township of Notton, and parish of Roys- 
ton, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 \ miles from Barnsley. 

APPLETON, NUN, (Ainsty) in the township of Appleton-Roebuck, 
and parish of Bolton-Percy ; (the seat of Sir Wm. Mordaunt Sturt 
Milner. Bart.) 6 miles from Tadcaster, 9 from York. Here is a 
Chapel, of which Sir W. M. Milner is Patron. 

This place took its name from a Priory of Nuns, founded here byAdeliza de 
Sancto Quintino, in the time, of King Stephen. It was for Nuns of the Cistercian 
order, and dedicated to God and St. Mary. Many curious injunctions were pre- 
scribed to the Nuns ; that none of the sisters were to use the ale-house, nor the 
water side where strangers resorted to, &c. Valued at the dissolution at 73/. 9s. lOd. 

DUGDALE. 

Ill 1552, Robert Darknal, the first grantee, alineated the site and premises 
of this Priory to Sir William Fairfax, Knight, and Humphrey Shelley. Upon 
this site Thomas, Lord Fairfax, built a handsome house, which, with the 
estate, was purchased by Mr. Alderman Milner, of Leeds, who upon the marriage 
of his son, Sir William Milner, Bart, created in 1716, settled it upon him and 
his son. — Burton. — Drake. It is now enjoyed by the present Baronet. 

Sir William Morliaunt Sturt Milner succeeded his father, Sir William Mor- 
daunt, September 9, 1811, married, first in 1804, the daughter of the Right 
Hon. Theophilus Clements, and grand daughter of the Right Hon. John Beres- 
ford:— Sir William married, second, May 8, 1809, Henrietta, daughter of 
Lord Edward Bentick, son of William, second Duke of Portland, Heir pre- 
sumptive, his brother Charles. Creation, February 29th, 1716. 

APPLETON-ROEBUCK, (Ainsty) in the parish of Bolton-Percy ; 
5 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from York. — Pop. 585. 

APPLET!^ WICK, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Stain- 
cliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 8 miles from Skipton and Pateley- 
bridge, 10 from Kettlewell. — No Market — Fair, October 25, for 
horses and horned cattle.— Pop. 312, one house and a small parcel 
of land is in the parish of Linton. 



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A charter for a fair and free warren was granted 4th of Edward II. at the in- 
stance of Piers de Gavestone, to the Prior and Canons of Bolton, who were then 
owners of the Manor.— Whit^ker. 

In this village was born William Craven, of poor parents, who are said to 
have consigned him to a common carrier, for his conveyance to London, where 
he entered in the service of a Mercer and Draper. In that situation nothing is 
known of his history, till, by diligence and frugality, the old virtues of a citizen, 
he had raised himself to wealth and honour. In 1607, he is described by Camden 
as " equestri dignitatc, et senator Londinensis. " In 1611, he was chosen Lord 
Mayor; the time of his death not known. Tn him the commercial spirit of the 
family ended as it had begun. William Craven, his eldest son, having been 
trained in the armies of Gnstavus Adolphus, and William, Prince {of Orange, 
became one of the most distinguished soldiers of his time. 

He was of the number of those gallant Englishmen who served the unfor- 
tunate King of Bohemia, from a spirit of romantic attachment to his beautiful 
consort ; and his services are generally supposed to have been privately rewarded 
with the hand of that princess, after her return in widowhood to her native 
country . 

Thus the son of a Wharfdale peasant matched with the sister of Charles I. 
a remarkable instance of that providence which " raiseth the poor out of the 
dust, and setteth him among princes, even the princes of his people." He was 
created Baron of Hamstead Marshall, 2nd Charles I. and Earl ol Craven, 16th 
Charles II. — JFhitaker's Craven. 

ARDSLE Y, in the parish of Darfield, wapentake of Staincross, liberty 
of Pontefract; (Park- House, the seat of B. Taylor, Esq. and Ardsley- 
Hall, the seat of John Micklethwaite, Esq.) 21 miles from Barnsley, 
9 from Rotherham, 9| from Wakefield, 13 from Doncaster. — 
Pop. 992, 

ARDSLE Y, EAST, a parish-town, in Agbrlgg-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 \ miles from Wakefield, 6' 
from Leeds, 1 i \ from Bradford, 28 from York. — Pop. 832- The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, in tbe deanry of Pontefract. Patron, 
the Right Hon. Earl of Cardigan. 

ARDSLE Y, WEST, or WESTERTON, in the parish of Yv T ood- 
kirk, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wake- 
field ; \\ miles from Wakefield, 5 from Dewsbury, 9| from Brad- 
ford. — Pop. 1,515. 

ARK END ALE, in the parish of Knaresbrough, lower-division of 
Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 4 miles from Knaresbrough and. 
Boroughbridge. — Pop. 285. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. Bartholomew, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, 
diocese of Chester, value, p. r. f8 1 /. Patron, the Vicar of Knares- 
brough. 

ARKSEY, a parish -town, in the township of Bent!ey-with-Arksey, 
lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 3| 
miles from Doncaster, 9 from Thorne, 35 from York. — Pop. included 
in Bentley. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in 
the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12/. 17s. 6d. p. r. '[IQ9L Patron, 
Sir George Cooke, Bart. 

Here is a Free Grammar School endowed by the Will of Bryan Cooke, Esq. 
dated January 3rd, 1660, and built by the will of Sir George Cooke, Bart, in 
1683 ; and an Hospital for twelve of the poorest and oldest people in the parish. 

ARMENTHWAITE, /. h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, 
and parish of Kirkbymalzeard \ 7 miles from Kettlewell. 



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ARMITAGE-FOLD, ham. in the townships of North and South. 
Crosland, and parish of Almondbury ; 2| miles from Huddersfield. 

ARMISTAD, (the seat of John Forster, Esq.) in the township and 
parish of Giggles wick ; %% miles from Settle. 

ARMLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Armley- House, the 
seat of Benjamin Gott, Esq.) %\ miles from Leeds, 8 from Brad- 
ford.— Pop. 4,273. The Church, built in the time of Charles I. 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew. Patron, the 
Vicar of Leeds. 

Of the Danish Fortification called Giant's Hill, at this place, as described by 
T/ioresby, very little is now to be seen, having been cut through by the Leeds 
and Liverpool canal. 

ARMTHORPE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of StrafForth 
andTickhill ; 4 miles from Doncaster, 7| from Bawtry and Thorne, 
40 from York.— Pop. 359. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 8/. 18s. 9d. Patron, 
the King. 

ARNECLIFF, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of 
Stainclifle ; 7 miles from Kettlewell, 11 from Settle, 16 from 
Skjpton, 50 from York. — Pop. 189. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Craven, value, £13/. 6s. 
Sd. p. r. 33/. 6s. Sd. Patron, the University-College. Oxford. 

ARNECLIFF-COTE, 4 /. h. in the townships of Arnecliffand 
Hawkswick, and parish of Arnecliff; 7 miles from Kettlewell. 

Here in 1579, a man named Tristram Knowles, whose father and himself 
together, had occupied a tenement upwards of 120 years! these two men had 
seen six generations of the Cliffords, and nine Sovereigns of England.— JVhita.' 
ker's Craven. 

ARN FORTH, s. h. in the township of Hellifield, and parish of Long- 
Preston, liberty of Stainclifle ; 6 1 miles from Settle. 

ARRUNDEN, or HARRUNDEN, see Harrunden. 

ARTHINGTON, in the parish of Addle, upper-division of Skyrack ; 
Arthington- Hall, late the seat of W. G. Davy, Esq.) 3 miles from 
Harewood, 5 from Otley, 7 from Leeds.— Pop. 329. 

Here about the middle of the twelfth centuary, was a Priory of Cluniac 
Nuns, built and endowed by Peers of Arthington, who gave the site and de- 
mesnes of the house, which were augmented by Serlo, his son, and confirmed 
by Pope Alexander. It flourished till the year 1540, when Elizabeth Hall, the 
last Prioress, and nine Nuns, surrendered the same. Valued at the dissolution, 
11/. 8s. Ad.— Dugoale, 13/. 7*. Ad. — Speed. Not a vestige is now to be seen. 
The site was granted to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, in ex- 
change. A plain substantial Hall-house, was built upon the site, apparently in 
the beginning of the reign of Charles I. for the front door- way, dated 1585, has 
evidently b^en removed from some older structure. It is now occupied as a 
farm house, the property of the Earl of Harewood. Arthington itself would be 
distinguished for the beauty of its situation, in any other valley than that of 
Wharf. It is a large well-built, square house, on a fine elevation above the 
river, and was for many centuries the seat of a family of that name. — Dugdale. — 
Burton. — Whttaker. 

ARTHINGTON-NUNNERY, in the same township and parish, 

and adjoins the village of Arthington. 
ASH-DAY, (the seat of Thomas Drake, Esq.) in the township of 

Southowram, and parish of Halifax ; 2 miles from Halifax. 



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ASH-GROYE, (the seat of John Rawson, Esq.) m the township of 
Southowram, and parish of Halifax. 

ASKAM-BRYAN, or GREAT, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 4 miles 
from York, 6 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 377. The Church is a per- 
petual curacy, dedicated to St. Nicholas, value, p. r. *113Z. 2*. 6d. 
Patron, Harry Croft, Esq. 

ASKAM-R1CHARD, or LITTLE, (Ainsty) a parish-town ; (Ask- 
am-House, the seat of Robert Swann, Esq.) 4| miles from Tadcaster, 
5 from York. — Pop. 219. The Church is a vicarage, endowed in 
1329, dedicated to St. Mary, value, £4/. 13s. id. Patron, Harry 
Croft, Esq. 

A.SKRON, or ASKERN, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of 
Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Doncaster, 9 from 
Pontefract, 10 from Thome, 1 1 from Ferrybridge, 12 from Selby, 
17 from Wakefield and Barnsley. — Pop. 159. 

This village has of late years attracted considerable notice, on account of its 
mineral water, and probably may, in a few years, vie with manyof our fashionable, 
watering places. An account of this water is given by Dr. Short, in his treatise 
on Mineral Waters ; and in 1818, a treatise on the Water and description of the 
place was published by Mr. Brewerton, a respectable surgeon at Bawtry. 
Hitherto people amicted with rheumatism and scorbutic diseases have received 
the greatest benefit, as they rarely fail obtaining relief. The spring rises at 
the distance of only a few yards from a piece of water called Askern Pool, and is 
enclosed in a house, called the Spaw or Well-House, a plain rustic building. 
The pool or lake covers about seven acres of ground, is well supplied with fish, 
and beautifully fringed on one side with young plantations, and bordered on the 
other by a walk of gravel for the accommodation of visitors. The village skirts 
the road, is rural but not romantic in its scenery ; and its cots and its trees har- 
monizing together, give it an interesting appearance. The Hotel is an elegant 
edifice, built on the side of a gentle sloping hill, converted into a shrubbery. 
There is another respectable Inn, the Swan, at the north end of the village, and 
several lodging houses for the accommodation of visitors. — Northern Star. 

ASKWITH, in the parish of Weston, upper division of Claro ; 3 
miles from Otley, 13 from Leeds and Skipton. — Pop. 367. 

ASSON-TIIORPE, in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fish- 
lake ; 1 miles from Thorne: 1\ from Snaith. 

ASTLEY, in the township and parish of Swiilington, liberty of 
Pontefract ; 7 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield and Pontefract. 

ASTOX , a parish town in the upper division of Strafforth and Tick- 
hill ; (the seats of Harry Ferelst, Esq. and the Rev. William Alder- 
son) 6 miles from Rotherham, 8| from Sheffield, 91 from Work- 
sop, (Notts.) 08 from York. — Pop, including Aughton, 556, 
which being united form a township. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value 12/. \5s. 
2\d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. 

Here died in 1797, the Rev. W. Mason, the poet, who had been presented 
to this living by bis patron, the Earl of Holderness, soon after he came into 
holy orders. In the church is a marble tablet erected to his memory by the Rev. 
C. Alderson, his successor ; and in a summer house in the rectory garden, en 
tbe ceiling, is an embossed medallion, containing the profiles of himself and his 
friend Gray, and on the floor stood two urns and pedestals inscribed to Gray 
and Mason. This garden and grounds contiguous to the rectory, Mason em- 
ployed himself during his residence here, in laying out and improving. 

Within a few hundred yards of the chnrch, and once surrounded by a park, 
stood Aston Hall, the ancient residence of the D'Arcys, afterwards Earls of 



222 WEST-RIDING. 

Holderness ; which was pulled down upwards of fifty years ago, and the pre- 
sent mansion erected on the ancient site, under the direction of Mr. Carr of 
York. The late Sir Harry Verelst purchased the estate of the late Duke of 
Leeds. 

In the church are effigies in marhle, of John, Lord D'Arcy and Mennil, 
and his three wives.— Northern Star. 
ATTERCLIFFE, in the parish of Sheffield, upper division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhili, liberty of Hallamshire ; (Attercliffe Hall, the 
seat of Gamelial Milner, Esq.) 1| mile from Sheffield, 4| from 
Rotherham. — Pop. including Darnall, 3,172, which being united 
form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to 
Holy Jesus, value, p. r. 40/. Patron, the Vicar of Sheffield. 

Another chapel is about to be erected here, to contain 2000 souls, by the 
Commissioners for building Churches. 
AUDZUS, /. h. in the township of Woodsets-with-Gildingwells, and 
parish of South- Anston ; 5 miles from Worksop, (Notts. J 6| from 
Tickhili. 
AUGHTON, in the township of Aston-with-Aughton, and parish of 
Aston, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhili ; 4 miles from 
Rotherham, 9| from Worksop, (Notts.) 18 from Mansfield, (Notts.) 
Pop. included in Aston. 
A UK LEY, ham. in the township of Blaxton, and parish of Fin- 
niflgley, (Notts.) upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhili, soke of 
Doncaster, ; 6 miles from Doncaster, 6| from Bawtry. — A part of 
Aukley is in Nottinghamshire. 

Here was found in 1746 a fine Urn with ashes and coins of Constantine in it, 
and twenty more under it— Gough's Camden. 
AUSBY, in the township of Nesfield-with-Langbar, and parish 

of Ilkley ; 7 miles from Otley, 9 from Skipton. 
AUSTERFIELD, in the parish of Blythe, (Notts.) lower-division of 
Strafforth and Tickhili; 1| mile from Bawtry, 8 from Doncaster. 
Pop. 242. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Blythe. 

The Rev. Abraham de la Pryme supposes the name of Austerfield or Oster- 
field to be derived from the famous Roman general Ostorius, fighting a battle 
with the Britons, near this place, which opinion is strengthened by a Roman 
camp being at no great distance. The word Field is never added, but where a 
battle has been fought. — Pryme's Papers in Philos. Tram. vol. 9. 
AUSTERLANDS, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 

Rochdale, (Lane.) 9 miles from Rochdale. 
AUSTONLEY, in the parish of Almondbury, x4gbrigg-di vision of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield : 7| miles from Hud- 
dersfield.—Pop. 968. 
A USTHORPE, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division of Sky- 
rack, liberty of Pontefract; (Austhorpe-Hall, the seat of Joseph 
Fields, Esq.) 4\ miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 10 from 
Ferrybridge.— Pop. 150. 

Here was born, May 28th, 1724, the celebrated mechanic and civil engineer, 
Mr. John Smeaton. If there were no other monument of his fame, the building 
of the Eddystone Light House, would establish his character. It was first built 
by Mr. Wimtanley, who, in 1696, was furnished by the Trinity House with neces- 
sary powers. In 1700 it was destroyed, and the projector perished in the ruins. 
In 1709, another was erected by Mr. Rudyard, which in 1755 was consumed by 
fire; The present one was completed by Mr. Smeaton, in 1759. Mr. Smeaton 
was seized with a paralytic stroke in September, 1792, and died ii the October 



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following. In the choir orWhitkirk church is an elegant marble monument, on 
which is a beautiful representation of the Eddystone Light House to his memory. 

AUSTWICK, in the parish of Clapham, wapentake of Ewcross; 
(the seat of Charles Ingilby, Esq. and Austwick-Hall, the seat of Mrs 
King,) 4 miles from Settle, 12 from Kirby-Lonsdale, 20 from Skip- 
ton — No Market. — Fair, Thursday before Whitsuntide, for horned 
cattle, &c. — Pop. 556. 

AZERLEY, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of 
Claro; (the seat of Wm. Dawson, Esq.) 5 miles from Ripon, 5-1- 
from Masham, 15 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 579. 

B 

BACHELORS-GARDENS, ham. in the township of Bilton-with- 
High- Harrogate, and parish of Knaresbrough ; 2 miles from High- 
Harrogate. 

Here is a Free School for poor girls within the township, founded by Richard 
Taylor, in 1785, who endowed it with land and tenements, which are vested in 
six trustees, but all in the hands of the Master of the school. Salary, 301. per 
annum. 

BADS WORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract; (Badsworth-Hall, the residence of Joseph 
Scott, Esq.) 4 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Ferrybridge, 10 from 
Wakefield, 27 from York. — Pop. 200. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 321. 5s. 
]0d. Patron, the Earl of Derbv. 

BAGDEN, UPPER and LOWER, 2 hams, in the township of 
High-Denby, and parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross ; 
4i miles from Penistone, 6 from Barnsley. 

BAGLEY, /. h. in the township, parish, and liberty of Tickhill; 
from which it is one mile. 

BAGLEY, ham. in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and 
parish of Calverley ; 4§ miles from Bradford. 

BAILDON, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack; 5 
miles from Otiey and Bradford, 12 from Leeds. — Fairs, first 
Saturdays in March and November, for horned cattle, horses, &c. — 
Pop. 2,679. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
Giles, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p. r. fllo^. lis. 8c?. 
Patron, the Vicar of Otley. 

BAITINGS, ham. in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax, 
liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

BAKESTONE-DELF, ham. in the township of Quick, in Saddle- 
worth ; I of a mile from Delf. 

BALBY, in the township of Hexthorpe-with-Balby, parish and 
soke of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 
1* mile from Doncaster, 5% from Tickhill, J0| from Rotherham. 

BALK, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield ; 
o miles from Barnsley, 9 from Rotherham. 

BALK-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury ; \ of 
a mile from Dewsbury. 



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BALLIFIELD-HALL, {the seat of John Jubb, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Handsworth ; 4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from 
Rotherham. 
BALNE, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty 
and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith ; 4 miles from Snaith, 9 from 
Pontefract. — Pop. 329. 
BALNE-CROFT and BALNE-HOUSE, 2 /. h. in the township 

and parish of Snaith ; 4 miles from Snaith. 
BANKS-HALL, {the seat of Samuel Thorpe, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Cawthorn ; 4 miles from Penistone, 4| from Barnsley. 
BANK-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Pudsey, and parish of 

Calverley. Adjoins Fulineck on the west. 
BANK-NEWTON, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division and 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Skipton, 9 from Colne. {Lane.) 
11 from Settle.— Pop. 139. 
BANKSIDE, S or 4 f. h. in the township and parish of Thome ; 4 

miles from Snaith and Thorne. 
BANKSIDE-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Cowick, and parish 

of Snaith; 4 miles from Snaith and Thorne. 
BANK-TOP, or SOUTHOWRAM-BANK, ham. in the township 
of Southowram, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ 
mile from Halifax, 7| from Huddersfield. 
BANK-TOP, s. h. m the township of Worsbrougb, and parish of 

Darfield, wapentake of Staincross; 1| mile from Barnsley. 
BANNER-CROSS, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and 
parish of Sheffield j (the residence of the Rev. W. Bagshaw) %\ miles 
from Sheffield. 
BARUGH, in the parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Barnsley, 5 from Penistone, 9* from 
Wakefield.— Pop. 396. 
BARBOT-HALL, (the seat of Col Charles Newton) in the township 
of Greasbrough. and parish of Rotherham, liberty of Tickhill ; 1 
mile from Rotherham. 
BARCROFT, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 4 miles 

from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. 
BARDEN, in the parish of Skipton, east-division and liberty of Stain- 
cliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 10 from Pateley -bridge, 11 from 
Kettle well. — Pop. 219. Here is a private family Chapel, not sub- 
ject to archiepiscopal jurisdiction, served by the minister of Bolton. 
The old Tower of Barden seems to have been one of the six lodges belonging 
to the forest of that place, and originally erected for the accommodation of the 
keepers and protection of the deer. But the retired habits of Henry, Lord Clif- 
ford, leading him to prefer the retreat of Barden to the bustle of his greater 
houses, enlarged this lodge for the reception of himself and a modest train of 
followers. His son, a very different character, only occasionally resided here, 
and till the latter days of the third Earl of Cumberland, it seems never to have 
been totally neglected by the family. From the inventory taken in 1572, after 
the death of the second Earl, it appears that the Hall and Kitchen were furnish- 
ed, but the be drooms empty: amongst other items are. two old Charitts. When 
the Countess of Pembroke succeeded to her inheritance, Barden had become a 
ruin, which she repaired in 1657, by a contract of 100/., there is an inscription 
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the residence of the Burlington Family ; and in 1774 it was entire. The lead! 
and timbers of the roof have since been taken away, and it has now put on that 
picturesque form which only delapidating remains have the privilege of assum- 
ing. — Whitaker 
BARDEN-PIKE-LODGE, s. h. m the township of Barderi, and 

parish of Ski pton; 5 miles from Skipton. 
BARDSE Y, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack ; 4 miles 
from Wetherby and Hare wood, 8| from Leeds, 19 from York. — 
Pop. including Rig-ton, 336, which being united, form a township. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of 
the Ainsty, value, £4/. Is. 8d. p. r. 150/. Patron, Geo. Fox, Esq. 
The church of Bardsey affords a fine specimen of the Norman architecture, 
but not to be compared to Adel, although from the engravings given of both in 
Loidis et Elmete, we might suppose they were equally perfect. On the north 
side of the village, arid near to the Grange, are large earth works of some ancient 
castle. 

At this place was born the celebrated William Congreve, the £oet, and 
whose baptism is thus registered : — " William, the sonne of Mr. William Con- 
greve, of Bardsey Grange, was baptised, February 10th, 1669." 

He wrote the " Old Batchelor," the " Double Dealer," " Love for Love," 
the " Mourning Bride," the " Way of the World," and some poems. 
BARKISLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5§ miles from Halifax, 6 
from Huddersfield, 12 from Rochdale, (Lane.) — Pop. 2,224. 

Here is a Free School founded in 1657, by Sarah Gledhill. The old Hall 
at Barkisland, now occupied as a farm house, is a good specimen ,of ancient 
architecture, built about the time of Charles I. It now belongs to the Bold family, 
of Bold Hall, in Lancashire — JVatson's Halifax. 
BARKSTON, (which gives name to the wapentake) in the parishes 
of Sherburn and Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of 
Pontefract; 4 miles from Abberford, 5 from Tadcaster, 11 from 
Pontefract— Pop. 251. 
BARKSTON-ASH, a wapentake, bounded on the east by the river 
Ouse, on the south by the wapentake of Osgoldcross, on the west 
by that of Skyrack, and on the north by the Ainsty. — In this wa- 
pentake are four market-towns, Cawood, Selby, Sherburn, and 
Tadcaster % 48 townships, 1 8 of which are parishes ; 4,422 i inhabited- 
houses, and 22,264 inhabitants. 
BARLOW, in the parish of Bray ton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, 
liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Selby, 5 from Snaith, J 3 from 
Pontefract. — Pop. 175. 
BARMBY-UPON-DUNN, a parish town in the upper division of 
Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 5\ miles from Doncas- 
ter and Thorne, 7| from Bawtry, 35 from York.— Pop. 495. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the 
deanry of Doncaster, value p. r. 66/. Patron, John Gresham, Esq. 
Bacon styles it a vicarage, value £9/. 12s. 6d. 
BARNBROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; (Barnbrough-Hall, the residence 
of Mrs Griffith,) 6 miles from Doncaster, 8 from Rotherham, 9 
from Barnsley, 36 from York.— Pop. 466. The Church is a rec- 

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tory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Boncaster, value, 231. 
Patrons, Prebendaries of Southwell, Collegiate Church, (Notts.) 

Mr. Bingley, in his Animal Biography, relates the following singular anec- 
dote. " At Barnbrough there is a tradition extant, of a serious conflict that 
once took place between a man and a wild cat. The inhabitants say, that the 
fight commenced in an adjacent wood, and that it was continued thence into the 
porch of the church. I do not recollect in what manner it is reported to have 
begun ; but they state that it ended fatally to both combatant-. A rude painting 
in the church commemorates the event; and the accidentally natural red tinge 
of some of the stone, is consid red as stains of blood stili remaining." 
BARNBRGUGE-GRANGE r (ike seat of Mrs Farrer) in the town- 
ship and parish of Barnbrough ; 5| miles from Boncaster. 
BARNBOW, ham. in the township and parish of Barwiek-in-Ehnet, 

liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. 
BARNBY-FURNACE and BARNBY HALL, 2/. h. in the town- 
ship and parish of Cawtborne, liberty of Pontefract; 3^ miles from 
Barnsley, 5| from Penistone. 
BARNFIELD SMITHY, /. h. in the township and parish of Low 

Bentham; 10| miles from Kirby Lonsdale, (Westmorland.) 
BARNOLDWICK, ham. in the township of Burton in Lonsdale, 
and parish of Thornton in Lonsdale; 6 miles from Kirby Lonsdale, 
(Westmorland,) J J from Settle. 
BARNOLDSWICK-COATES, see Coates. 

BARNOLDSWICK, or GILL-CHURCH, a parish town in the east 
division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Gisburn, 5 from 
Colne, (Lane.) 49 from York. — Pop. 1334. The Church is a per- 
petual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, 
value p. r. 621. 9s. 6d. Patron, Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. 

The church here, which seems to have been built soon after the Monks left 
this place, is situated near a mile and a half from the village, upon the brink of 
a deep glen, whence it has obtained the name of Gill Church. 

In 1147, Henry de Lacy founded a monastery here, and translated hither 
twelve Monks and ten Conversi, under Alexander, Prior of Fountains, for the 
support of which he assigned the whole town of Bamoldswick. The old church 
was levelled to the ground by the Abbot. After six years residence in continual 
warfare with the Rector and Parishoners, and frequent ravages committed upon 
their lands by the Scots, they abandoned Bamoldswick, and went to Kirkstall. 
—Tanner. The situation of this Monastery was on the margin of the brook, 
west of the village.— Whitaker. 
BARNSDALE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirk- 

Smeaton ; 6 miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge. 
BARNSD ALE-LODGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Campsall ; 

7f miles from Pontefract and Boncaster. 
BARNSGREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, 
upper-division of Straffbrth and Tickhili; 5 miles from Sheffield, 
8 from Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley. 

Here is an Hospital called Barns Hall Hospital, for six poor people, built 

and endowed in 1638, by Sir Richard Scott, Bart, with 30J. per annum. The 

old Hall, formerly the seat of the ancient family of the Scotts, is now converted 

into cottages. 

BARNSIDE-WOOD, 4/. k. in the township of Hepworth, and 

parish of Kirk-Burton ; 6 miles from Penistone. 
BARNSLEY, a market-town, in the parish of Silkston, wapentake 
of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract \ 8 miles from Penistone, 10 



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from Wakefield, 12 from Rotherham, 14 from Sheffield and Fonte- 
fract, Id from Doncaster, 18 from Huddersfieid, 38 from York, 
176|- from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, the Wednes- 
day before February 28, May 13, and October 11, for horses, 
horned cattle, pi^s, &c. — Bankers. Messrs. Beckett, 'Birks, and 
Co., draw on Messrs. Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. Mills, and 
Co., 12, Bi renin- Lane ; Messrs. Wentworth and Co., draw on 
Messrs. Wentworth and Co., 25, Threadneedle-Street. — Principal 
Inns, White Bear and King's Head.— Pop. 8,28-1. The Church, 
rebuilding 1 , is a perpetual curacy under Silkstone. 

Here is a Free Grammar School, founded and endowed in 1665, by Thomas 
Keresforth, Gent. Barnsley, situated upon the declivity of a hill, among- Coal 
pits and iron works, has nothing 1 to interest the antiquary. It is tolerably 
we'l built of stone; and has long been celebrated for the excellence of its wire, 
in which article the inhabitants still continue to do considerable business ; and of 
late years the manufactory of linens has been carried on at this place to a very 
great extent. Here are two Iron Foanderies for casting of steam engines, grates, 
&c. 

BARNSLEY, OLD, in the townships of Barnsley and Silkstone, 
aud parish of Silkstone, liberty of Poniefract ; 1 mile from 
Earnsley. 

BARROW, ham. in the township of Wentworth, and parish of 
Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of StrafForth and Tickhill ; 5 
miles from Rotherham, 13-£ from Doncaster. 

BARRO\VBY-GRANGE,/.A.inthetownshipandparishofKirkby- 
Overblow; 5 miles from Wetherby, 7J from Knareshrough. 
of Garforth, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Leeds, 9 from 
Pontefract. 

BARWICK-IN-ELMET, a parish-town, in the lower-division of 
Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract : 7 miles from Tadcaster and 
Wetherby, 8 from Leeds, 16 from York.— -Pop. 1,481. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the dfeanry of the 
Ainsty, value, 33/. 12s. 67/. Patron, the King, as Duke of 
Lancaster. 

This place is said to have been the seat of the Kings of Northumberland, 
and Dr. IVhitakcr supposes it to have been founded by the great Edwin ; "the 
great exte&t and magnificence of this fortification, which is four furlongs in eir- 

' cumference, and contains an area of mora than thirteen acres, sufficiently ptfbve 
that ic has been a royal work." The mount, called Hall Tower Bill, hath been 
encompassed by a double trench ; on this mount most probably stood the royal 
mansion : it is now the only part that remains. This manor was afterwards 
part of the possessions of the Lacys ; Roger de Lacy having married. the sister 
of William de Vesey, Rector of this parish. From the Lacys it descended to 
the Dukes of Lancaster, to which duchy it ha9 been ever since annexed. 

Elmet was |pt conquered from the Britons till Edwin's reign, in 560. by 
the Saxons. — Turner's Anglo Saxom. 

BASH ALL or BASHALLTO VVN, in the parish of Mitton, west- 
division of Staincliffe, liberty of Boliand; (Bashall-Hall, the]seat 
of James Taylor, Esq.) 4 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 11 from 
Blackbarn and Burnley, (Lane.) 10 from Gisburn. — Pop. 348. 

BASHALLEAVES, s. h. in the township of Bashall, and parish of 
Mitton ; 4 miles from Clitheroe, {Lane.) 



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BASINGTHORPE, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and 

parish of Rotherham ; 1 mile from Rotherham. 
BATLEY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Pontefract -, 2| miles from Dewsbury, 6| from 
Bradford, 8 from Leeds, 31 from York.— Pop. 3,717. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of 
Pontefract, value, %\$l. lis. Sd. p. r. 150/. Patrons, Lords 
>Vilton and Cardigan, alternately. 

Batley, the field oiBatt or Batta is a place of great antiquity. The church, 
was granted to the Canons of St. Oswald of Nostal, and confirmed by Henry I. 
Not a vestige of the original structure remains, the whole having been rebuilt 
about the time of Henry VI. The north chapel of the choir belongs to Howley 
Hall. This church is adorned with several monuments of the Savilles, Fitz- 
williams, Elands, Copleys, &c. — Loidis et Elmete. Here is a Free School, 
founded in the 10th year of James I. by the Rev. William Lee, Vicar of Stapleford, 
Cambridgeshire, who was a native of this place, for the purpose of teaching the 
children to read English, and write, also to instruct them in Latin. He 
endowed it with an estate, which he conveyed to certain Trustees in his life 
time. This School was handsomely rebuilt in 1818, out of monies arising from 
the estate. 
BATLEY-CARR, in the township and parish of Batley, liberty of 

Wakefield ; 1 mile from Dewsbury. 
BATLEY, UPPER, ham. in the township and parish of Batley $ 

3| miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Bradford. 
BATTERAX, 2 /. h. in the township of Rowland- Forest, Higher, 
and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Bolland ; 3 miles from Slaidburn, 
8 from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 
pAWTRY, a market- town, in the parish of Ely the, (Notts.) lower- 
division of StrafForth and Tickhill ; (the seat of the Dowager Vis- 
countess, Galway) 5\ miles from Barnby-Moor Inn, {Notts.) 9 
from Doncaster, and 9 from Retford, (Notts.) 12 from Gainsborough 
(Line.) 14 from Thorne, 20 from Sheffield, 46 from York, 156 
from London. — Market, Thursday, (formerly on the Wednesday) 
Fairs, Thursday in Whitsun-Week, and old Martinmas-Day, for 
horses, horned cattle, sheep, and pedlary. — Principal Inn, the 
Crown.— Pop. 1,027. The Church is a perpetual curacy under 
Blythe, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Retford. 

Bawtry, situated upon the site of the Roman road from Agelocum to Danum, 
stands at the very extremity of the county, (a portion of it being in Nottingham- 
shire,) and on the great north road from London to Edinburgh. It contains 
nothing of particular interest, except the elegant mansion of the Dowager Vis- 
countess Galway, which is situated at the southern extremity of the town. 
BAXTER-HALL, s.h. in the township of Long-Drax, and parish 

of Drax ; 5 miles from Snaith. 
BEACON-HILL, (a Hill) in the township of Southowram, and 

parish of Halifax ; 1 mile from Halifax. 
BEAGHALL, in the parish of Kellington, wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 writes from Pontefract, 8 from 
Snaith.— Pop. 546. 
BEAMSLEY, in the parishes of Addingham and Skipton, upper- 
division of Oar o ; (Beamsley-Hall, the residence of Robinson Chip • 
pendale, Esq.) 6 miles from Skipton, 8| from Otley,, 17 from 



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Knaresbrough — »Pop. in Addingham SO, — in Skipton, 232. — 
total, 312. 

Here is an hospital founded by Margaret, Countess of Cumberland, in the 
35th of Queen Elizabeth. It was ordered to consist of one Mother and twelve 
Sisters, to be nanfed and appointed by George, Earl of Cumberland, and the 
said Margaret, and theij heirs ; and that the said Mother and Sisters, and their 
successors should be incorporated, and have a common seal. The Earl of 
Thanet is now the heir or representative of the Earl and Countess of Cumber- 
land, and has the management of the estates and revenues of the hospital. The 
total income arising from rents and dividends, amounts to 357/. 9s. Ad. oat of 
which the Mother and sisters receive an annual stipend, of the Mother 18/. and 
the Sisters, 16/. each, besides which they receive on commission, a bedstead 
each, with a few other necessary articles of furniture. Twenty pounds per 
annum is given the clergyman for reading prayers, and administering the Sacra- 
ment four times a year, and who receives an additional sum of 2/. \0s. per annum, 
for providing the Elements. And Lord Thanet's Steward receives a salary of 
10/. per annum, for superintending the estates, and keeping the accounts. 

The Hospital consists of two distinct buildings, with a small court or garden 
between them, and contains a chapel and separate apartments lor the Mother and 
twelve Sisters. The number is duly kept up, according to the foundation deed. 
The chapel is used for pi-ayer on Sundays and three other days in the week. It 

■ is situated on the road side, leading from Knaresbrough to Skipton, within 
the township. — Extracted from Commissioners' Report on Charities. 

The old Hall at Beamsley was anciently the seat of the family of Glaphams. 
Of this family was John Clapham, a famous esquire in the wars between the 
houses of York and Lancaster, and who is said to have beheaded with his own 
hands, the Earl of Pembroke, in the church porch of Banbury. This family 
had a chantry and vault in Bolton Priory church, and where according to 
tradition, they were interred upright. — Whitaker. 

BEARCROFTS-IIALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Horton ; 
8 miles from Settle. 14 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (IVestm.) 

BEARSWOOD-GREEN, p. h. in the township and parish of Hat- 
field ; 3 miles from Thorne, 8 from Doncaster. 

BECKA-LODGE, (the seat of William Markham, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Abberford, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of 
Pontefract; I mile from Abberford, 6 miles from Wetherby, 8 
from Leeds. 

BECK FOOT and MILL, 3 h. in the township and parish o[ Bing- 
ley ; 4 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. 

BECKMEETING. /. h. in the township and parish of Kirkbymai- 
zeard : 5\ miles from Masham, 8 from Ripon. 

BECK WITH, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Pannal, 
libertv of Knaresbrough ; 2| miles from Harrogate. Adjoining is 

BECKVVITH-GREEN, and? . ., . ,. , ., 

BECKWITH-SH \VV C m same * QWnstll P an " P ar,s "- 

The original seat of the ancient family of Beckwith, the last remains of 
whose property here, was purchased about the year 1753,' by Edwin Lacelles, 
Esq. of Mr. John Beckwith, of Knaresbrough, a lineal descendant of that 
ancient house. — Hargrove. 

BECKURMUNDS, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish of 
Arnecliffe; 8 miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle, 17 from 
Leyburn. 

BEESTON, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley -division of 
Ajrbriffg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Leeds, 
10} from Wakefield, 12 from Bradford, 11 from Huddersneld.—- 



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Pop. 1,670. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
Mary. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. 

The present chapel of Beeston is the oldest in the parish, and probably the 
second in antiquity. The lancet window at the west end appears to be as old as 
Henry III. — Whitaker,. 

BEGGAR1NGTON, ham. in the township of Northowram, and 
parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax. 

BELL-BUSK, ham. in the township of Cold-Coiiiston, and parish of 
Gargrave* liberty of Stamcirffe : 8 miles from Skipton. 

BELL-HAGG, ham. in the township of Upper-Hallam, and parish 
of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. 

BELL-VUE, (the seat of John Naylor, Esq.) in the township and 
parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wake- 
field, 9 from Pontefract. 

BELL WOOD, (the residence of John Harrison. Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Aismunderby-with-Bondgate, and in the parish and liberty 
of Ripon ; 1 \ mile from Ripon. 

BELLY-BRIDGE, 3 h. in the township of Hartshead-with-Clifton, 
and parish of Bewsbury ; 4 miles from Halifax. 

BENTHAM, HIGH, in the township and parish of Low-Bentham, 
wapentake of Ewcross : (the seat of T. H. Johnson, Esq.) 10 miles 
from Kirby-Lousdale, (IVestm.) 1 1 from Settle, 1 6 from Lancaster. 
Market, Monday. — Fairs. January 25, Saturday in Easter week, 
June 22, October 25, for horned cattle, &c. — Principal Inns, 
King's Arms, and Black Bull. 

BENTHAM, LOW, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Ewcross ; 
4 miles from Ingleton, 9 frOm Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 12 from 
Settle, 15 from Lancaster, 71 from York. — Pop 2,102. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John, Baptist, in the deanry 
of Kirby-Lonsdale, and diocese of Chester, value, 35/. 7*. 8|d 
Patron, T. L. Parker, Esq. The township of Bentham is divided 
into four quarters, viz. Low-Bentham, High-Bentham, Mewith, and 
Grasingle. 

At this place was born, of poor parents, Thomas Wray, D. D. Fellow of 
Christ College, Cambridge, and successively chaplain to Archbishops Hutton 
and Seeker. He was a pious, abstemious, mortified man, never married, of 
weak constitution, of most amiable deportment, yet a zealous reprover of vice 
in pulic and in private. He had learned too, from his master, Seeker, not to 
despise the meanest, nor to shrink from the most disgusting offices of his functions^ 
He died at Rochdale, February, 1778, aged 55, where a plain stone within the 
altar rails is erected to his memory, The Editor of Butler's Remain* tiros 
notices him :**• 

" While Modest Wray with silent grace, 
Just steals a meaning smile." 

Nichols' Lit. Jneedofes. 

BENTLEY, in the parish of Arksey, lower-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 1 \ mile from Doncaster, 10 from 
Thome.— Pop. including Arksey, 1,171, which being united, 
form a township. 

A remarkable instance of punctuality occurred at Bentley, in a little old man 
called Billy Dutchman, a stone mason, who had kept a book in his house from 
1767, wherein is iaserted the name of every person by whom he had teen employ- 






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ed, how many days he worked in each week, and what number idle; what 
money he had earned each week, summed up to a quarter every year. The 
whole for the first twenty-nine years is 583/. 18*. 3d. average, he says, Is. 9d. 
per week. — Miller's Doncaster. 

BENTLEY-G RANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Emley, 
liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Wakefield, 

BENT'S-GREEN, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and 
parish of Sheffield ; 3^ miles from Sheffield. 

BERRY-MOOR./, k. in the township and parish of Silkston ; 3| 
miles from Penistone. 

BERRY-BROW, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury ; 
2 miles from Huddersfield. 

BERWICK, 2 /. h. in the township of Draughton, and parish of 
Skipton, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 4 miles from Skipton. 

BESSACAR, ham. in the township and parish of Cantley, 4 miles 
from Doncaster. 

BEWERLEY, in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, and 
parish of Ripon. lower-division of Claro ; (Bewerley-Hall, the seat 
of John Yorke, Esq.) | of a mile from Pateleybridge, 8 from Rip- 
ley, 12 from Ripon. — Pop. included in Dacre. 

BICKERTON, fAinsty) in the parish of Bilton ; 4 miles from 
Wetherby, 7 from Tadcaster, 10 from York. — Pop. 149. 

BIERLEY, EAST, in the township of Northbierley, and parish of 
Birstall. Morley-d; vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Pontefract ; 4 miles from Bradford, 7 from Halifax, 10| from 
Wakefield. 

BIERLEY, NORTH, see Northbierley. 

BIGG IN. ham. in the township and parish of Kirkbymalzeard,; (Big- 
gin-Grange, the seat of the Rev. J. Geldart,) 5 miles from Masham. 

BIGGIN, in the parish of Church-Fenton, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract; 6 miles from Tadcaster, 
7 from Selby. 1 1 from Pontefract. — Pop. 164. 

BILB HOUGH, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 4| miles from Tadcaster, 
5\ from York. — Pop. 260. The Church is a perpetual curacy, of 
which Thomas Lodington Fairfax, Esq. is Patron. 

BILCLIFFE. /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Peni- 
stone, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Penistone. 

BILHAM. jii the parish of Hooton-Pagnall and Barmbrough, lower- 
division of Stralforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (Bilham- 
House, the residence of the Rev. Godfrey Wright) 6 miles from 
Doncaster. 10 from Barnsley. — Pop. 74. 

BILHAM-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Clayton, and parish 
of High-Hosland ; 7 miles from Barnsley and Penistone. 

BILHAM- ROW, ham. in the township "of Bilham, and parish of 
Hooton-Pagnall, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 6 miles 
from Doncaster. 

BILLINGLEY, in the parish of Darfield, lower-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Barnsley, 9 from 
Doncaster. — Pop. 214* 



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BILLlNGLEY-GREEN, 2 k. in the township of Billingley, ant! 
parish of Dariield ; 6\ miles from Barnsley. 

BILTON, (Ainsty) a parish-town, in the liberty of St. Peter; 
(Bilton Park, the seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) 4| miles 
from Wetherby, 5§ from Tadcaster, 9| from Knaresbrough, 10 
from York. — Pop. 223. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Helen, valued, p. r. fl24/. Patron, the Prebendary 
thereof. 

BILTON, in the parish of Knaresbrough, tower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough; (Bilton-Hall, the seat of Henry Hunter, 
Esq.) 1 1 mile from Knaresbrough. — Pop. including High- Harrogate, 
1,934, which being united, form a township. 

BINGLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of 
Skyrack ; 4 miles from Keighley, 6 from Bradford, 10 from Otley, 
1 1 from Halifax, 38 from York. — Market, Tuesday. — Fairs, Jan. 
25, for horned cattle, August 25, 26, and 27, for horned cattle, 
sheep, and linen. — Principal Inns, Brown Cow, and King's Head. 
Pop. 6,17G. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in 
the deanry of Craven, value, £7/. 6s. Sd. p. r. fJ38/. Patron, the 
Kings 

This is one of the thirty-two Lordship 6f which the Conqueror gave to 
Erneis de Benin ; how long he held it does not appear; but about the year 1126 
it was the property of Wiliiam Paganell, founder of the Prioi'y of Drax. His 
successors were the Gants, and William de Gant had a charter for a market 
here, 12th of John. The family of the Cantilupes afterwards became possessed 
of it ; and in later times we find it in the hands by purchase, in 1668, of Robert 
Benson, father of the first Lord Bingley, whose descendant, James Lane Fox, 
Esq. is the present owner of it In the time of Dodsworth, who visited this 
place in 1621, " there was a park at Bindley and castle near the church, on a 
hill, called Bailey Hill," of which little more than the name and tradition now 
remain. Thechurch, a plain and decent structure, was restored in the early part 
of the reign of Henry VIII. Br, IVhitaker states it to be dedicated to All-Souls. 
Here is a Free Grammar School, founded 20th of Henry VIII. value about 400/. 
per annum, present master^ the Rev. Dr. Hartley. By a decree of the Lord 
Chancellor, in December, 1820, it was determined that it should be conducted as 
a Free Grammar School for teaching the children of the inhabitants of the 
parish of Bingley, the harmed languages. Here is also a National School esta- 
blished in 1814, and supported by voluntary contributions. 

BIRCHAM-CLIFFE, in the township of Lindley, and parish of 
Huddersfield ; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. 

BIRDH ALL- FLAT, /. h. in the township of Swinton, and parish of 
Wath-upon-Dearn ; 4| miles from Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster. 

BIRD WELL, ham. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of 
Tankersley ; 3| miles from Barnsley. 

BIRKBY, in the township and parish of Thornes, liberty of Ponte- 
fract ; 5 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. 

BIRKBY, (the seat'of Thomas Holroyd, Esq.) in the township and 
parish of Huddersneld ; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Halifax. 

B1RK BY-NAB, /. h. in the township of Studley-Roger, parish and 
and liberty of Ripon; 2 miles from Ripon. 

BIRKIN, a parlsh-towu, In the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty 
of Pontefract - y (the seat of Thomas Touiill, Esq.) 4 miles from 



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ferrybridge, 7 from Pontefract, 8 from Selby, 22 from York.— 
Pop. 139. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the 
deanry of the Ainsty, value, obV. Patron, the Devisees of the late 
Rev. Thomas Wright 

BIRKINSHA W, in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstali,- 
Morley-divisiorrof Acrbrigg and Morle\ 7 , liberty of Pontefract ; 5 
miles from Bradford, 8 from Leeds, 9 from Halifax. 

BIRK'S-HALL, (the seat of the late Robert Hnmsbottom, Esq.) in the? 
township of O vend en, and parish of Halifax ; 1 mile from Halifax. 

BIRKWTTH, s. h. in the township and parish of Horton; 8 miles 
from Settle, 1 4 from Hawes. 

BIRKVVOOD, 2 f. L in the township and parish of Crofton; 3 J 
miles from Wakefield. 

BIRLEY-CAR, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield. upper- 
division of Strafforthand Tickhill; 3 miles from Sheffield. 9| from 
Penistone. 

BIRTH VVAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Ripley; If 
mile from Ripley, 7 from Ripon. 

BIRTHWAITE-HALL, (the seat of Thos* Rishwortk, Esq.) m the 
township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton, liberty of Ponte- 

. fract: 4 miles from Barnsley. 8 from Wakefield. 

Birthwaite Hall was formerly the residence of the ancestors of the present 
Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. Thomas Burdett, the second son of Richard Burdett, 
of Denby, was living here in 1494. 

BIRSTx\LL, a parish-town, in the township of Gomersall, Morley- 
division of Agnrigg' and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles 
from Leeds and Bradford, 7| from Halifax, 8| from Huddersiiekf, 
31 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, 
in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £23/. 195. 2d. Patron, the 
Archbishop of York. 

This place is not mentioned in Doomsday, but Gomersall is described as 
containing two manors ; it seems therefore probable that Birstali was one of them, 
and being then an inconsiderable place, was passed over without further notice. 
Whitaker. This parish, though exteusive, does hot furnish a township of 
Birstali, the village being in that of Gomersall. 

Here was born, 1.579, Henry Burton, a pnritan divine, who was educated 
at St. John's College, Cambridge, but took his degree of B. D. at Oxford He was 
afterwards clerk of the closet to Prince Henry, and next to Prince Charles ; but 
was turned out for a libel against the Bishops. In 1636, he was persecuted in the: 
high commission court for two seditious sermons, sentenced to the pillory, 
fined 5,000/. and ordered to be imprisoned for life. In 1640, he was set at 
liberty, and was restored to his living. He. died in 1648. He wrote many 
pamphlets, chiefly controversial and abusive. — Biog. Diet. 

BIRSTW1TH, in the parish of Harapsthvvaite, lower-division of 
Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 3 miles from Ripley, 8 from 
Knaresbrouffh.— Pop. 621. 

BISHOPSIDE, HIGH and LOW, a township, in the parish and; 
liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 1 mile from Pateley bridge, 
9 from Knaresbrough, 11 from Ripon. — Pop. 2,072. It is 
situated on the north-side of the river Nidd, in the vicinity of 
Patelevbridge, the chief town in the township. 

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BISHOP-MONKTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- 
division of Claro ; (the seat of Thomas Charnock, Esq.) 4 miles from 
Ripon and Boroughbridge, 6 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 473. 
The Chapel, re-built in 1822, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 
f6ol. In the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. 
BISHOPTHORPE, fAinsty) a parish-town ; (Bishopthorpe-Palace, 
the seat of the Archbishop of York,) %\ miles from York, 8 from 
Tad caster.— Pop. 301 . The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Andrew, value, £4/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

Bishopthorpe, anciently St. Andrew's Thorp, alias Thorpe super Use. The 
Palace of Bishopthorpe was built by Walter Grey, Archbishop of York, in which 
is a neat Chapel, still standing, where his chantry was founded. The present 
beautiful gardens were almost wholly laid out at the charge of Archbishop Sharp ; 
and the house received great alterations at the expence of the late Archbishop 
Dawes. — Drake. 
BISHOP-THORNTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- 
division of Claro ; 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Knaresbrough. — 
Pop. 647. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f65/. 
In the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. 
BISHOPTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of 

Claro ; 1 mile from Ripon. — Pop. 136. 
BLACKBURNE-COMMON, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, 

and parish of Rotherham ; 2| miles from Rotherham. 
BLACKER, LOW, MIDDLE, and OVER, 3 /. h. in the 
township of Upper-Hoy land, and parish of Wath; 5 miles from 
Barnsley. 
BLACK-HORSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Abberford. — 

See Abberford. 
BLACK-MOOR, /. h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of 

Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. 
BLACK-MOOR-FOOT, ham. in the township of South-Crossland, 

and parish of Almondbury; 3^ miles from Huddersfield. 
BLACKSHAVV-HEAD, few h. in the township of Stansneld, and 

parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 miles from Halifax. 
BLACKSTONE, /. h. in the township of Little-Ribstone, and parish 

of Spoiforth ; 3 miles from Wetherby. 
BLACK3TONE-EDGE, in the parish of Halifax, and liberty of 
Wakefield ;< 6 miles from Halifax. 

Blackstone-Edge is a ridge of mountains that divide Yorkshire from Lancashire, 
over which lays the road from Halifax to Rochdale : this ridge is continued to 
the Highlands of Scotland. 
BLAIDROYD, ./. h. in the township of Southowram, and parish of 

Halifax; 3 miles from Halifax. 
BLAKE-HALL, (the residence of Mrs Ingham) m the township and 
parish of Mirfield ; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 6| from Huddersfield. 
In this house was born, John Hopton, Bishop of Norwich, of a very con- 
siderable family, residing alternately at Blake-Hall and Armley, near LeedSc 
He was a Dominican Friar, educated at Oxford, from whence, after his course of 
study was completed, he travelled to Rome, and took the degree ofD.D. at 
Bologna. He was chaplain to Princess Mary, soon after whose accession to the 
crown, he was nominated to the See of Norwich, which he enjoyed to his death. 
— fVhitaher's Loidis et Elmete. 



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BLAXTON, in the parish of Finningley, (Notts.) and soke of Don- 
caster, lower-division of Straffortb and Tickhill; 5 miles from 
Bawtry. 7| from Doneaster. — Pop. 1 17. 

BLEAK-ROYD, /. k. in the township of Langsett, and parish of 
Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. 

BLUBBER-HOUSES, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of 
Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 11 miles from Skipton, 12 from 
Knareshrouo-h, 18 from Ripon. — Pop. \26. 

BOARD-HILL, p. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of 
Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. 

BOARSHURST, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale ; 1 \ mile from Dobcross, 10 from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

BODLES, p. h. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and 
parish of Arksey ; 1 mile from Doneaster. 

BOGG-HALL, f. k. in the township and parish of Kirkheaton ; 4 
miles from Huddersfield, 10 from YY^akefield. 

BOLSTERSTONE, in the township of Bradford, and parish of 
Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 9 miles from 
Penistone and Barnsley . The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the 
deanry of Doneaster, value, p. r. fftQl. Patron, J. Rimmington, 
Esq. 

The chapel here appears to have been founded as early us 1412, by Sir 
Robert Rockley ; originally a private chantry of that family, though it came at 
length to be used as a place of public worship by the inhabitants of the nwnor, 
living at a great distance. At the time of the foundation of this chapel, the 
Rockleys were owners of the Manor of Bolsterstone, which it appears they had 
obtained by the marriage of Robert de Rockley with Alice, the sole daughter of 
Sir Thomas Sheffield. Robert de Rokeley lived in the time of Richard II. and 
was the chief of an ancient family residing at Rockley, in Worsboroughdale, 
where they appear to have been seated as early as the reign of Henry II. — 
Hunter's Hallamshire. 

BOLTON-BY-BOLLAND, a parish-town, in the west-division and 
liberty of Staincliffe ; {Bolton-Hall, the occasional residence of John 
Bolton. Esq.) 4 miles,from Gisburn, 10 from Settle, 12 from Colne, 
(Lane.) 14 from Skipton, 55 from York.-— No Market. — Fairs, 
June 28, 29, and 30, lor horned cattle, pedlary, <&c.— Pop. 1,205. 
The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of 
Craven, value, 1 1/. 13s. 4d. p. r. 123/. 12s. Patron, John Bolton, 
Esq. 

Bolton Hall the ancient residence of the family of Pudsay, say9 Dodsivorth, 
u stands very pleasantly among sweet woods and fruitful hills." Here Sir 
Ralph Pudsay sheltered his persecuted sovereign Henry VI. after the battle of 
Hexham : and where still are preserved a pair of boots, a pair of gloves, and a 
spoon, which the unfortunate Monarch left, either from haste and trepidation, or 
as tokens of regard for the family. An adjoining Well still retains the name of 
" King Harry," who is said to have directed it to be dug and walled, in its pre- 
?ent shape, for a cold bath. In the church, which is a plain building of late 
gothic architecture, is the famous monument of Sir Ralph Pudsay, with hia three 
wives and twenty-five children, all engraven in relief, upon a slab of grey Craven 
limestone.— fV/iita/cer's Craven. The manor and advowson were purchased for 
42,000/. by John Bolton, of Liverpool, Esq. the present owner. 

BOJLTON-ABBEY. in the parish of Skipton, east-division and 
; f y of Staincliffe ; (a seat of the Duke of Devonshire.) 5\ miles 



239 WEST-RIDING. 

from Skipton, 10 from Keighley, 1 1 1 from Pateleybridge, 12 from 
Otley, 16 from Harrogate.— Pop, 127. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of 
Craven, value, p, r. * 4 67. 1 s. 1 id. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. 
This priory was founded in the year 1120, for Canons regular, of the order 
of St. Austin, by William Meschines, and Cecilia de Romelle, his wife, Baroness 
of Skipton, and sister to the noble youth who lost his life in crossing a place 
called The Strid, about a mile from hence, which is the cleft of a rock, in the bed 
of a river ; and through which the river, in summer time, entirely passes. Strid, 
so called from a feat often exercised by persons of more agility than prudence, 
who stride from brink to brink, regardless of the destruction which waits a flutt- 
ering step. It was in stepping over this gulph, leading a greyhound, the animal 
not making its effort in the passage, at the same time with its master, ckecked 
the footstep of the unhappy youth, and precipitated him into the torrent, In 
Bolton-Hall was formerly a picture of this young gentleman, with the greyhound 
standing near him. This Priory was dissolved the 11th of June, 1540 ; and in 
1543, was granted to Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland ; in which family it 
remained, till 1635 ; when Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heiress of Henry, the 
last Earl of Cumberland, marrying Richard, the first Earl of Burlington, carried 
the demesnes into that family ; whose daughter, Charlotte, sole heiress, married 
in 1748, the Duke of Devonshire. 

Here is a Free-School founded about 1698, or 1700, by the Hon. Robert 
Boyle, who endowed the same with an annual rent-charge of 201. besides this, 
there are some rents, which in the whole, amount to 99/. 7*. Gd. The School 
is for latin and greek; and for the poor people, english, writing, and arithmetic, 
on paying one shilling per quarter. 

BOLTON-BRIDGE, 4 h. in the townships of Bolton-Abbey and 
Beamsley, and parish of Skipton, liberty of Stainciitfe ; 5\ miles 
from Skipton, J 2 from Pateleybridge. 

Bolton-Bridge had anciently a chapel, like many others, for the benefit of 
Travellers. The town field, a plain of inexhaustible fertility, stretched from 
the bridge to the priory wall ; and on this, Prince Rupert is said by Tradition, 
to have encamped on his way to Marston-Moor, in July, 1644. The elm, under 
which he dined, is remembered by persons now alive, (1 805.) — fVhitaker's Craven. 

BQLTON-PERC Y, (Ainsty) a parish-town;; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 
9 from York. — Pop. 238. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
All-Saints, value. 39/. 15s. Z\d. p. r. 150/. Patron, the Archhishop 
of York. !* 

BOLTON-UPON-BEARN, a parish-town, in the lower-division of 
Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhiii; 7\ miles from Rother- 
ham, Barnsley, and Doncaster, 38 from York. — Pop. 623. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the 
deanry of Doncaster, value, %(U. 15s. Ad. p. r. 60/. to 70/. Patrons, 
the Executors of William Marsden, Esq. Bacon styles it a vicarage. 

BONDGATE, in the township of Aismunderby -with- Bond gate, and 

parish of Ripon, which it joins on the south Pop. included in 

Aismunderby. 

Here is an Hospital founded before the 4th year of King John, by one of 
the Archbishops of York, and dedicated to St. John Baptist. Its revenues valued, 
26th Henry VIII. at 10/. 14s. Ad. Dugdale ; and 37th, Henry VIII. at 121.0s. Ad. 
Stevens. The building is small, and inhabited by two poor women, who have 

' each an annual stipend of one pound seven shillings. A small distance from this 
hospital is a chapel dedicated to St. John Baptist, where divine service was per- 
formed every Sunday till 1722. It is now converted into a National School, and 
the boys, of which there are at present 150, are educated on the plan of Dr. Bell, 
an institution than which nothing can tend more strongly to increase the stock of 



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public morality, and raise the children to a higher degree in the scale of ration- 
ality. 
BOOTH-FERRY INN, in the township of Airmyn, and parish of 
Snaith, wapentake of QRgoldcross, and liberty of Pontefract ; 2 
miles from Howden, 8 from Snaith, lOfromSelby, 12 from Thome, 
20 from York, 183 from London, Here is a good Inn, and a 
Ferrv across the Ouse, leading to Boncaster. 
BOOTHROYD, UPPER and LOWER, ham. in the township 
and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; I mile from Dews- 
bury, 6 from Wakefield. 
BOOTH-TOWN, in the township of Northowram, and parish of 
Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wake- 
field; 1 mile from Halifax, 7 from Bradford. 
BORDLEY, ham. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, and 
parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliife, liberty of Clif- 
ford*s-Fee ; 7 miies from Kettlewell, 10 from Skip ton and Settle. — 
Pop. included in Hetton. 
BORHOLME, /. h. in the township of Rowland -Forest, lower, and 
parish of Bolland, (Lane.) liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from 
Clitheroe. A bridge here, called Borhoiroe-Bridge, across the river 
Hodder, connects this county with Lancashire. 
BOROUGHBRIDGE, in the parish of A Id bo rough, lower-division of 
Claro ; (the seat of Mrs Lawsan,) 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from 
Knaresbrougb, 10 from Harrogate, 11 from Thirsk, 12 from 
Wetherby, 17 from York and Bedale, 19 from Northallerton, 22 
from Catterick, 206 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, 
April 27 and 28, for horned cattle and sheep ; June 22, for horned 
cattle, horses, &c. 2.3 for sheep, and the week preceding, for hard- 
ware, woollen-cloth, pedlaryware. &c. October 23 and 24, for 
horned cattle and sheep. — Bankers. Messrs. Fletcher, Stubbs, Dew, 
and Stott, draw on Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. Mills, and Co, 
1 2, Birchin-Lane. — Principal Inns, Crown, and Three Greyhounds. 
Pop. 860. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
James, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 10/. 
p. r. 48/. 16s. Sd. Patron, the Vicar of Aldborough. 

This place is remarkable lor those monuments called the Devil's Arrows, 
but whether Roman or British, is uncertain. "Here was, in theBi'itish times, " 
says Dr. Stukeley, "the great Panegyre of the Druids, the Midsummer-meeting 
of all the country round, to celebrate the great quarterly sacrifice ; accompanied 
with sport?, games, races, and all kinds of exercises, with universal festivity. 
This was like the Pauathenian, the Olympian, Nemean meetings, and games 
among the Grecians. These obelisks were as the Metae of the Races ; the re- 
membrance hereof is transmitted in the present great Fair held here, on St. 
Barnabas Day." 

In Leland's time there were four, but in the seventeenth century, one of 
them wa« pulled down ; the remaining ones are placed at unequal distances from 
each other. The tallest ones is 30 feet 6 inches from the bottom, about 6 feet of 
which aro buried in the ground ; its greatest circumference 16 feet. 

Richard Frank, a singular traveller, and famous peripatetic angler, in his 
tour to the northern parts of Scotland, to enjoy his favourite amusement, which 
he published in 1694, says that he saw near Boronghbridge, seven of these stones, 
in which he inu^t have been mistaken, as it is not likely that they have increased 
cince the days of Leland. Evident marks of the chisel appear below the 6urface 



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of the earth. It ig of the common coarse rag-stone or mill-grit ; a large rock of 
this stone from which, probably these obelisks were taken, is at Plumpton, Bear 
Knaresbrough. Doctor Stillingflcet considers them as British Deities : Leland, 
Camden, and Drake, suppose them to have been the work of the Romans, and 
erected by that people as trophies, to commemorate some important victory. 

Near this place, in 1 322, that unfortunate Prince, Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, 
with some of the nobility, disgusted with the royal favourites, the Spencers, 
made stand against the forces of his nephew, Edward II. but was taken by Sir 
Andrew de Harcla, who, being insensible to his entreaties and solicitations, and 
after suffering every possible indignity that cruelty could suggest, was monnted 
on a sorry horse, and brought before the King, who ordered, without any form of 
trial, his head to be struck off, on an eminence near Pontefract. One of his 
partisans, the powerful John de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, in passing over the 
bridge, then made of wood, was run through with a spear, by a soldier, cowardly 
placed beneath for that esecrable purpose. It sends two Members to Parliament, 
a privilege it derived from Queen Mary, in 1553, 
BOSTON, in the township of Clifford, and parish of Eramham, wapen- 
take of Barkston-Ash ; 3 miles from Wetherby, 4 from Tadcaster, 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, the Virgin, 
value, about 1 1 0/. Patron, the Vicar of Bramham. — Principal Inn, 
Red Lion. 

Boston, long celebrated for its Mineral Waters, under the name of Thorpe- 
Arch, on the opposite side of the water, is situated in a romantic and beautiful 
vale, through which the river Wharf runs with a rapid current. The houses are 
extremely neat and good, built chiefly of stone, with small gardens in front, and 
forming a row on each side of the road leading from Wetherby to Tadcaster. 

The Mineral Spring, which was first discovered in 1744, by John Shires, 
an inhabitant of Thorpe- Arch, is situated on the south banks of the river, and 
issues from the bottom of a lofty limestone rock, which in some measure over- 
hangs the river ; it is conveyed by means of a pump, erected in 1 792, into a little 
room for the purpose, whither the visitors repair to partake of this wholesoma 
beverage. This water, like all others, of fashionable resort, has obtained the 
notice of Drs. Garnett, Munro, Walker, and Hunter. Hot and cold baths are 
erected immediately adjoining the pump-room. The village of Boston was be- 
gun in an open field in 1753, and now contains more than 600 inhabitants. The 
Parochial Chapel was consecrated in Dec. 1814, by his Grace the Archbishop 
ofYoik. 
BOTANY-BAY-INN, p. h. in the township of Camblesforth, and 

parish of Drax ; 1 \ mile from Selby, 6| from Snaith. 
BOULCLIFFE, /. h. in the township of West-Bretton, and parish, 

of Sandal-Magna ; 5 miles from Wakefield. 
BOULTON, in the parish of Calverley, Aloriey-di vision of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Bradford, 8 from 
Otiey.— Pop. 634. 
BOUSDKN, f. h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaid- 

burn. liberty of Staincliffe; 9 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 
BO VV -BRIDGE and MILL, 4 cots, in the township of Embsay-with- 

Eastby, and parish of Skiptou; 2 miles from Skipton. 
BOWCLIFFE, (the seat of John Smyth, Esq.) in the township of 
Bramham-with-Oglethorpe, and parish of Brambam ; 4 miles from 
Wetherby. 
BOWK11HILL, scattered houses, in the township of Oxspring, and 

parish of Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. 
BOWLAND-FOREST, in the parish of Slaidhirn, west-division 
and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Clitheroe, 18 from Lan- 



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caster and Preston, {Lane.)— Pop. lower-division S30, higher- 
division 237, total 597. 

Bowland-Forest, anciently a Forest, as its name implies, extends over a 
large tract of country on the borders of Lancashire, and is divided into two 
townships, denominated Upper and Lower Forest of Bowland. 

Though Bowland is principally inclosed, it is still ranged by herds of dear, 
under the jurisdiction of a master forester here, in allusion to the name of the. 
Forest, called Boivbearer, who has under him an inferior keeper. The former 
office is now held by Thomas Lister Parker, Esq. as it has long been by his 
ancestors. — Whitaker. 
BOWLING, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley ; J mile from Bradford, 8 from Halifax.— Pop. 3,579. 
In the same township and parish is 
BOWLING-HALL, the seat of Thomas Mason, Esq. 

Bowling-Hall, originally Boiling, from a family of that name, the daughter 
and heiress of which married Sir Richard Tempest, of Bracewell, is an ancient 
and large majestic building, with a centre and two wings to the north. The 
south front opening to the garden, is terminated by two square towers of con- 
siderable but uncertain antiquity. The Earl of Newcastle, commander of the 
King's Forces, made this house his head-quarters in 1643, when he besieged and 
took Bradford. The Hall and Manor, with the Chapel or Chantry Church, 
came to Mr Mason in 1812.— Whitaker and Neale. 
BOWTHVVAITE, ham. in the township of Fountain's- Earth, and 

parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 5 miles from Pateleybridge. 
BOYN-H1LL, ham. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of 

Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield; 3| miles from Wakefield. 
BRACEWELL, a parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 5 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 9 from 
Skipton, 11 from Burnley, (Lan c.) 50 from York. — Pop. 176. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry 
of Craven, value, $2/. 9*. 9jd, p. r. 60/. Patron, Lord Grantham. 
" The Vicarage House," Dr. Whitaker observes, and very justly, " is a 
disgrace to the parish and church of England— a miserable thatched cottage of 
two rooms only, floored with clay, and open to the roof. — History of Craven. 

Here is the ruin of an old Hall, built of brick, probably about the time of 
Henry VII. or VIII. and was formerly the residence of the ancient family of the 
Tempests. North of this are the remains of a still older house of stone, in which 
is an apartment called King Henry's Parlour ; undoubtedly one of the retreats 
of Henry Yl.— JVkitaker's Craven. 
BRACKEN-BOTTOM, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 

6 miles from Settle. 
BRACKEN-FOOT, 3 or if. h. in the township of Rigton, and 
parish of Kirkbyoverbiow, upper-division of Claro ; 6 miles from 
Otley, 7 from Knaresbrough and Ripley. 
BRACKEN-HILL, ham. in the township of Biggin, and parish of 

Church-Fenton ; 6 miles from Tadcaster. 
BRACKENTH WAITE, scattered hs. in the township and parish of 

Pannall; 5\ miles from Ripley, 6 from Knaresbrough. 
BRADOP-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Bashall, and parish 

of Mitton, liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Clitheroe, {Lane.) 
BRADFIELD, in the parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 6 miles from Sheffield, 
9 from Penistone. — No Market'. — Fairs, Friday fortnight before 
Goodfriday, June 17, and second Friday after old Michaelmas-day, 



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for horned eattle, pigs, &c. — Pop. 5,298. The Church is a pe?* 
petuai curacy, under Ecclesiield, of which the Vicar is Patron, 
value, p. r. 1*124/. 

The Ghapelry of Bradfield is a "bleak, high, and mountainous tract of 
country, lying between the Riveling and the Don, extending north-westward to 
the point, where meet the three counties of Chester, Derby, and York." Some 
portions of it are among the highest grounds of the English Appennines. " Near 
the church is Bailey-Hill, a Saxon camp, as fair and perfect as when first con- 
structed, save that the keep is overgrown with bushes."— Hunter's Hallamshire. 

BRADFIELD, NETHER, in the township of Bradfield, and parish 
of Ecclesiield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickbill, liberty of 
Hallamshire ; 6| miles from Sheffield. 

Here is a School founded in 1712, by Mr Thomas Marriott, of Ughill, who 
endowed it with 10/. per annum. 

BRADFORD, a market and parish-town, in Morley-division of 
Agbrigorand Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 6* miles from Bingley, 
8 from Halifax. 10 from Leeds, Keighley, and Otley, 14 from 
Huddersfield, 15 from Wakefield, 34 from York, 196 from Lon- 
don. — Market, Thursday. — Fairs, March 3, June 17 and 18, 
December 9 and 10, for horned cattle^ horses, pigs, &c. — Bankers* 
Messrs. Peckover, Harrison, and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir James 
Esdalle, and Co. 21, Lombard-Street. — Principal Inns, the Sun, 
and the Talbot. — Pop. 13,064. The Church is a vicarage, dedi- 
cated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20/. Patron, 
Richard Fawcett, Esq. Here is also a Chapel of ease, called 
Christ's Church, in Darley- Street, built by subscription, and con- 
secrated in 1815. 

This Manor belonged to John of (jaunt, who granted to John Northorp 
Manningham and his heirs, an adjoining village, three messuages and six bovates 
of land, to come to Bradford, on the blowing of a horn, on St. Martin's Day, in 
winter, and wait on him and his heirs, in their way from Blackburnshire, with 
a lance and hunting dog for thirty days, and for going with the receiver or bailiff 
to conduct him safe to the castle of Pontefract. A descendant of Northorp after- 
wards granted land in Horton to Rushworth, of Horton, another adjoining village, 
to hold the hound while Northorp's man blew the horn. These are called Horn- 
men or Hornblower Lands, and the custom is still kept up ; a man coming into 
the market-place with a horn, halbert, and dog, is met by the owner of the lands 
in Horton. After proclamation is made, the former calls out aloud, " Heirs of 
Rushworth, come hold my hound whilst I blow three blasts of my horn, to pay 
the rent due to our Sovereign Lord the King." He then delivers the string to 
the man from Horton, and winds his horn thrice. The original horn, resembling 
that of Tutbury, in Staffordshire, is still preserved, though stripped of its silver 
ornaments. — Blount's A 'nc. Tenures. — Gough's Camden. 

Bradford, pleasantly situated on one of the tributary streams of the river 
Air, formerly belonging to the great family of Lacy, Earls of Lincoln, who had 
here a Manor-house, where previously had been a castle, the site of which is not 
at this time known. This place, like many other manufacturing towns, espoused 
the cause of Parliament, in the great contest between that body and Charles I. 
was garrisoned, and maintained a siege against the royalists. Sir Thomas Fairfax 
came to the assistance of the garrison with 800 foot and 60 horse, which brought 
down upon them the power juI army, commanded by the Duke of Newcastle, who 
invested the town, and attempted to storm it in several places.- Sir Thomas 
Fairfax made a vigorous defence, but having exhausted his ammunition, he 
offered to capitulate ; the enemy, however, refusing to grant the conditions, he, 
with 50 horses, cut his way through their lines, and made good his retreat. A 
full account of the siege o£ Bradford is affixed to the memoirs of Sir Thomas 
Fairfax. 






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Bradford is situated in the very heart of a manufacturing country, and! 
possesses every advantage for trade ; it is in the neighbourhood of coal andiron 
ore, and has the convenience of a navigable Canal, which is cut from the Leeds 
and Liverpool Canal, near the village of Shipley, and penetrates into the heart 
of the town. It has several manufactories of the finest broad and narrow cloths, 
&c. There are large iron-works near the town, where the most ponderous work 
is executed. The town is tolerably well built, chiefly of stone, and has probably 
increased in size more than any other town in the county ; the soil is dry, and 
the air is keen and salubrious. 

Here is a Free Grammar School founded as early as Edward VI.— and was 
incorporated by King Charles II in the 14th year of his reign, by letters patent, 
dated the 10th of Oct. 1653. It is open to boys of the parish free of expence ; 
who are admitted, when qualified to begin the latin accidence. It is entitled to' 
send a candidate for the exhibitions of Lady Elizabeth Hastings.— Carlisle's Gram.- 
Schools. 

A new School has been lately erected, with a dwelling-house for the master,' 
in an airy part of the town ; to which is attached a library, and porter's lodge. 
Amongst the eminent men educated at this school, was the learned and worthy 
prelate Dr. John Sharp, who was born here in 1644. His amiable disposition 
and unshaken integrity, his distinguished learning and extensive charity, will 
transmit his name to latest ages, as one of the greatest ornaments of his country. 
His Sermons, in 7 vols. 8vo. have always been admired, as written with clearness,* 
and they were delivered with grace and justness. He died at Bath, Februarys, 
1713 — 14, and was buried in his Cathedral at York, where a handsome monu- 
ment is erected to his memory, a plate of which is given in Drake's Eboracum.— • 
Chalmer's Biog. Diet. — Nic/tols' Anecdotes. 

In Bradford also Was born, in 1622, David Clarkson,a divine, and educated 
at Clarehali, Cambridge, of which society be became Fellow, and had Mr, after- 
wards Archbishop Tillotson, for his pupil. He held the living of Mortlake, in 
Surrey, but was dispossessed of it in 1662, for non-cOnforfnity. He then officiated! 
to an Independent congregation in London, and died in 1686. He wrote some 
controversial pieces ; and a volume of Sermons was printed in folio, alter his 
death. — Calamy. 
BRADFORD, WEST, in the parish of Mifton, west-division of 
Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland ; 2| miles from Ciitheroe, 7 from Gis- 
burn. — Pop. 564. 
BRADFORD-MOOR, ham. in the township and parish of Bradford; 

J | mile from Bradford, 8| from Leeds. 
BRADGATE, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of 

Rotherham, liberty of Tiekhill ; 1| mile from Rotherham. 
BRADKOLME, /. h. in the township and parish of Thorne, lifrelriy 

of Tiekhill ; 1 § mile from Thorne. 

BRADLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Ag- 

brigfg-di vision of Asrbrigg and Morley; 3 miles from Huddersfield'. 

BRADLEY-BROOK, the junction of three townships, Linthwaite, 

Lingards, and Meltham, and parish of Almondbury ; 5 miles from 

Huddershekl. 

BRADLEY-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Kudders-- 

field : 4 miles from Huddersfield.- 
BRADLEY-HALL,/, h. in the township of Stainland, and parish 
of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Halifax. 

This Hall was once the seat of the Savilles, the principal part of which' ap~ 
pears to have been burnt down in 1629 ; over the gateuay are the figures 1577, and 
the letters I. S. John Savillc ; the Chapel annexed to it, was pulled down in the;' 
time of the civil wars. This " Chapel being re-edified,' ; says Mr Watson,* 
u serves tire tenant for a barn j most of the tower also reinams, and the whole 

2 ii 



242 WEST-RIDING. 

haa the appearance of a church, to such as are travelling between Eland and 
Ripponden." — Watsoris Halifax. 

At this place was born in 1549, Sir Henry Saville, a man of considerable 
abilities and extensive learning. His works are uncommonly numerous ; and 
he left behind him several MSS. some of which are now in the Bodleian Library. 

BRADLEY, LOWER, iii the township of Upper and Lower 
Bradley, and parish of Kildwick ; east-division of Staincliffe, liberty 
of Clifford's- Fee; 3| miles from Skipton, 6 1 from Keighley, 12 
from Colne, {Lane.) — Pop. including Upper-Bradley, 506, which 
being united, form the township usually denominated Bradleys- 
botk, 

BRADLEY-MILLS, 3 mills, in the township of Dalton, and parish 
of Kirkheaton. Extensive woollen mills of Mr Joseph and Thos. 
Atkinson. 

BRADLEY, UPPER, ham. in the townships of Bradleys-io*/*, 
parish and liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 3 miles from Skipton. — Pop. 
included in lower Bradley. 

BRADSHAW, /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of 
Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. 

BRAIM, or BRAHAM-HALL, /. h, in the township and parish of 
Spofforth ; 3 miles from Knaresbrough. 

BRAITH VVAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk-Bram- 
with, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Doncaster. 

BRAITH VVAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley ; 
\k mile from Keighley. 

BRAITHWAITE, ham. in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, 
and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 4 miles from Pateley- 
bridge. 

Here is a School, founded in 1773, by will of Edward Yates, for the children 
of Deer-Tng Houses, Braithwaite, and Padside. — The master's salary 20/. per 
annum, arising out of lands which now let for 32/. per annum. — Commissioners 
Report. 

BRAITH WAITEHALL, /. h. in the township of Azerley, and 
parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 4 miles from Ripon. 

BRAITH WELL, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Tiekhill, 6 from Rotherham, 8 from 
Doncaster, 45 from York, — Pop. 438. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. James, in thedeanry of Doncaster, value, £7Z. 7s. 
6d. p. r. 70/. Patron, the King. 

BR AM HAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, 
liberty of St, Peter; 3 miles from Abberford, 4 from Tadcaster and 
Wetherby, 14 from Pontefract and York. — Pop. including Ogle- 
thorpe, 970, which being united form a township. The Church, 
peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, value, $6/. 7s, 6d. p. 
r. fl30/. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Christ-church College, 
Oxford. 

Qn Bramham-Moor are large remains of a Roman consular road, from which 
came divers Vice Ficinales, by Thorner and Shadwell, through Sheep-Lane and 
Haw-caster-Rig, to Addle. — Drake. — Thoresbt. 

Here the Earl of Northumberland's forces were defeated by Sir Thomas 
Rokesby, and the Earl, the chief instrument in deposing Richard II. and raising 
up Henry IV. was slain. His head, covered with silver hairs, being put upou 



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a stake, was carried in mock procession, through all the towns to London, 
and then placed on the bridge.— Hollinshead. — Stow. — Dug. Bar. 
In the same township and parish are 
BRA M HAM-BIGGIN, the residence of Sir Philip Musgrove, Bart. 
BRAMHAM-PARK, the seat of George Lane Fox, Esq. 

This noble residence was built in the reign of Queen Anne, by Robert, Lord 
Bingley, who employed for that purpose an Italian artist. It is designed upon 
a scale of much grandeur, consisting of a large centre, in which are the grand 
apartments and wings, for the domestic offices, connected by corridors of the 
doric order : the whole fronting a spacious court, elevated 5 feet above. Amongst 
a collection of excellent Portraits in this magnificent Mansion, is " a fine original 
portrait of Queen Anne, presented by her Majesty to Lord Bingley, as an 
acknowledgment of the attention of his Lordship during a visit to this seat." 
It stands in a fine sporting country, and his present Majesty once spent two 
■nights at this venerable Mansion, and partook of the delights of the chase. This 
estate was a grant from the crown in the reign of William and Mary, and was the 
first enclosure on Bramham-Moor. It was cultivated and planted by the father 
of the first Lord Bingley, who afterwards erected the present noble edifice. — 
Neale's Views. 

In the Chapel adjoining the house are the effigies of the ancestors of the 
familv. 

BRAMHAM-LODGE, the residence of the Hon. Edward John 
Stourton. 

BRAMHOPE, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack; 
(Bramhope-Hatl, the residence of JVm. Rhodes, Esq.) 3 miles from 
Otley, 7 from Leeds, ] I from YVetherby, — Pop. 366. 

Here is a donative Chapel, founded by Robert Dyneley, Esq. about the year 
1649, the patronage of which is vested in six Trustees, who have power to sus- 
pend or deprive the minister." The founder was a zealous patron of the Puritan 
Clergy.— Whitaker. 

BRAMLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley -division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Leeds, 
7 from Bradford. — Pop. 4,91 6. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
of which the Vicar of Leeds is Patron. 

In this place was born, in 1625, Joseph Hill, a Divine and Lexicographer. 
He was the son of a Puritan preacher of the same place. He was carefully 
educated in classical learning, and sent to Cambridge, where he was some 
time Fellow of Magdalen College, and afterwards minister of the English church 
at Rotterdam, in Holland. He was editor of Schrevelius ' Lexicon, which he 
augmented with 8000 words, and purged of nearly as many faults. It is still 
a standard book. He died in 1707, and gave his Library to the Free-School at 
Leeds. 

BRAMLEY, in the parish of Braithwell, upper-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill; (Bramley-Hall, the seat of John Fullarton, Esq.) 4 
miles from Rotherham, 10 from Doncaster. — Pop. 310. Here is a 
Chapel of Ease to Braithwell. 

BR AM LEY-HALL, (the seat of T. TFeldon, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Handsworth; 4 miles from Sheffield, 6fromRotherham. 

BRAMPTON, in the township and parish of Cantley ; 4\ miles from 
Doncaster, 6\ from Bawtry. 

BRAMPTON-EN-LE-MORTHEN, in the parish of Treeton, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Rotherham, 9 from 
Sheffield.— Pop. 136. 

BRAMPTON-BIERLOW, in the parish of Wath-upon-Deurn, up- 
per-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 6 miles 
from Rotherham and Barnsley, 12 from Sheffield.— Pop. 1,263. 



244 WEST-RIDING. 

BRAMPTONMJLLEY.— See Ulley. 

BRANDFIELD-HOUSE, f. h. in the township and parish of Sprot- 
brough; 3| miles from Doncaster, 11| from Barnsley. 

BRANDON, ham. in the township of Wigton, and parish of Hare- 
wood ; 4 miles from Leeds, 6| from Wetherby, ] 2 from Tadcaster. 

BRANDRITH-CRAGGS, in the township of Blubber-Houses, and 
parish of Fewston ; 2 miles from Hopper-Lane Inn, 10 from Har- 
rogate. 

Brandwith-Craggs, " a range of rocks, situated on the edge of a precipice, 
overlooking a deep and extensive vale, called " Kesgill." Here is a rocking- 
stone,. whose weight is probably 20 tons ; and yet is easily moved with one hand. 
On the summit of one of the highest rocks, is a basin, three feet six inches in 
diameter, and two feet \n depth : here are, also, several other basins of smaller 
dimensions. — History oj Knaresbrough. 

BRANDY-CARR, ham. in the township of Alverthorpe-with- 
Thorns, and parish of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Wakeiield. 

BRANIERS, /. h. in the township and parish of Low-Bentbara ; J 4 
miles from Settle. 

BRANTON-GREEN, ham. in the township of Upper-Dunsforth- 
with-Branton-Green, and parish of Aldborough; 4 miles from 
Eoroughbri dge, 10 from Ripon, 11 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 
included in Upper-Dunsfbrth. 

BRAYSTA Y.WOOD, /. h. in the township of Winterburne, and 
parish of Gargrave • 7 miles from Skipton, 9 from Settle. 

BRAYTON, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, 
liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Selby, 7 from Snaith, 11 from 
Pontefract, 16 from York. — Pop. 253. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Wilfred, in the deanry of the Amsty, value, £7/, 
14s. 4|tf. Patron, the Hon. E. Petre. 

BREARLEY-HALL, {an ancient Mansion.) m the township of 
Midgiey, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles 
from Halifax, 1 1 \ from Rochdale. 

BREARTON, in the parish and liberty of Knaresbrough, lower- 
division of Claro; 4 niiles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Boroughs 
bridge, 7 from Ripon.— Pop. 226. 

BREAREY, EAST, ham. in the township and parish of Addle ; 5 
miles from Qtle} T . 6 from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. 

BREAREY, WEST, /. h. in the township of Arthington, and 
parish of Addle ; 6 miles from Leeds. 

BRECKAMOOR-HOLSE, (the seat of Marmaduke Hodgson. Esq.) 
in the township of Stainley-with-Slenningford, and parish of Ripon ; 
2 miles from Ripon. 

BRECKS, /. h. in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall; 
4 miles from Bradford, 1\ from Leeds. 

BRENNARD,/. h. in the township of the Forest of Bowland, Higher, 
and parish of Slaidburn ; 12 miles from Clithero and Lancaster. 

BRETTON, WEST, in the parishes of Sandal-Magna and Silkston, 
Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberties of Pontefract 
and Wakefield ; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6| from Barnsley. — > 
Pop. in Agbrigg, 154, — in Staincross, 364, — total, 518. 






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BRETTON-DYKES, /. h. and Mill, in the township and parish of 
High-Hovland ; 6 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield. 

BRETTON, MONK, see Monk-Bretton. 

BRETTON-PARK, (the seat of Thomas Richard Beaumont, Esq.) 
in the township of Bretton, and parish ofSilkston; 6| miles from 
Wakefield and Barns ley . 

Bretton-Hall was originally erected by Sir William Wentworth, Bart, in 
1720, when the old chapel and family-house were pulled down. Sir William mar- 
ried Diana, daughter of Sir William Blackett, Bart.— Col. Beaumont became 
possessed of this Mansion hy his marriage with Diana, daughter of the late Sir 
Thomas Wentworth Blackett, Bart.— Neat's Gents. Seats. 

BRIDGE-HEWICK, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of 
Claro, liberty pf Ripon ; 1| mile from Ripon, 4| from Borough- 
bridge. — Pop. 77. 

Here was, says Leland, " a faire Chapel of free-stone, on the farther 
ripe of We (Lire) at the very end of Hewick bridge, made by an Keermite that 
was a mason ; it is not fulle finished." This chapel does not appear to be noticed 
by any other author. The ruins of it are yet in existence, in a part of Lord 
Grantley's Estate. 

BRIDGE-HOUSE GATE,,W in the township of Dacre-with-Bew- 
erley, and parish of Ripon ; | of a mile from Pateley bridge. 

BRIDGE-FOOT, p. h. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and 
parish of Arksey ; 5 of a mile from Doncaster. 

BRIDGE-HOUSES, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and 
parish of Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. 

BRIERLEY, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; miles from Barnsley, 1\ from Wakefield, 
8 1 from Pontefract. — Pop. 452. 

BR1ERLE Y-MANOR, s. h. in the township of Brierley, and parish 
of Felkirk ; 5 miles from Barnsley, 

BMER'S-C&AFEL.— See Chapel-le-Grove. 

BRIERY-BUSK; /. h. in the township of Huiishelf, and parish of 
Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone, 

BR1 EST WISTLE, ham. in the township of Whitley, and parish of 
Thornhill, liberty of Pontefract ; 6| miles from Huddersfield. 

BRJGG-FLATTS, 3 h. in the township and parish of Sedbergh ; 1| 
mile from Sedbergh. Here is a Quakers 1 Meeting-house, founded 
by George Fox. 

ERIGHOUSE, in the township of Hipperholme-with-Brighouse, 
and parish of Halifax, Morley-divisiou of Agbrigg and Morley, 
liberty of Wakefield ; (the residence of the Miss Walkers J 4 miles 
from Halifax and Huddersfield.— No Market. — Fair, the day after 
Martinmas-day, for horned cattle, sheep, and pigs. 

This is a village of some antiquity, where once a family of that name lived. 
In Oliver Heywood ; s Register is the following entry : " Oct. 28, 1684, Capt. 
Taylor's wife, of Brighouse, huried in her garden, with head upwards, standing 
upright hy her husband, daughter, (tec. Quakers." — ffatson's Hist, of Halifax. 

BRIGHTSIDE-BIERLOW, in the parishof Sheffield, upper-division 
ofStrafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 3 miles from 
Sheffield, 5\ from Rotherham. — Pop. 6,61 5. The Church is a per- 
petual caracy, of which the Vicar of Sheffield is Patron. 



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BRIGHTSIDE-GREEN, in the township of Ecclesall, and parish of 

Sheffield ; the seat of Benjamin Sales, Esq. 
BRIGHTOLMLEY, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 

Ecelesfield* upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 7 miles from 

Sheffield, 10 from Rotherham. 
BRIMHAM, ham. in the townsm>of Hartwith, and parish of Kirk- 

bymalzeard, lower division of Claro; 5 miles from Pateleybridge. 
In the same township are 
BRIMHAM-CRAGS. 

These celebrated Druidieal Monuments, which are of various forms and of 
immense magnitude, are scattered over forty acres of ground. Two of the rocks 
are about thirty feet square ; many of the stones are in groups, and some in single 
masses. Here are four large Rocking- Stones ; one of them rests upon a kind of 
pedestal, and supposed to be about 100 tons weight. In 1792, the Right Hon. 
Lord Grantley built a house in the centre of these grounds, for the accommoda- 
tion of persons whose curiosity might prompt them to visit this world of wonders, 
— Abchjeologia. 
BRINDS WORTH, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of 
Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 2 miles from 
Rotherham, 5 from Sheffield.— Pop. 225. 
BROADFIELD, (the seat of Barrington Trestram, Esq.) in the 

township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh ; 1 mile from Sedbergh. 
BROADLANE-HOUSES, 2f. h. m the townships of South-Kirkby 

and South-Elmsall ; 7| miles from Doncaster. 
BROADROYD-HEAD, ham. in the township and parish of Darton ; 

3 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Wakefield, 8| from Penistone. 
BROADSHAW, 2 /. h. in the township of Hazzelwood-with- 

Storithes, and parish of Skipton ; 7| miles from Skipton. 
BROCKDEN, ham. in the parish of Barnoldswick, east-division and 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 9 from Skipton, 
II from Burnley, (Lane.)— Pop. 233. 
BROCKHOLE,/. h. in the township and parish of Cantley ; 4§ miles 

from Doncaster, 7 from Bawtry. 
BROCKHOLES, s. h. in the township and parish of Drax ; 4 miles 

from Snaith, 7 from Selby. 
BROCKTHORN, 2/. h. in the township of Easington, and parish 

of Slaidburn; 3| miles from Slaidburn. 
BRODSWORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; (Brodsworih-Hall, the residence 
of the Trustees of the late Peter Thelluson, Esq.) 4 miles from Don- 
caster, 11 from Barnsley, 16 from Wakefield, 32 from York. — 
Pop. including Pigburn, 417, which being united, form a township. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry 
of Doncaster, value, $-6/. 6s. \Qd. Patron, the Archbishop of 
York. 

It w as the property and seat of Dr. Drummond, late Archbishop of York . 
His son. Earl of Kinnoul, sold the estate and mansion to the late Peter Thelluson, 
Esq. whose singular Will, directing the greater part of his immense fortune to 
accumulate till a future period, will long be remembered. 
BROOK-BOTTOM, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 
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BR00KF007, ham. in the township of Southowram, and parish 

of Halifax; 31 miles from Halifax. 
BROOK-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of 

Penistone ; <H miles from Penisione. 

This Farm pays yearly to Godfrey Bosville, Esq. a Snowball at Midsummer, 
and a Red-Rose at Chrhtma.*.— Blount's Ancient Tenures. 
BROOK-HOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Laughten-en- 
le-Morthern, upper-division of Straflbrth and Tickhill, liberty of 
St. Peter; 5 miles from Tickhill. 
BROOM-HALL, (the seat of John Tillotson, Esq.) in the tonwship 
of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. 
BROOMHEAD-HALL, (the seat of James Rimmington, Esq.) in 
the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; 7 miles f r 
Penistone, 10 from Sheffield, 11 from Hope, (Derby.) 

This house was for many years the seat of the family of Wilson ; a 
built in the reign of Charles I. by Christopher Wilson, who was one ot 
gentlemen in this part of the county, who were fined for having neglect 
appear at the King's Coronation, to receive the order of Knighthood. He 
afterwards a Captain's commission in the Parliament army. This house, st> 
Mr Hunter, "has a strong claim on the notice and respect of every lover at 
Hallamshire Topography. It was the birth-place and the constant residence 
of John Wilson, Esq. ('great-grandson of Christopher Wilson, the builder of the 
present house) a gentleman to whom we owe the preservation of so much docu- 
mentary matter, which, but for his care, it is too probable, would have beenea- 
tirely lost, leaving this district destitute of that evidence by which alone the 
character of authenticity can be given to the history of many of its institutions, 
and the account of manv of its principal inhabitant?." — Hist. Hallamshire. 
BROOM-HOUSE, /. &. in the township and parish of Edlington ; 4 

miles from Doncaster. 
BROOM-HOUSE, 5. h. in the township of Whiston, and parish of 

Rotherham ; 1 mile from Rotherham. 
BROOM-RIDDINGS, 2/. h. in the township of Whiston, and parish 

of Rotherham ; 1 mile from Sheffield. 
BROTHERTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash, 
liberties of St. Peter, and honour of Pontefract ; (Brotherton-Hall, 
the seat of John Crowder, Esq.) 1 mile from Ferrybridge, 3 from 
Pontefract, 81 from Abberford, 1 1 from Selby, 12 from Tadcaster, 
22 from York. — Pop. 1,491. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Edward, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £5/. 
6s. Sd. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. 

At this village, Margaret, wife of King Edward I. was obliged to stop, when 
hunting, and was here delivered of a son, afterwards namedThomas de Brothei ton ; 
he was born June 1, 1-300.— Camden. Not far from the church, is a piece of 
ground, surrounded by a wall and a trench, where, as tradition informs, stood 
the honse where the Queen took up her abode. 
BROUGHTON, a parish-town, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of 
Clifford's-Fee ; (Broughton-Hall, the seat of Stephen Tempest, Esq.) 
3 miles from Skipton, 9 from Colne,(£anc.) 12 from Keighley, J 51 
from Clitheroe, 44 from York. — Pop. including Elslack, 427, 
which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Craven, value, %5l. 16s. 
\d. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Christ-church, Oxford. 

Bronghton-Hall, the ancient seat of the Tempests, was built in 1597, just 
behiDd their forwar bouse, ca.ll.ei Gitiiott's- Place, from a Knightly family of that 



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name, the heiress of which married a Roger Tempest. The Portraits in this 
house are not numerous; two only deserve, to be remembered, one of Stephen 
Tempest, Esq. author of "Religio Laid;" the other of Francis Tempest, Abbot 
of Lambspring. a venerable old man, with a gold cross. The Church of Brough- 
ton stands in a solitary situation ; in it are mural monuments of the Tempests. 
In the civil wars of the last century, Broughton, situated on the high-way be- 
tween the hostile garrison of Skipton and Thornton, had its full share of devasta- 
tion and misery. It was a tradition told in the ball, that the village had been so 
completely pillaged of common utensils, that an old hermit travelled from house 
to house for the purpose of boiling broth and pottage — and that a son of the 
family was shot on the lawn. — Whitaker. 

BROWN-HILLS, /. h. in the township of Newton, and parish of 
. Slaidbum, liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 

BROWSHOLME, (the seat of Thomas Parker, Esq.) hi the township 
of Bow land-Forest, lower parish of Mitton, liberty of Bolland ; 
5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 

. On an elevated situation in the Forest of Bowland, is the ancient house of 
Browsholme, for more than three centuries the residence of a family, who probably 
derive both their name and arms from the office of Park-keeper or Parker. Here 
is a good old Library, a large collection of coins, and a valuable assemblage of 
MSS. A most valuable reiic preserved here, is the original seal of the common- 
wealth ; it is of very massy silver, and is inscribed the " Seal for the approbation 
of Ministers." In the centre are two branches of Palm, and within them an 
open book, with these words, " the IVord of God." 

In 1805, a fine herd of wild deer, the last vestige of feudal superiority in 
the domains of the Lacies, were destroyed here. The loss, however, of these 
ancient ornaments of the Forest, has in some degree been compensated by the 
late improvements of the house and grounds. at Browsholme. The dining-room 
is adorned with many of the best paintings of Northcote, and the house contains 
many paintings by the best Flemish masters. The hall is furnished with nu-> 
merous antiquities, such as the Ribchester inscription of the 20th Legion, celts, 
fibulae, different pieces of armour, and a small spur found in the apartment cal- 
led King Henry VI. at Weddington-Hall. — Whitaker. 

A particular description of Browsholme-Hall appears to have been printed 
by permission of the munificent owner, and which is noticed in the Gentleman's 
Magazine in 1815. 

BRUM LEY, ham. in the township of Wortley, and parish of 
Tarikersley, wapentake of Staincross ; 5| miles from Bafnsley. 

BRUMTHWAITE, in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kild- 
wick, liberty of Staincliife ; 5 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. 

BRUNCLIFFE-THORN, scattered houses, in the township of 
Morley, and parish of Batley, Morley-division of Agbfigg and 
Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Dewsbury. 

BRUSH-HOUSE, (the seat of John Booth, Esq.)in the township and 
parish of Ecclesfield ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham, 
1 from Barnsley. 

BUCKDEN, in the parish of Arnecliffe, east-division and liberty of 
Staincliffe; 4 miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle, 16 from Ley- 
born.- — Fair. October 12, for horned cattle, &c. — Pop, 3S2. 

BULL-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of 
Penistone; 21 miles from Penistone. 

BURGHWALLJS, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Michael Tasburgh, Esq.) 6| 
miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 30 from York.— Pop. 

I 237. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanr y 
of Doncaster, value, 14/. 6s. 10|d Patron, Michael Tasburgh, Esq. 



West- riding, 24$ 

fiURLEY, in the township of Heddingley, and parish of Leeds;- ]| 

miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford, 9 from Otley. 
BURLE Y, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack ; (Bur* 
ley-Hall, the seat of the Rev. T. fVilson,) 2 miles from Otley, 12 
from Leeds, 13 from Skipton. — Pop. 1,200. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, value, p. r. *37l. is. Patron, Matthew Wilson, 
Esq. No burial-ground. 
B U RLE AS, s. k. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Hali- 
fax ; 7 miles from Halifax. 
BURMANTOFTS, in the township, parish, and part of Leeds. 
BURN, in the parish of Bray ton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 3 

miles from Selby, 7 from Snaith, 8 from Pontefract. — -Pop. 238. 
BURNGREAVE, (the seat of Joseph Bailes, Esq.) in the township* 

of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield. 
BURN-HOUSE,/, h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Skid- 
burn, liberty of Stainctifle ; 9 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 
BURNSALL, a parish-town, in the east-division ofStaincliffe, liberty 
of Clifford's- Fee ; 9 miles from Pateleybridge, 9| from Skipton 
and Kettlewell, 43 from York.— Pop. including- Thorpe, 329. 
The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Wilfred, in the deanry of 
Craven, value in two medieties, 36/. p. r. 63/. Patrons, the Earl of 
Craven, and Robinson Chippendale, Esq. Two houses and a small 
parcel of tend is in the parish of Linton. 

Here in 1612, Sir William Craven, Knight, Alderman of the city of London> 
and late Lord Mayor of the same, founded and endowed a Grammar School ; and 
from an inscription over the door of the chnrch, he appears to have repaired and 
beautified that handsome building. At the entrance of the choir of this church, 
each rector has his own stall and pslpit, and from which the service is alternately 
performed. 
BURNTWOOD-LODGE, (the seat of William Marsden, Esq) in 
the township of Great-Houghton, and parish of Darfield ; 8 miles* 
from Bamsley. 9 from Pontefract, 10 from Doncaster. 
BURNT- YATES, in the township of Hartwith, and parish of Kirby- 
maiaeard, lower-division of Claro ; 2f miles from Ripley, 6| from* 
Pateleybridge, 7| from Knaresbrougb. 

Here is a Free-School founded in 1760, by Rear-Admiral Robert liOnsf, 
which he endowed with a farm, called Flask Farm, and the lands thereto be-- 
longing, in the township of Bartwith-with-Winsley ; also a messuage,^ called 
Flask-House, and a close called Six- Acres, in the township of Clint. It has since' 
received some legacies, and the valuable library of the late W. Mounfaine, Esq* 
F. R. S. was given to it in 1779. The government of the school is vested ir* 
trustees. The master occupies the school premises, estimated at 20/. or 251. per 
annum. His salary for himself and wife, 70/. and two guineas as librarian.- 
Twenty-two boys and girls in the school. — Commits. Report. 
BURROW-LEE, ham. in the township of Nether- Hallam, and parish? 
of Sheffield, upper-division of Straftbrth and Tickhill ; 2£ mile* 
from Sheffield . 
BURTON.— See Monk-Eretton. 

BURTON-IN*- LONSDALE, in the parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdafev 
wapentake of Ewcross ; 3 miles from Ingleton, 6 from Kirby-- 
Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Settle, 15 from Lancaster.— Market f 

2* 



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Monday.— Pop. 746. Here is a Chapel to Thornton, value, p. 
*UL2s.6d. 

BURTON-HALL, s. h. m the township of Gateforth, and parish of 
Brayton ; 3 miles from Selby. 

BURTON, HIGH, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk-Burton y 
liberty of -Wakefield ; A\ miles from Huddersfield. 

BURTON, KIRK, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 8 
from Penistone, 11 from Wakefield, 39 from York. — Pop. 2,153. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to Holy-Trinity, in the deanry 
of Pontefract, value, 13/. 6s. Sd. Patron, the King. 

BURTON-LEONARD, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, 
liberties of St. Peter and Knaresbrough; 5, miles from Borough- 
bridge, Ripon, and Knaresbrough, 22 from York. — Pop. 518. The 
Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry 
of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, $3/. Is.Q^d. p. r. 
*73Z. 1 05. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. 

BURTON-SALMON, in the parish of Monk-Fryston r wapentake 
of Barkston-Ash ; 4 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Selby, 1 from 
Tadcaster.— Pop. 182. 

BUSKER., ham. in the lordship of Skelmanthorpe, and parish of 
High-Hogland ; 8 miles from Huddersfield. 

BUSLINGTHORPE, in the township and parish of Leeds, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 1 mile from Leeds. 

BUTTERBUSK, /. h. in the township and parish of Warmsworth \ 
4 miles from Doncaster. 

BUTTERTHWAITE, in the township and parish of Eeclesfield, 
upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4| miles from Sheffield* 
6 from Rotherham, 9 from Barnsley. 

BUTTON-HILL, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and 
parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (the 
seat of John Crawshaw, Esq.} 3 miles from Sheffield. 

BYRAM-HALL, (the seat of Sir John Ramsden, Bart.}m the parish 
of Brother ton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter 
and Pontefract; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 4 from Pontefract, 1 1 
from Selby. — Pop. including Poole, 61, wbich being united^ form a 
township. 

c 

CADEBY, in the parish of Sprotbrough, lower-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill , 4| miles from Doncaster, 8| from 
Rotherham. — Pop. 169. 

CALDCOTES, ham. in the township of Potter-Newton, and parish 
of Leeds ; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 § from Abberford. 

CALTON, in the parish of Kirby-Malhamdale, east-division of Stain- 
cliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 7 miles from Skipton, 8| from 
Settle, 12 from Kettlewell.— Pop. 76. 

This is a small village situated upon a hill, on the east banks of the Air, con- 
sisting entirely of abbey-land, which was shared between the houses of Fountains,, 



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Dereham, and Bolton ; the last of which had the manor. Tt is chiefly memor- 
able for the origin of Major-General Lambert, who addicted himself to the cause 
of the rebellion in the last century but one, and bore, perhaps, a deeper part in 
the miseries of that unhappy period, than any single person, Cromwell only ex- 
cepted. After the restoration, the decent and respectful behaviour which he main- 
tained at his trial, procured for him the mild sentence of perpetual exile to 
Guernsey, where he amused himself with the quiet occupation of gardening, and 
died forgotten, almost thirty years after, having lost his faculties before the usual 
period of mental decay. But the mind of Lambert was a machine wasted first 
by friction, and then by rust. His forfeited estates were granted to Lord Faucon- 
berg, and bv him restored to the family. — fVhitaker's Craven. 
CALVEL-HOUSES, 3/. h. in the township of Fountain's-Earth, 

and parish of Kirbymalzeard ; 4 miles from Pateleybridge. 
CALVERLEY, a parish-town, in Morley-division of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Pontefract : 4 miles from Bradford, 7 from 
Leeds and Otley, 31 from York— Pop. including Farsley, 2,605, 
which being' united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Wilfred, in the deanry of Bradford, value, £9/. 1 1 s. 
10d. p. r. 140/. Patron, the King. 

In Calverley, is the ancient hall of a knightly family of that name, who had 
resided here for about six centuries : it has been a spacious mansion, but is now 
converted into cottages, &c. ; the family chapel adjoining is now a wheelwright's 
shop. — It is memorable, on account of a most tragical event that took place in 
1604, and which produced the " Yorkshire Tragedy" ascribed to the pen of 
Shakespeare, but which, it should seem, has eluded the researches of Mr Malone. 
A Prose narrative of this murder is to be met with in Dr. Whitaker ; s Loidis and 
Elmete, much too long for our insertion. The estate remained in the family of 
Calverley till 1754, when Sir Walter Calverley, who had taken the name of, 
Blackett, sold the manor and estate of Calverley to Thomas Thornhill, of Fixby 
Esq. by whose heir of the same name and place, it is still possessed. 

In the church is a school, built and repaired by the parish : to this school, 
Mr Hillary of Leeds, left a small annual donation A part of the great tithes of 
Hooton-Pagnall and Thorpe- Arch, were given by letters patent of Queen Eliza- 
beth, to the poor of this parish, value, about 41. per annum. 
CALVERLEY-BRIDGE, in the township of Calverley-with-Fars- 
ley, and parish of Calverley ; 4^ miles from Bradford, 6| from 
Leeds. 
CAMBLESFORTH, in the parish of Drax, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash-, (CambUsforth-HaU, the seat of Sir Charles Blots, Bart.) 3£ 
miles from Snailh, P from Selby, 14 from Pontefract. — Pop. 257. 
CAM-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 9| 

miles from Askrigg, 14 from Settle. 
CAMPS ALL, a parish -town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract; {the seat of the Rev. E. B. Frank,) 8 miles 
from Doncaster and Pontefract, 9 from Ferrybridge, ,30 from 
York. Pop. 389. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value + 161. 16s. Sd. 
p. r. triO/. Patron. Cook Yarbrough, Esq. 

Of this place was Richard Frank, Esq. F. It. S. Recorder of Pontefract and 
Doncaster, a polite scholar, ami a lover of Antiquities. lie died May 22, 1762, 
aged 60. His valuable collections, including tho-e of Dr. Johnston, a Physician 
a* Pontefract, (which came into his hands on the death of the author's grandson, 
Henry Johnston) were, in 17*0, in the hands of the late Bacon Frank, Esq, 
nephew and heir to the Recorder. — NichoW Anecdotes. 
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In the township and parish of Campsall, liberty of Pontefract ; 8 
miles from Doncaster, 9 from Ferrybridge. 
CANKLOW, ham. in the township and parish of Whiston, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 1 \ mile from Rotherham. 
CANNON-HALL, (the seat of John Spencer Stanhope, Esq.) in the 
township of Cawthorne, and parish of Silkstone; 4 miles from 
Penistone, £ from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield. 

Cannon-Hall, anciently pronounced Camel-Hall, is rendered famous by 

being the retreat of Win. Lockwood, of Lockwood, after the battle at Eland, with 

the Elanders, in the reign of Edward III. In this house, Lockwood commenced 

,an amour with a young woman pf loose principles, who betrayed him into the 

hands of his enemies. — Watson. In the library, which contains a valuable 

collection of books, among other curiosities, is the bow of Little John, the famous 

outlaw and companion of Robin Hood. It was brought many years ago from 

Wathersage, in Derbyshire, an estate formerly belonging to the Spencer family, 

where Little John was buried. The bow bears the name of Colonel Naylor, 

1715, who is said to have been the last man who bent it. It is of Yew, and 

though the two ends, where the horns were affixed, are broken, it still measures 

above six feet. — Watson. — Neale. 

CANTLE Y, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and 

Tickhill % (Cant ley- Lodge, the seat of John Childers, Esq.) 3^ miles 

from Doncaster, 65 from Bawtry, 40 1 from York. — Pop. 577. The 

Church, about a mile from the village, is a vicarage, dedicated to 

St. Wilfred, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £6/. 6's. 5\d. Pa» 

tron, John Childers, Esq. whose ancestor Childers Walbank 

Childers, Esq. built the present mansion, and to whose memory an 

elegant monument is erected in the church. 

CAPPLESIDE, (the seat of John Geldart, Esq.) in the township of 

Rathmeli, and parish of Giggleswick; 3§ miles from Settle. 
CARBROOK, ham. in the township of Attercliffe-with-Darnall, and 
parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 3 
miles from Sheffield and Rotherham, 

Jn this hamlet is Carbrook-HalJ, formerly the residence of a family of the 
name of Bright, of which family we find, was Sir John Bright, a very active 
officer in the parliamentary army of 1643 — 4. He received a Captain's com? 
mission from the Lord Fairfax. He was made Colonel of a regiment of Foot, 
previous to Sir Thomas Fairfax's expedition into Cheshire, in which capacity he 
accompanied that General. He was afterwards governor of Sheffield-Castle. — 
Hunter's Hallam. 
CARCROFT, scattered f. h. in the township and parish of Owston, 

liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Doncaster. 
CARGREEN, LOWER, ham. in the township and parish of Dar. 

ton ; 2| miles from Barnsley. 
CARGREEN, UPPER, ham. similarly situated as above ; 3 miles 

from Barnsley. 
CARHEAD, (the seat of Richard Bradley Wainman, Esq.) in 
the township of Cowling, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Stain- 
cliffe ; 5 miles from Colne, (Lane) 6 from Skipton. 
CARHOUSE, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of 

Rotherham ; \ a mile from Rotherham, 
CARHOUSE, (the residence of U. Cooke, Esq.) m the township 
pf Warmsworth, and parish of Doncaster, liberty of St. Peter ; \ i 
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This house was built in 1604, by Hugh Chilclers, Esq. who was that year 
Mayor of Doncaster. His grandson, Leonard Childers, Esq. bred at this place 
the famous bay Childers, the fleetest race -horse ever known in England. — Mil- 
ler's Doncaster. 
CARLCOTES, ham. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Pern- 
stone, liberty of the honour of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Penistone. 
Two farms in this township, pay to Godfrey Bosville, Esq. the one a Might- 
hand, and the other a Left-hand Glove yearly. — Blount's Ancient Tenures. 
CARLES MOOR, ham. in the township of Grewelthorpe, and parish 

of Kirbymalzeard ; 6| miles from Masham, 9 from Ripon. 
CARLETON, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract; i| mile from Pontefract, 3 § from Ferry- 
bridge, J 4 from Doncaster. — Pop. 132. 
CARLETON, in the parish of Snaith. wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 
(Carleton-Hcdl, the seat of Miles Stapleton, Esq.) 2 miles from 
Snaith. 6 from Selby, 15 from Pontefract. — Pop. 775. Here is a 

Chapel of Ease to Snaith, dedicated to St. Mary. Patron, . 

Simpson, Esq. of Leeds. 
CARLETON, in the parish of Guiseiey, upper-division of Skyrack; 

2 miles from Otley, 8 from Bradford, 9 from Leeds. — Pop. 158. 
CARLETON, in the township of Loftus-with-Carleton, and parish 
of Rothwell, liberty of the honour of Pontefract; 4 miles from 
Wakefield, 5 from Leeds. — Pop. included in Loftus. 
CARLTON, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Barnsley. 8 from Wakefield, 
9 from Penistone. — Pop. 326. 
CARLTON, a parish-town, in the east-division and liberty of Stain- 
cliffe ; 2 miles from Skipton, 10 from Keighley and Colne, 43 from 
York. — Pop. 1,218. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value, %5l. 2s. \d. p. r. 521. 15s. 
Patron, the Dean and Canons of Christ-church, Oxford. 

About the year 1700, Mr Farrand Spence founded an Hospital here, for 
twelve widows belonging to the parish of Carlton, and six to Market-Bosworth, in. 
Leicestershire. Their receipts, about twenty guineas per annum. And about 
the year 1705, a School was founded by Mrs Elizabeth Wilkinson, for clothing 
and educating four boys of this parish, and apprenticing them out at the age of 
fourteen. The charity is now extended to twenty boys, but only four clothed 
annually. 
CARLINGHOW, in the township and parish of Batley, Agbrigg- 
division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles 
from Dewsbury, 9 from Leeds. 
CARR, ham. in the township and parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, 
upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 5 
miles from Tickhill, 6| from Rotherham. 
CARRIS, or CARHOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of 

Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 1 1 mile from Tickhill. 
CARRWOOD, (the seat of Samuel Smith, Esq.) in the township of 
Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 1 1 mile from Sheffield, 
5 from Rotherham. 
CARTWORTH, in the parish of Kirk-Burton, Agbrigg-division of 
Agbrigcr anc ] Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Hud- 
dersfield, 17 from Wakefield.— Pop. 1,211. 



254 WEST-RIDING. 

CASTLEFORD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract i 3 miles from Ferrybridge, 3| from Ponte- 
fract, 22 \ from York.— Pop. 1,022. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20/. 
}Ss. \%d. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. 

Castleford, situated on the Ermine-Street, near the confluence of the rivers 
Ai? and Calder, is called by Marianus, Casterford. Here was -a Roman station, 
named kegolium, by Antoninus ; and which Hovedon, the historian, expressly 
calls a city. Here many Roman coins, and other antiquities have been frequently 
found J and at this place a battle was fought, between the Danes and Saxons, 
under Edred, in .950, in which the former were entirely defeated. The Danes, 
after having experienced the clemency of Edred at York, followed the Saxons 
from that city to Castleford, unnoticed, where they fell upon his rear with great 
fury; but such was the invincible valour of Edred, that he completely defeated 
them, and severely punished them for their ingratitude. Few or no traces of the 
antiquities of Castleford are now to be seen. — Camden.— Drake. 

Thomas de Castleford, a benedictine Monk, who flourished about the year 
1326, and who wrote a history of Pontefract, was a native of this place. 

The Tithes of this parish are settled by Act of Parliament ; the Rector re- 
ceives twenty -eight quarts of wheat, for every pound rent paid by the tenant to 
his landlord, on Arable-Land, and twenty quarts for every two pounds rent, on 
Grass-Land. 

CASTLE-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Almond- 
bury ; 2 1 miles from Huddersfield. 

CASTLESHA W, 2 ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale, (Lane.) ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

At Castleshaw, h the remains of an ancient fortification, which Mr Whitaker 
supposes to have been a fortress of the Primeval Britons. — Hist. Manchester. 

CASTLEY, in the parish of Leathley, upper.division of Claro; 5 
miles from Otley, 10 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. i JO. 

CATCLIFEE, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 3 miles from Rotherham, 6 
from Sheffield.— Pop. 202. 

CATGILL, /. h. in the township of Bolton-Abbey, and parish of 
Skipton ; 5 miles from Skipton. 

CATHARINE-HOUSE, (the seat of Michael Stocks, Esq.) in the 
township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wake- 
field ; 2 miles from Halifax, 6| from Bradford. 

CATHERINE-SLACK, ham. in the township of Northowram, and 
parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Halifax. 

CATHILL, /. h. in the township of Hoyland-Swaine, and parish of 
Silkstone ; 1 mile from Penistone. 

CATTAL, in the parish of Aunsingore, upper-division of Claro ; 4f 
miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresbrough.— Pop. 207. 

CATTERTON, (Ainsty) in the parish of Tadcaster; 2 miles from 
Tadcaster, 7 from York, 8 from Wetherby.— Pop. 63. 

CATTLE-LAITHE, s. h. in the township and parish of Pontefract ; 
2 miles from Ferrybridge, 3 from Pontefract. 

CAUD, or COLD-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of 
Almondbury \ 2 miles from Huddersfield. 

CAUSEY-SIDE, 3 or 4 A. in the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale (Lane.) • 2 miles from Dobcross. 

CAUTLEY, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Sedberg ; 
1 \ mile from Sedberg, 6| from J)enU 



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CAWDOR, /. h. in the township and parish of Skipton; 1 mile from 
Skipton. 

CAW-WELL, or CALL WELL, ham. in the township of Auston- 
ley, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from 
Huddersiield. 

C A W OOD, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Cawood, Wistow, andOtley; 5 
miles from Selby, 7| from Tadcaster, 10 from York, 12 from Pon- 
tefract, 186 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, Old 
May-day and September 23, for horned cattle, &c. — Principal Inn, 
the Ferry-House. — Pop. 1,127. The Church, peculiar, is a vicar- 
age, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 
p. r. f34Z. 1 is. Patron, the Prebendary of Wistow. 

Cawood was formerly one of the chief places of residence of the Archbishop 
of York, who had here a magnificent Palace or Castle, in which several of the 
Bishops died. It was obtained for the see of York from King Athelston, in the 
LOth century, by Archbishop Wulstan. Alexander Nevil, the 45th Archbishop, 
is said to have bestowed great cost on this palace, and to have adorned it with 
several new towers. Henry Bowett, the 49th Archbishop, built the great hall ; 
and his successor, Cardinal Kempe, erected the gate-house, the ruins of which are 
all that remains of this once magnificent building. 

The celebrated Cardinal Wolsey, after residing here a whole summer, and 
part of the winter, was arrested at this place, on a charge of high treason, by the 
Earl of Northumberland, and Sir Walter Welsh. The Earl had orders to con- 
duct him to London, for trial, but his death at Leicester, on his journey, termi- 
nated the business. 

" Full of repentance, 

Continual medidations, tears, and sorrows, 

He gave his honours to the world again, 

His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace." 

In 1642, this castle was garrisoned for the King: and was surrendered to 
Sir John Meldrum, for the use of the Parliament in 1644; and two years after- 
wards was dismantled by order of Parliament. — Drake, Rapin, &c. 

In 1724, Mr Wm. James built an hospital here, for four poor people, and 
endowed it with land at Skirlaugh, (East- Riding) value, 20/. per annum. 
CAWTHORNE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Thomas West, Esq.') 4 miles from 
Barnsley, 4\ from Penistone, 9| from Wakefield, 38 from York. 
Pop. 1,518. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All- 
Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 100/. Patron, the 
Freeholders who vote according- to the quantity of land they pos- 
sess ; John Spenser Stanhope, Esq. of Cannon- Hall, having the 
greatest number of votes, may be considered the Patron. 

• Here is a Free-School founded, in consequence of a decree of the Dutchy 
court at Lancaster, dated June 25th, 1639. The master is nominated and elected 
by the Chancellor of the Dutchy court, which court pays annually to the master 
bl. 4s. out of its revenues ; and the inhabitants pay the master bl. 5s. 6d. and find 
him a dwelling-house, &e. valued at 41. 4s. per annum. 
CAYTON, 3 or 4 /. h. {Cay ton-Hall, the seat of Mrs Messenger,) 
in the township of South-Stainley-with-Cayton, and parish of South- 
Stainley ; 5 miles from Ripon. — Pop. included in South-Stainley. 
CHAMPNEY-HJLL, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkstone ; 
o miles from Barnsley. 



266 West- riding. 

CHAPEL-ALLERTON.— See Allerton-Chapel. 

CHAPEL-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Conistone-with-Kilnse^ 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Kettlewell. 

CHAPEL-HADDLESEY.— See Haddlesey-Chapel. 

CHAPEL-LE-DALE, or INGLETON-FELL, ham. in the town- 
ship of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentbam, wapentake of Ew*- 
cross; 10 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (IVesim.) 13 from Settle, 21 
from Lancaster. Here is a Chapel to Low-Bentham, of which the 
Reetor is Patron, value, p. r. 82/. 10s. 

CHAPEL-LE-GROVE, BRIERS-CHAPEL, or SL ANN'S-IN- 
THE-GROVE, in the township of Southowram, and parish of 
Halifax ; 3| miles from Halifax, 7 from Huddersfield. The Chapel 
is a perpetuel curacy, value, fl23/. 

This chapel, distinguished by the appellation of the three names as above, 
is dedicated to St. Ann, and appears to have been built 21st Henry VIII. by John 
Lacy, of Cromwelbotham, Esq. and his neighbours ; which Mr Watson observes, 
may account for its being placed at so inconvenient a place, " being one 
mile from Southowram, and near no considerable number of nouses." — Hist 
Halifax. 

CHAPEL-THORPE, ham. in the township of Crigglestone, and 
parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Wake- 
field and Barnsley. The Chapel is a perpetwal curacy, under Sandal- 
Magna, of which the Vicar is Patron. 

CHAPEL-TOWN, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill 6 miles from Rotherham and 
Sheffield, 7| from Barnsley. 

CHARLSTON.— See Sharlestone. 

CHELCAR, /. h. in the township of Draughton,- and parish of Skip- 
ton ; 4 1 miles from Skipton. 

CHELOW-HEIGHT, ham. in the township of Heaton, and parish* 
of Bradford ; 3 miles from Bradford. 

CHERRY-TREE-HILL, in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and 
parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2 
miles from Sheffield. 

CHESNUT-GROVE, (the seat of George Strickland, Esq.) in the 
township of Clifford ? and parish of Bramham \ \\ mile from We- 
therby, 

CHESTER-COTES, {the seat of Samuel Wilks Waud, Esq.) in the: 
township of Camblesforth, and parish of Drax ; 4 miles from Selbj' 
and Snaith, 10 from Pontefract. 

CHE VET, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, liberty 
of Pontefract ; (the seat of Sir William Pilkington, Bart.) 5 miles* 
from Wakefield, 6 from Barnsley, 9 from Pontefract.— Pop. 27. 

CHICKENLE Y, ham. in the township of Soothill, and parish of 
Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 1 mile from Dewsbury. 

CHIDSALL, ham. in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dews* 
bury, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Dewsbury. 

CHURWELL, in the parish of Batley, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 31 miles from Leeds*. 9 fcoofc 
Bradford y 121 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 814* 



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CISSETT, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of High- 
Hoyland, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 8 miles from 
Huddersiield and Wakefield. 
CLAPDALE, f. h. in the township and parish of Clapham ; 9 miles 

from Settle. 
CLAPHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ewcross ; 6 miles 
from jSettle, 11 from Kirby- Lonsdale, (IVestm.) 22 from Skiptou, 
63 from York. — It is chartered for a market on Thursday, but not 
held . The cross is yet standing. — Fairs, Ash- Wednesday, May 2, 
and July 31, for cattle ; October 2, for cattle, woollen-cloth, and 
pedlary-ware. — Principal Inn, the New Inn. — Pop. including 
Newby, 982, which being united, form a township. The Church 
is a vicarage, in thedeanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, diocese of Chester, 
value, %5L Ms. Id. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. 

la 1S15, Henry VVinterhurne founded a school here, for the education of 
eight poor children of Clapham, and en lowed it with 20/. 
In the same township and parish is 
CLAPHA M-LODGE, the seat of James Farrer, Esq. 
CL AH ETON, 2 /. k. in the parish of Goldsbrough; 4 miles from 

Knaresbrough, 5 from Boroughbridge. — Pop. 14. 
CLARE-HILL, (the seat of Mrs Prescott,) in the township and 

parish of of Halifax, from which it is distant | of a mile. 
CLARO, a wapentake, that borders on the north and east upon the 
North-Riding; on the south it is bounded by the wapentake of 
Skyrack ; and on the west by that of Staincliffe. It contains 97 
townships, 29 of which are parish-towns, 7,594 inhabited-houses, 
and 39,847 inhabitants. It is a large wapentake, and contains four 
market-towns, Boroughbridge, Knaresbrough, Ripon, and Wether- 
by ; and returns no less than eight Members to Parliament. The 
chief part of the liberty of Ripon lies within this wapentake. 
CLARO-HILL, near Allerton-Mauleverer. 

Here, in Saxon time?, was held the Gemote, or assembly of the people of 
this wapentake, for the transacting of all public concerns, relative to the dis- 
triot; and where, by the laws of King Edgar, every freeman in such district, 
was obliged to attend. The custom of the people meeting to receive the governor 
of the wapentake, is distinctly mentioned in the laws of Edward, the Confessor. 
The person appointed repaired to the usual place of meeting, for that jpurpose, 
and was there met by the principal persons in that district; alter he had quit- 
ted his horse, and placed himself on some elevation, he held up his spear ; each 
person then approached him, and touched his spear with theirs ; which cere- 
mony of touching of armour, was looked upon to confirm that community in one 
common interest ; and hence the term IVeapontouch, or JPeapontack. 
CLAY-CLIFFE, ham. in the township of Barugh, and parish of 

Darton; 2 miles from Barnsley, 51 from Penistone. 
CLAY-HILL, /. h. in the township of Middleton, and parish of 

Iikley ; 8 miles from Otley and Skipton. 
CLAYTON, in the township and parish of Frickley-with-Clayton, 
lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 8 miles from Barnsley 
and Doncaster, 13 from Wakefield, 35 from York. — Pop. includ- 
ing Frickley, 360, which being: united, form a township. The 



258 WEST-RIDING. 

Church, (styled Frickley-with-Clayton) is a perpetual curacy, de* 
dicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Boncaster 3 value, p. r. 120/, 
Patron, Saint Andrew Warde, Esq. 

CLAYTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 \ miles from Bradford, \k 
from Halifax.— Pop. 3,609. 

CLAYTON-HEIGHTS, ham. in the township of Clayton, and 
parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and JMorley; 4 
miles from Bradford and Halifax. 

CLAYTON, WEST, in the parish of High-Hoy land, wapentake of 
Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Barnsley and Peni- 
stone, 9 from Wakefield. — Pop. 854. 

CLECK-HEATOfr, in the parish of Birstail, Morley-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5| miles from Brad- 
ford, 7 from Halifax, 9 from Leeds.— Pop. 2,436. The Church 
(anciently called, Old White-Chapel in the East, lately rebuilt and 
enlarged,) is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f92/. Patron, the 
Vicar of Birstail. 

At CIcek-Heaton, "Dr. Richardson discovered the site and remains of a 
Roman town, of which he gave a distinct and satisfactory account to Thomas. 
Heame." The coins discovered here were principally of the lower empire. 

CLIFFE-HILL, in the township of Warley, and parish of Halifax £ 

2 miles from Halifax. 

CLIFFE-HILL, (the seat of the Miss Walkers) in the township of 
Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles 
from Halifax, 6 from Huddersfieid, 6| from Bradford. 

CLIFF E-HO USE, /. h. in the township of Anston with its members,, 
and parish of South-Anston; 4| miles from Worksop. (Notts.) 
10 from Sheffield. 

CLIFFORD, in the parish of Bramham, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 

3 miles from Wetherby, 4 from Tadcaster, 5 from Abberford. — 
Pop. 1,017. 

CLIFTON, 2 h. in the township and parish of Rotherham ; (Clifton- 
House, the seat of Mrs Susan Walker,) | of a mile from Rotherham* 

CLIFfON, in the parish of Dewsbury, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax and Hud- 
dersfieid, 10 from Wakefield. — Pop. included in Hartshead. 

CLIFTON, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro, liberty 
of Knaresbrough ; 6 miles from Otley, 1 1 from Knaresbrough.-— 
Pop. including Norwood, 420, which being united, form a tdwre 
ship. 

CLIFTON, in the township and parish of Conisbrough, upper-division 
ofStraflfbrthand Tickhill ; 6§ miles from Rotherham and Doncaster. 

CLIFTON, in the township of Newhall-cum-Clifton, and parish of 
Otley, upper-di vision of Claro; 2| miles from Otley, 13 from 
Knaresbrough, 13| from Skipton.— Pop. included in Newhall. 

CLINT, in the parish of Ripley, upper-division of Ckiro> liberty of 
Knaresbrough ; 2 miles from Ripley, 7 from Knaresbrougb 3 8 from 
Ripon.— Pop. 412. 



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This was anciently the seat of Sir William Beckwith, of Clint, Knight; part 
of the old house is yet remaining-, called Clint- Hall, a very ancient stone build- 
ing, with an arched portal, situated on a lofty eminence, commanding an exten- 
sive prospect. Some remains *f the. moat, that once surrounded this ancient man- 
sion, are still discernible. 

CLOCK-HOUSE, (the seat of Miss Jowetts,) in the township of 
Manning-barn, and parish of Bradford ; \\ mile from Bradford, 8 
from Otley. 

CLOSE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Skipton; 2 
miles from Skipton. 

CLOTHERHOLME, 2 /. h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, 
lower-division of Claro; 1 1 mile from Ripon. — Pop. i6. 

CLOUGH, (the seat of Henry John Hirst, Esq.) in the township of 
Kimberforth, and parish of Rotherbam ; \ a mile from Rotherham. 

COALEY-LANE, t f. h. in the township of Wentworth, and parish 
of Wath-upon-Deam ; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. 

COATES, or BARNOLDWICK-COATES, in the parish of Bar- 
noldwick, east-division and liberty of StaincliiTe; 6 miles from 
Colne, (Lane.) 7 from Skipton, 1 1 from Burnley, (Lane.) — Pop. 97. 
The large hall-house, built by the Drakes, is now converted into 
cottages. 

COBBS-HOUSES, 2 h. in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby, and 
parish of Skipton; 2 miles from Skipton. 

COCKCROFT-MILL, in the township and parish of Bingley; I 
mile from Bingley. 

COCK HILL, (Ainsty) ham. in the township and parish of Moor- 
Monkton : 7 miles from York, 10| from Boroughbridge. 

COCKHILL-HOUSE,/. h. in the township and parish of Edlington; 
6 miles from Doncaster, 7 from Rotherham. 

COCKLETT, /. h. in the township and parish of Giggleswick, liberty 
of Staincliffe ; 7 miles from Settle. 

COCKLEY-HILL, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton ; 3 
miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Wakefield. 

COIT-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston; 2 miles 
Penistone. 

COLCOTES, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low- 
Bentham ; 8 miles from Settle, 9 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 
20 from Lancaster. 

COLEY, in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax, 
Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 
3 miles from Halifax, 6 from Bradford. The Church, built in 
1500, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 84/. Patron, the Vicar of 
Halifax. 

COLLINGHAM, a parish-town, in the lower-division of jSkyrack; 
1 mile from Wetherby, 61 from Tadcaster, 9 from Leeds, 12|r 
from Otley, 15£ from York.— Pop. 286. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £3/. 
1 Is. Sim Patrons, the Trustees of Lady Betty Hastings. 

COLNE-BRIDGE, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton ; 4 
miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. 



260 WEST-RIDING. 

COLTHOUSES, 2 /. h, in the township of Lo\rer-Stonebeck ; 4 

miles from Pateley bridge. 
COLTON, in the township of Temjrfe-Newsam, and parish of 
Whitkirk; 5 miles from Leeds, 9 from Wakefield, JO from 
Pontefract. 
COLTON, (Ainsty) in the parish of Bolton-Percy ; {the seat of 
Christopher Morritt, Esq.) 4 miles from Tadcaster, 6 from York. — 
Pop. 148. 
COMBES, FAR and NEAR, ham. in the township of Bradfield, 

and parish of Ecclesfield ; 5 miles from Sheffield. 
CONDUIT-HILL, /. h. in the township of A nston with its Members, 

and parish of South- A nston; 6| miles from Rotherham. 
CONDUIT-HOUSE, (the seat of the Rev. Stuart Corbett, D. D.) 
in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley. wapentake 
of Staincross ; 5| miles from Penistone, 6 from Barnslev, 1\ from 
Sheffield. 
CONEYTHORPE, in the parish of Goldsbrouo-h, upper-division of 
Claro ; 4 miles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Boroughbridg-e, 7 from 
Wetherby . — Pop. 1 1 2. This place was formerly written Kings- 
thorpe. 
CONYNGHAM-HOUSE, or COGHILL-HALL, (the seat of the 
Hon. Col. Barton, noiv occupied by Dr. William Harrison,) in the 
township of Scriven-with-Tentergate, and parish of Knaresbrough ; 
\ of a mile from Knaresbrough. 

This house, built upon tbe site of the old mansion by Oliver Coghill, Esq. 
upwards of 70 years ago, has, for many centuries, belonged to the Coghill family ; 
and was by them called Coghill-ttaU ; but Sir John Coghill, Bart, having; sold it 
to ttte Right Hon. Countess of Conyngham in 1796, it was changed to its present 
name. Angus, in his description of gentlemen's seats, says " it is situated in 
one of the ple'asantest spots in England." 
CONISBROUGH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Doncaster, 7 from Rotherham. 42 from 
York. — Pop. 1,142 The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +8U 125. &\d. Patron, 
the Duke of Leeds. 

The Castle here is supposed to be. British. — The walls are of the immense 
thickness of 15 feet. It had neither portcullis nor machicolations, nor the Nor- 
man mode of securing loop-holes. In the latter end of the Saxon period, it be- 
longed to King Harold, and was afterwards given by the Conqueror to Earl War- 
ren ; who, it is supposed, re-edified the Keep. — King's Munimenta Antiqua. 

It will be difficult to compare the architecture of this edifice with others of 
the same period ; because we cannot find many of so ancient a date. The octa- 
gonal tower of Dover Castle appears to be almost the only one of the same jera. 
Between this, however, and Conisbrough Keep, the similarity is rather striking; 
and as a further evidence that the latter was erected about the period before- 
mentioned, we have the authority of the indefatigable Mr King, who, in his 
treatise on English Castles, fixes the building of it about the time of Cartis- 
mandua. 

Conisbrough seems, even in its earliest history, to have been a royal resi- 
dence; hence its British name, Cuer-Conan, and Saxon one, Koningsberg or 
Borough. 

The situation of this Castle, is on the summit of a circular, or rather elliptical 
hill, the sides of which are covered with the most luxuriant trees, above which 
the. ivy-crowned summit of the keep, appears to the observer on the adjacent hill, 
like a Castle in a wood ; to the southward appears the church, from which the 
town, an agreeable intermixture of buildings, trees and gardens, stretches in the 



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same direction ; and with the interposing valley, forms a scene on which the 
eye expatiates with delight;— a cheering- animated landscape, which bursts un- 
expectedly on the sight, and fills the mind with pleasurable emotion*. 

Within the walls too it affords many beautiful detached views, and such as the 1 
lovers of the picturesque must always admire. Its tottering fragments covered 
with ivy, or half hidden by spreading shrubs, when partially illuminated by a 
flitting light, forcibly attract the attention, and impress the mind with ideas of 
delight, which it was no ways prepared to except. 

Near the Castle is a tumulus, said to be raised over the body of Hengist, the 
Saxon General, slain in battle near this place, about the year 488, by Aurelius 
Aoibrosius, who took him prisoner, and afterwards, according to Matthew of 
Westminster, beheaded him. 

Here was born, Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cumberland, commonly called 
Richard of Conisburgh, father of Richard, Duke of York, afterwards beheaded 
by Henry V. 

GONISBROUGH-PARK-HOUSE, s. k. in the township and parish 

of Conisbrough ; 6 miles from Rotherham, 
CONISBROUGH-LODGE, manor-house, in the township and parish 

of Conisbrough ; 5 miles from Rotherham. 
CONISTON, in the township of Coniston-cura-Kilnscy, and parish 
of Burnsali, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 
.3 miles from Kettlewell, 12 from Skipton and Settle. — Pop. in- 
cluding Kilnsey, 137, which being united, form a township. Here 
is a Chapel to Burnsali, dedicated to St. Mary. 
CONISTON, COLD, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division of 
Staincliffe. liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 6| miles from Skipton, 9| 
from Settle, 12 from Colne, (Lane.) — Pop. 345. 
CONONTiE Y, in tbe township of Farnhill-with-Cononley, pnd parish 
of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 
(Cononley-Hall, the seat of John Swires, Esq.) 4 miles from Skipton, 
6§ from Keighley, 10 from Colne, (Lane.) — Pop. included in 
Farnhill. 
COOKRIDGE, in the township and parish of Addle, upper-division 
of Sky rack; {Cook ridge- Hall, the seat of Richard Wormald, Esq.) 
4 1 miles from Otley, b\ from Leeds. 

This was part of the possessions of Kirkstall-Abbey, to which it was given 
during the time of the very first Abbot, Alexander, and continued to the last. 
Numbers of coins, fragments of urns, and other Roman vessels, have at dif- 
ferent times been found here; the Roman station at Adel-Mill, not being far 
distant. Cookridge has been rendered famous for the noble and pleasant walks, 
in geometrical lines, contrived by Mr Kirke, F. R. S. in Thoresby's time, and 
who was then owner of the estate. After his death, it was bought by, or for 
Edmund Sheffield, then Duke of Buckingham. — Thoresby. — Whitaker. 
COPGROVE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Ciaro; (the 
seat of Thomas Duncombe, Esq.) 4 miles from Knaresbrough and 
Boroughbridiie, 6 from Ripon. — Pop. 87. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese 
of Chester, value, $51. 9s. Id. p. r. f&Ol. Patron, Thomas Dun- 
combe, Esq. 

Before the conquest, Gospatric, a northern nobleman, was Lord of this 
village, where he had six carucates of land ; three of which, were arable. In 
the 20th of William I. Erneis de Burnn, a Norman, had this manor; whose 
servant, Trusten, held here one carucate, with one plough, and seven vil- 
leins. Here was then a church ; and the manor a mile long, and half a mile 
broad, was, in the time of King Edward, valued at 20s. ; but at the above-men- 
tioned time, only at 16s.— Fide Domesday Book. 



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COPLEY-HALL, /. h. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of 

Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 2| miles from Halifax. 
COPMANTHORPE, fAinsty) in the parish of St. Mary, Bishop- 
Hill the younger, York, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles 
from York, 5| from Tadcaster.— Pop. 28 1* 
COPT-HE WICK.— See Hewick-Copt. 

COPT-HE WICK LODGE, (the seat of William Charnock, Esq.) in 
the township of Copt-Hewick, and parish of Ripon; 2 miles 
from Ripon. 
CORNSHAW, in the township of Cowling, and parish of Kildwick, 
east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Come, (Lane.) 
7 from Skipton, 8 from Keighley. 
CORTWORTH, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish 
of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 
4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley. 
COTTINGLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; Z\ 

miles from Bingley, 3| from Bradford. 
COTTINGLEY-BRIDGE, 3 h. in the township and parish of 
Bingley; (the seat of C. F. Busjield, Esq.) 1 $ mile from Bingley, 
4| from Bradford. 
COTTINGLEY-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs Sarah Ferrancl) in the 

township and parish of Bingley, *Z\ miles from Bingley. 
COWGILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Gisburn ; 3 miles 

from Gisburn. 
COWHOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 6 miles 

from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. 
CO WICK, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross. liberty 
and bailiwick of Cowiek and Snaith, (Cowick-Hall, the seat of Lord 
Viscount Downe, i| mile from Snaith, 8 \ from liowden. — Pop. 905. 
This is an ancient seat of an honourable family, who came over with the 
Conqueror, and appear to be descended from Sir Paine Dawnay, of Dawnay 
Castle, in Normandy ; and from him descended Sir William Dawnay, who was 
made a general in the 4th of Richard I. anno 1192, at Aeon, in Cyprus, where 
having killed a chief Prince of the Saracens, and afterwards slaying a Lion, he 
cut off a paw, and presented it to the King, who, as a mark of his approbation, 
immediately took a ring from his finger, and giving it to Sir William, ordered in 
perpetuam rei memoriam, that his crest should be a Saracen, with a Lion's paw 
in one hand, and a ring in the other ; the ring is still in the possession of Vis- 
count Downe. Tn a direct line from the above, descended Sir Nicholas Dawnay, 
snmmoned to Parliament among the Barons, 1st of Edward III. and several of 
them being Knights, were Sheriffs of this County in Henry VIII. and Elizabeth's 
reign. Sir Nicholas served in the wars in the Holy Land, and brought from 
thence some rich and curious medals. 

Sir John Dawnay, of Cowiek, the first Viscount, was created Visconnt 
Downe, of Ireland, July 19, 1680; and John Christopher Burton Dawnay, the 
5th Viscount, was created an English Baron, by the title of Baron Dawnay, 
May 28, 1798. — Magna Brit.— Debkett. 

Cowiek with Snaith, has a peculiar jurisdiction over several neighbouring 
villages, which is pointed out in the respective places, under the title of " the 
Soke, bailiwick and liberty of Cowiek and Snaith," and of which Lord Viscount 
Downe, is Lord and Chief Bailiff. 
COWLING, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Cliiford's-Fee ; 5 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 6 from 
Skipton, 8 from Keighley,— Pop. 1 ,870. 



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COWMS, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirk- 

heaton; 2| miles from H udders field. 
COW-ROYD-H1LL, s. h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of 

Kirkheaton ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. 1 1 from Wakefield. 
COWTHORPE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; 4 
miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresbrough, J3| from York. — 
Pop. 120. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in 
the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £4 J. 155. Wd. p. r. fl 1 1 /. Patron, 
the Hon. Edward Petre. 

Cowthorpe is remarkable oa account of an enormous Tree, called the 
Cowthorpe Oak; the circumference of which, close by the ground, is 60 feet, 
and its principal limb (which is propped) extends 48 feet from the bole. This 
venerable oak ts decaying fast, the trunk and several of the branches appeearing 
to be completely rotten, except the bark : tradition speaks of its being in decay 
for many generations. The intermixture of foilage amongst the dead branches, 
show how sternly this giant struggles for life, and how reluctantly it surrenders 
to all conquering time. " Compared with this," says Dr. Hunter, in Evelyn's 
Silva, " all other trees are children of the Forest." The leading branch fell, by 
a storm, in the year 1718 ; which, being measured with accuracy, was found to 
contain five tons and two feet of wood. Before this accidental mutilation, its 
branches are said to have extended their shade over half an acre of ground ; thus 
constituting, in a single tree, almost a wood itself. — Hist. Knareshroueh. 

The church at Cowthorpe appears to have been built by a Brian Rou- 
cliffe, and consecrated in 1458. In the choir, on a large flat stone, are the 
effigies, in brass, of a man and his wife, bearing betwixt them the model of a 
church, and supposed, from the inscription, likewise in brass, now scarce legible, 
to be in memory of the Founder and his wife. 
CRABTREE,/. h. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish 

of Sheffield ; 2 miles from Sheffield. 
CRACOW, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of ClifFord's-Fee; 5 miles from Gargrave, 6 from Skipton, 
9 from Kettlewell. — Pop. 1 79. 
CRACOW-HILL, ./. h. in the township of Gisburn- Forest, and 

parish of Gisburn ; 8 miles from Settle, 16 from Skipton. 
CRAG G -HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Fewston; 7 

miles from Otley, 11 from Knaresbrough. 
CRAGG-HOUSE, .9. h. in the township of East-Halton, and parish 

of Skipton ; 4 miles from Skipton. 
CRANE-MOOR, or GREEN, scattered houses, in the township of 

Thurgoland, and parish of Silkstone ; 4 miles from Penistone 
CRAVEN-CROSS-BAR, turnpike bar and cotts. in the township of 
Appletrewick, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles 
from Pateieybridge. Here formerly stood an old cross, which was 
one of the boundaries of Knaresbrough Forest. 
CRAWSTONE-HALL, s. h. in the township of Elland-with-Great- 

land. and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax. 
CRAY, ham. in the township ot Buckden, and parish of Arnecliffe, 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Kettlewell, 9 from Askrigg and 
Haws, 5 from Middleham. 
CR1DDLING-PARK, /. h. in the township of Criddling-Stubbs, 
and parish of Darrington, liberty of Pontefract; 2| miles from 
lerrvbridge, 



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CltlDDLING-STUBBS, in the parishes of Womersley and Dar, 
rington, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2imiies 
from Ferrybridge, 4| from Pontefract. — Pop. 96. 

CRIGGLESTONE, in the parish of Sandall-Magna, Agbrigg-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4^ miles from 
Wakefield, 6 from Barnsley. — Pop. 1,265. 

CRIMESWORTH-HALL, s. h. in the township of YVadsworth, and 

. parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax. 

CRJMESWORTH-DEAN, /. h. in the same township and parish, 

■■ and liberty of Wakefield ; 10 miles from Halifax. 

CRIMPLE-HOUSE. (the residence of Mrs Bainbridge,) in the town- 
ship and parish of Pannall ; 2 miles from Harrogate, 5 from 
Knaresbrough. 

CRINGLES, ham. in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kild- 
wiek, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Skipton and Keighly. 

CROFTON, a parish- town, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, 
liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Sir Henry Wright Wilson, Bart.) 
3| miles from Wakefield, 6 from Pontefract, 29 from York.— 
Pop. 459. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the 
deanry of Pontefract, value, 1U/. 0s. 2|d Patron, the King, as 
Duke of Lancaster. 

Here was born Richard Fleming, founder of Lincoln College, Oxford : ia 
1406, he was Prebendary of South Newbald, and in 1407, served the office on 
Proctor at Oxford ; in 1415, he exchanged South Newbald for Langtoft, and in 
1420, was advanced to the See of Lincoln, by favour of Henry V. He died at 
Sleaford, 1430-31. He was named by Pope Martin to the vacant Bishopric of 
York, about 1426 ; but the appointment was frustrated by the King, and Dean 
and Chapter.— Hist. Oxford. 

He was, for some time, zealons in supporting Wicklifte's doctrines, which 
afterwards, however, he as strenuously opposed. Biogr. Diet. 

CROFT-HOUSE, (tkeresidenee of John Atkinson, Esq.) 2 miles from 
Skipton. Itis one of the houses formerly called Cobbs-houses, p. 259. 

GROFT-HOUSE, (the seat of Samuel Hailstone, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Great- Horton, and parish of Bradford ; from which it is 
distant I of a mile. 

CROMWELL-BOTTOM, in the township of South-Owranv and 
parish of Halifax, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Halifax, 6 
from Huddersfield. It is a manor within the manor of Southowram. 

CROOK-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Stock, and parish of 
Bracewell; 10 miles from Skipton. 

CROOK-HALL, (the seat of John E. Woodi/ear, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Conisbrough, and parish of Ediington ; 5 miles from Don- 
caster, 8 from Rotherham. 

CROOK-OF-LUNE, /. h. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 
Si miles from Sedbergh, 8 from Kendal, (Westm.) 

CROOKS, in the townships of Nether-Hallam and Ecclesall-Bierlow, 
and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Stratforth and Tickhill ; 
1 1 mile from Sheffield. 

Here is a small School founded by will of William Ronksley, in 1723, for 
the education of 12 poor children of Crooks and the neighbourhood. The trttst 
is vested in the Burgesses, for the Free School in Sheffield, for the time being* 



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CROOKS-MOOR, ham, in the same township and parish ; 1 mile 

from Sheffield. 
CROSLAND-HALL, s. k. in the township of South-Crosland, and 

parish of Almond bury, liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Hud- 

riersfield. 

Crosland-Hall, an ancient Mansion of the Beaumonts, which was snr- 

rorinded by a Ditch ; the remains of which were visible in Mr Watson's time. 

This mansion is rendered famous in local history, by the family feuds of the 

Elands of Eland, Beanmonts of Croslaud, and Lockwoods of Lock wood, in the 

time of Edward 1 II. when Sir Robert Beaumont was slain in this Hall. For 

particulars, see JVaUori's Halifax. 
CROSLAND, NORTH and SOUTH.— See North-Crosland and 

South-Crosland 
CROSS-FLATTS, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 1 

mile from Bingley, 7 from Bradford. 
CROSS-G ATES, 2 or 3 A. in the townships of Seacroft and Barwick- 

in-Elmet, and parishes of Whitkirkand Barwick-in-Elmet ; 4 miles 

from Leeds. 
CROSS-HILLS, in the township of Glusburn, and parish of Kild- 

wick. liberty of Staincliffe > 5 miles from Keighley and Skipton, 

8 from Colne, (Lane.) 
CROSS-ROYD, /. h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of 

Penistone ; 1 mile from Penistone. 
CROSS-STONE, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, 

liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.J 1 1 from 

Halifax. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. t90/. 

Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. 

" This place," says Mr Watson, " takes its name from an ancient Btone 

cross, the top of which is now destroyed, and the bottom is made into a seat, 

whence i> a fine view of the country." — Hist. Halifax. 
CROW-NEST, (the seat of John Walker, Esq.) in the township of 

Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles 

from Halifax, 6 from Huddersfield. 
CROW-NEST, (the seat of John Hague, Esq.) in the township and 

parish of Dewsbury.liberty of Wakefield ; 2> miles from Dewsbury, 

5\ from Wakefield. 
CROW-TREES, (the seat of Joshua Pollard, Esq.) in the township 

and parish of Bradford ; 1 1 mile from Bradford. 
CUBLE Y, 3 or 4 /. h. in the township and parish of Penistone ; 1 

mile from Penistone. 
CUCKOLD'S-HAVEN, /. h. in the township and parish of Firbeck ; 

4 miles from Tickhill. 
CUCKOO-NEST, /. h. in the township and parish of Bingley 5 1 

mile from Bingley. 
CUD WORTH-NETHER, corn-mill, in the township of Over-Cad- 

worth, and parish of Royston, liberty of Pontefract; 3| miles from 

Bam3ley. , 
CUDWORTH-OVER, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of 

Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 31 miles from Barasley, 8 from 

Wakefield.— Pop. 487. 

2l 



28$ WEfcT-RIDING. 

CULLINGWORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 
3£ miles from Keighiey, 7 from Bradford. 

CUMBERLAND-ROW, or NEW-STREET, (Ainsty) and part 
of Davygate, York. 

CUMBERWORTH-HALF, or UPPER, in the parishes of Kirk- 
Burton, and Errdey, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, 
liberty of Wakefield ; 5| miles frrom Penistone, 8 from Hudders- 
field , 1 from Barnsley .— -Pop. 1 , 1 20. Here is a Chapel dedicated 
to St, Nicholas. 

CUMBERWORTH-NETHER, in the parish of High-Hoyland, 
wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Peni- 
stone, 8 from Huddersfield, 10 from Barnsley.— Pop. 1,295. 

CUMPTON, /. k. in the township and parish of Collingham; 1| 
mile from Wetherby, 6 from Tadcaster. 

CUSWORTH, ham. in the township of Sprotbrougb, and parish of 
Mexbrough, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of 
Tickhill; (the seat of William Wrightson, Esq.) 2 miles from 
Doncaster. One house in this hamlet is in the parish of Conisbrough. 

CUTLER-HEIGHT, in the township of Bowling, and parish of 
Bradford, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; 1| mile from 
Bradford, 9 from Halifax and Leeds. 

D 

DACRE, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 4 miles 
from Pateleybridge, 6 from Ripley, 12 from Ripon.— Pop. inclu- 
ding Bewerley, 2,185, which being united, form a township. The 
higher part of this township abounds in Lead Mines ; particulars of 
which, see Gteenhow-Hill. 

DACRE-BANKS. ham. in the same township and parish; S| miles 
from Pateleybridge. 

Here is a small School founded about 1695, by William Hardcastle. The 
master's salary, 8 guineas per annum, with a house and garden. 

DALE-END, in the township and parish of Carlton, liberty of Stain- 

- cliffe ; 6 miles from Skipton, 9 from Keighley, the end of Lothers- 
dale, and where the Quakers have a burial ground. 

DALLA, HIGH, or HOLE, ham. in the township of Laverton, 
and parish of Kirbyraalzeard ; 8 miles fromMasham and Ripon. It 
gives name to Narrow-Gill, west of Kirbymalzeard, called Dalla- 
Gill. 

DALTON, in the parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley. liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Huddersfield. 
9 from Halifax, 12 from Wakefield.— Pop. 2,289. 

DALTON-MAGNA, in the parish ofRotherham, south-division of 
Strafforth and Tickhill; %\ miles from Rotherham, 10| from Don- 
caster.— Pop. 225. 

DALTON-PARVA, in the township of Dalton- Magna, and parish 
ofRotherham; 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Doncaster. 

DANDERMIRE, p. h. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of 
Sedbergh ; 5] miles from Hawes. 



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DARFIELD, a parish-town, lower-division of Straftbrtb and Tick- 
hill; 5 miles from Barnsley, 10} from Doneaster, 42 from York. — 
Pop. 512. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, 
5.3/. is. 8d. ; and a vicarage, $1'4/. 11 5. 7d. p. r. 90/. Patron of 
the rectory, the Rev, H. Cooke; and of the vicarage, Trinity- 
College, Cambridge. 
DARLAXDS, or DEARLAND, in the township and parish of 
Ecclesfield, upper-division of Stralforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from 
Sheffield, 6 from Rotherharo. 9 from Penistone. 
DA RLE Y, in the township of Menwith-with-Darley, and parish of 
Hempsthwaite, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 4 miles from Ripley, 8 
from Ripon, 9 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Menwith. 
DARNAL, in the township of Attercliffe-with-Darnal, and parish of 
Sheffield, liberty of Hallamshire ; (Darnal-Hall, the seat of Samuel 
Stainforth, Esq.) 2 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. — Pop. 
included in Atterclifie. 

The family of the Stainforths have resided upon lands here, possessed by 
their ancestors in the reign of Richard II.— Hunter's Hallams. 
DARRINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Robert Oliver, Esq.) 3 miles from 
Ferrybridge and Pontefract, 12^ from Doneaster, l4| from Barns- 
ley, 24 from York. — Pop. 510. The Church is a vicarage, dedi- 
cated to St. Luke and All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 
+ 16/. 1 1.9. 3d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 
DARTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of 
Pontefract; 3£ miles from Barnsley, 6 from Penistone, 8| from 
Wakefield, 36§ from York.— Pop. 1,340. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in tha deanry of Doneaster, 
value, +121. 10s. p. r. * 1 50/. Patron, Godfrey Wentworth, Esq. 

A branch of the family of Beaumonts had formerly a seat here, at Darton- 
Hall, of which family was George Beaumont, a merchant, who left considerable 
sums of money, to be employed in several charitable uses ; particularly 500/. 
for the founding- of the Free Grammar School at this, his place of nativity, in 
1675. It* annual value at present is about 120/. 

In the church, which is a beautiful structure, is a handsome marble monu- 
ment to the memory of John Silvester, of Birthwaite-Hall, which he purchased 
of the Burdett family. He was originally a blacksmith, and was the inventor 
of a curious chain made to go across the Thames. He died JEt.70, in 1722. 
DAW-GREEN, in the township and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of 

Wakefield ; \ a mile from Dewsbury, 5| from Wakefield. 
DAY-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton ; 

2 miles from Barnsley, 6 from Penistone, 91 from Wakefield. 
DEAN-HEAD, /. h. in the township of Hunshef, and parish of Peni- 
stone; 3 miles from Penistone. 
DEAN-HEAD.— See Scammonden. 

DEANSHAW, haw. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) ; 4 miles from Dobcross. 
DEEP-CAR, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; 

9 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Penistone. 
DEEP-DALE, 4/. A. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arne- 
eliffe. liberty of Stainclifte ; 6 miles from Kettlewell, 1 5 from Settle. 



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DEEP-DALE, ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sed- 
bergh; 1| miles from Dent. 

DEEP-DALE-HEAD, s. h. in the township of Wigglesworth, and 
parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Gis- 
burn. 

DEERSTONES, 4 / h. in the township of Beamsley, and parishes 
of Addingham and Skipton ; 7 miles from Skipton. 

DEIGHTON, ham, in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Ag- 
brigg-division of Agbngg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2f 
miles from Huddersfield. 

DEIGHTON-KIRK, a parish town in the upper-division of Claro ; 
(the seat of the Rev. J. Geldart, L. L. D.) 1 1 miles from Wether- 
by, 5\ from Knaresbrough, 16| from York.— Pop. 371. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of the 
Ainsty, value. 15/. 1 Is. \0\d. Patron, Rev. Jas. Geldart, L.L^D. 

DEIGHTON, NORTH, in the parish of Kirk-Deighton, upper- 
division of Claro ; 2 miles from Wetherby, 4| from Knaresbrough. 
Pop. 141. 

Here is a School for the poor people of North and Kirk-Deighton, 10 from 
each, endowed by the Will of Sir Hugh Pallisar, dated Jan. 24, 1791, with one 
thousand pounds South Sea Annuities. 

At North-Deighton, on the estate of Sir John Ingilby, Bart, is a very large 
tumulus, the base of which is nearly 500 feet in circumference, and the height 
of the slope about 70 feet; on the top is a flat area, 27 feet long, by 13 broad. 
About a quarter of a mile from hence is another tumulus, the foundation of 
which appears to have been laid with large unhewn stones; a custom peculiar 
to the Danes. There were some other tumuli in the neighbourhood, of which 
now no vestage remains, except their names, which are still retained in the 
fields, where they stood ; viz. Peesbury-Hill, Maunberry-Hill, Ingmanthorp- 
HU1, and Jngbarrow-Hill. On viewing the circumjacent country, it is manifest 
that no situation could be more peculiarly adapted for the meeting of hostile 
armies. At what time any such conflict happened, or who were the contending 
nations, does not appear ; yet it may probably have been one of those many 
engagements which happened in this neighbourhood during the Saxon heptar- 
chy. The Danes obtained a complete victory over the Saxons and Scots, not 
fer from the river Ouse, in the year 1010. — Hist. Knaresbrough. 

DELPH, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.)% 
1 mile from Dobcross, 8 from Rochdale, 11| from Huddersfield, 
12| from Manchester, (Lane.) 

DELPH, NEW, in the same township and parish; | of a mile 
from Dobcross. 

DENABY. in the parish of Mexborougb, upper-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham and Doncaster. — 
Pop. J 41. 

BETSEY -DIKE-SIDE, scattered houses, in the township of Denby, 
and parish of Penistone; 4 miles from Penistone. 

DENBY-GRANGE, (the seat of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart.) in 
the township of Whitley, and parish of Kirkheaton ; 6 miles from 
Huddersfield, 7 from Wakefield. 

Denby-Grange is seated in a fertile valley, through which winds the river 
Colue, and bounded by high hills, richly cultivated. The family of Kaye is of 
great antiquity in this county, being descended from Sir A. Kaye, one of the 
Knights of the warlike table of Prince Arthur. Sir John Kaye, of Woodsome, 
Knight, was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, by King Charles I. He served 



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that unfortunate monarch as colonel of horse, and suffered much during the civil 
wars, hut happily survived the usurpation of Oliver Cromwell, and witnessed 
the restoration of King Charles II. The second son of the second Baronet, was 
George Kaye, Esq. of Denny-Grange ; he married Dorothy daughter of Robert 
Saville, and dying in 1707, his son succeeded to the property of his two uncles, 
Christopher Lister, Esq. and Sir Arthur Kaye, Bart, he assumed the name of 
Lister, in addition to his own, and became the fourth Baronet of his family ; 
and upon the death of the late Sir Richard Kaye, L. L. D. Dean of Lincoln, 
who was the sixth Baronet, without issue, the title became extinct, but was 
renewed, Dec. 28, 1812, in the person of the present proprietor of Den by- 
Grange, sole, heir to the estates of the families of Lister and Kaye, by will. — 
Betham's Baronetage. — Neale's Views. 

DENBY, UPPEK, in the township of Whitley, and parish of Kirk- 
heaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbri<r£ and Morley ; 7 miles from 
Huddersfield and Wakefield. — In the same township is 

DENBY, LOWER, 2 /. h. 

DENBY, HIGH, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Stain- 
cross, liberty of Ponteiract; 3 miles from Penistone, 6| from 
Barnsley; 11 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 1,412. It is a perpetual 
curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. f5QI. Patron, the 
Vicar of Penistone. 

DENBY, LOW, in the township of High-Denby, and parish of 
Penistone; 4 miles from Penistone. 

DEN HOLME-CAR, ham. in the township of Thornton, and parish 
of Bradford ; 6 miles from Halifax and Keighley. 

DENT, a market and parish-town of Sedbergh, in the wapentake of 
Ewcross ; 5 miles from Sedbergh, 8 from Kirby-Lonsdale, ( Westm.) 
Ill from Hawes, 16| from Askrigg, 21 from Settle, 59 from 
York, 266 from London. — Market, Friday. — Fairs, 1st Friday 
after February 13, and every fortnight until May 12, for horned 
cattle, «&c. — Pop. 1,782. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- 
cated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, value, p. r. 
f!02/. 10.9. Patrons, 24 Sidesmen. 

This town is situated near the extremity of Craven, in the centre of a dale 
to which the town gives the naiwe of Dent-dale. "This dale is entirely sur- 
rounded with high mountains, and ha9 only one opening from the west, where a 
carriage can enter with safety. It is about twelve miles in length, and from one 
and a half to two miles in breadth. The whole dale is enclosed ; and viewed 
from the higher grounds, presents the picture of a terrestrial paradise.'' — 
Brown's Survey of f Vest Riding. 

DENTON, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro ; {Denton- 
Park, the seat o} Sir Henry Cart lbbetson, Bart.) 5\ miles from 
Otley, 8 from Keighley. 101 from Skipton.— Pop. 192. Here is a 
donative Chapel, value, p. r. 20/. Patron, Sir Henry Carr Ibbet- 
son, Bart. 

Denton-Park is delightfully situated upon the banks of the Wharf, and 
<l was for several generations the principal re*idence of the Fairfaxes, of whom 
Sir William Fairfax marrit. Isabel, oaughter of Thomas Thwaites, by whom he 
had the manor of Demon. Thi-s 1 ne, in seven generations, produced two judges, 
Sir Guy and William Fairfax; and two distinguished generals, Ferditiando and 
Thomas, successively Lords Fairfax, the well-known commanders for the Parlia- 
ment." To Thomas, Lord Fairfax, the public are indebted for the voluminous 
collections of Dodsworth. In the old house at Denton, Prince Rupert lodged on 
hif way from Lancashire to York, a few days before the battle of Marston Moor, 
in 1644, and was only prevented destroying the house, by the sight of a fine 



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portrait of John Fairfax, younger brother of the then Lord, who had been slain 
while defending Frankendale, in the Palatinate, A.D. 1621. " In this house, 
where he had been born 60 years before, died Thomas, Lord Fairfax, the general, 
Nor. 12, 1671. In the same house, April 9, 1688, died Henry, Lord Fairfax, 
and was interred in the chapel at Denton." And here was born Edward Fair- 
fax, an English poet, the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax. He had a liberal educa- 
tion, but led a retired life at Fewston, his favourite seat, where he devoted 
himself to the muses; and died about 1632. — Neale. — Whitaker. 

Denton-Park was purchased by Henry Ibbetson, Esq. of Red-Hall, near 
' Leeds, in the year 1690 ; and at his death his eldest son, the late Samuel Ibbet- 
son, succeeded to it ; who leaving an only daughter, Alice, the estate being en- 
tailed on male issue, descended to the late Sir James Ibbetson, the eldest son of 
a younger brother, Henry Ibbetson, Esq. created a Baronet in 1748, during the 
life-time of his elder brother Samuel. The original Castle, a very magnificent 
building, was burnt by accident in the time of Henry Ibbetson, the first pur- 
chaser, and rebuilt on a modern and moderate scale, by his son Samuel, on 
whose death it was pulled down by Sir James, and the present elegant structure 
was erected by him, from a plan of that celebrated architect, Mr Carr, of York. 
DENTON, UPPER, ham. in the township of Denton, and parish 
of Otley, upper-division of Claro; 6 miles from Otley, 10 from 
Skipton. 
DEWSBURY, a parish-town, in A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of the manor of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Wake- 
field, 3 from Huddersfield and Leeds, 9 from Bradford, 10 from 
Halifax, 33 from York, 1ST from London. — Market, Wednesday. 
— Fairs, Wednesday before New Michaelraas-day, October 5, and 
Wednesday before Old May-day, lor horses, horned cattle, sheep, 
&c. — Principal Inns, the George Hotel, Man and Saddle, and the 
Commercial Coffee-house. — Pop. 6,380. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £22/. 
135. 5d. Patron, the King. 

Camden supposes that the name of this place is derived from Dui, a local 
deity, of the Brigantes, for it resembles Duis Burgh in sound ; and the town, 
he observes, has been considerable from the earliest date of Christianity, for a 
cross, which was to be seen here having this inscription : Pauiinus hie prtsdicavit. 
et celebravit. This Pauiinus, the Northumbrian apostle, was the first Arch- 
bishop of York, about the year 626. The learned Dr. Gale was of opinion, that 
this place received its name from some Roman auxiliaries of the 6tb Legion, 
who had camps in many parts of this Riding. 
DEWSBURY-MXLLS, ham. in the township and parish of Dews- 
bury; 1 mile from Dewsbury. 
DEWSBURY-MOORSXDE, ham. in the township and parish of 
Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; (the seat of Abraham Greenwood, 
Esq.) 1 mile from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield. 
DEYKIN-BROOK, ham. m the township and parish of Cawthome ; 

3 miles from Penistone. 51 from Barnsley. 
DICK-ROY-HOUSE, /.' h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish 

of Penistone ; 5 miles from Penistone. 
D1GGLE and BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Quick, and 

parish of Rochdale, (Lane); 2 J miles from Dobcross. 
DIGLEE-ROYD, f. h. in the township of Austonley, and parish of 

Almondbury, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Huddersfield. 
DIKES-MARSH, %f. h. in the township and parish of Thome ; 2 
niiies from Thome. 



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DINNINGTON", a parish-town, upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of John Middletotu Esq.) 
8 miles from Tickhill. 8 from Worksop, Notts.) 8| from Rother- 
ham, 51 from York. — Pop. 189. The Church is a rectorj r , dedi- 
cated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, *4/. p. r. 
68/. 3s. 1 id. Patron, the King. 

DIRTCARR, ham. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of 
Sandal- Magna, manor of Wakefield; 4 miles from Waketield. 

DOBCROSS, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, 
(Lane.)-, 9 miles from Rochdale, 12 from Manchester, 12| from 
Huddersfield. — Bankers, Saddleworth Bank, Messrs. Buckley and 
Co. draw on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. ; and Saddleworth Union 
Bank, Messrs. Harrop, Lees, Brown, and Co. draw on Messrs. 
Kenworthy, and Co. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the 
deanry of Manchester, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. -fS5L 12s. 
Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. 

DOD WORTH, in the parish of Silkston, wapentake of Staincross, 
libertv of Pontefract; 2 miles from Barnsley, 5\ from Penistone, 
10 from Wakefield.— Pop. 1,227. 

DODWORTH-BOTTOMS, scattered houses, in the township of 
Dod worth, and parish of Silkston ; 1 f of a mile from Barnsley. 

DOG-PARK, /. h. in the township of Askwith, and parish of Weston ; 
5 miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresbrough. 

DOLEBANK, in the township of Bishop-Thornton, and parish of 
Ripon ; 3 miles from Ripley, 6 from Ripon. 

At this place, Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart, built a Nunnery, which he 
endowed with 901. per annum, out of aa estate at Maunston.— It is now only 
a Farm-house, in which some part of the old building is to be found, and is 
the property of Mr Greenwood, merchant. 

DONCASTER, a market and parish-town, lower-division of Straf- 
fortb and Tickhill, in the soke of Doncaster ; 7 miles from Tick- 
hill, 9 from Bawtry, 11 from Thorne, 12 from Rotherhara and 
Blvtbe, (Notts.) 15 from Ferrybridge and Pontefract, 16 from 
Worksop, (Notts.) 20 from Wakefield, 37 from York, 165 from 
London.— Market, Saturday. — Fairs, April 5 and August 5, for 
horses, horned cattle, &c. — Bankers, Messrs. Cooke, Childers, and 
Co. draw on Messrs. Gosling and Sharp, 19, Fleet- S treet ; New 
Bank, Messrs. Leathams, Tew, and Co. draw on Messrs. Den- 
nison, and Co. 106, Fencburch-Street. — Principal Inns, Angel, 
Red Lion. Rein Deer, Black Boy, and Green Dragon. — Pop.8,544. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. George, in the deanry of 
Doncaster, value, 32/. 1 9*. 2d. p. r. f 1 00/. Patron, the Archbishop 
of York. 

Bonca3ter, pleasantly situated on the river Don, whence it ha9 its name, 
is nearly a mile in length, and is one of the neatest towns in the kingdom, and 
the neighbourhood is remarkable for opulent families. It was formerly a Roman 
station, by Ninius called Caer-Daun ; by Antoninus, Danxcm; and so likewise 
by the Notitia, which relates, that the Prefect of the Crispinian horse garrisoned 
here : this body of cavalry probably took its name from Crispus, son of Con- 
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272 WEST-RIDING. 

digging a cellar In St. Sepulchre's-Gate, in 1781, a Roman votive altar df ex* 
qttisite workmanship was discovered, which, from the inscription, appears to 
have been dedicated to the Dece Matres. Mr. Watson supposes Doncaster to 
have been the campadonum of Bede ; an opinion controverted by Dr. Whitaker, 
but his arguments are not very satisfactory. 

The Church is a very ancient structure, and was given to the abbey of St. 
Mary's, York ; the chief relic contained in it is a Saxon font, still used for the pur- 
pose of baptism. In this church is a curious monument to the memory of 
Robert Byrks, who gave Rossington wood to the poor of the parish, with this 
uncouth inscription on his tomb :— 

How, how, who is here ? I Robin of Doncastere, and Margaret my freare f 
that I spent that I had, that 1 eave that I have, that I left that 1 lost, A.D. 
1597, quoth Robertus Byrkes, who in this world did reign three-score years and 
seven, and yet lived not one. — Camden. 

" Here was," says Leland, " a right goodly house of White Freres, in the 
mydle of the towne, now defaced." There was also, he says, " a house of Gray 
Freres at the north ende of the bridge, communely caulled the Freres Bridge. 1 * 

Here is a mansion-house, a handsome theatre, a free grammar school, alms- 
house, and public dispensary. 

The Corporation possesses a revenue of about 7,000A per annum, which is 
liberally expended for the benefit of the inhabitants. It is governed by a Mayor, 
a Recorder, 12 Aldermen, and 24 Common Councilmen. The first charter was 
granted by King Richard I. and confirmed, and others granted, by many of his 
successors. 

Here is an excellent race course, and the grand stand is inferior to none in 
the kingdom. The races, which have for many years been increasing, are of 
considerable advantage to the town ; and the St. Leger stakes excite a lively 
interest among the votaries of the turf. 

At or near this place was born that celebrated naval commander, Sir Mar- 
tin Frobisher, who distinguished himself by attempts to discover a north-we6t 
passage to China. In 1585, he served under Admiral Drake in the West- 
indies ; and in 1588, he had a share in the defeat of the Spanish armada. He 
was killed in assaulting a fort near Brest, in 1594. — Biog. Diet. 

The Rev. William Bingley, was born at this place in January, 1774. Hav- 
ing completed the early part of his education at the grammar school in this 
town, he was entered as a student in St. Peter's college, Cambridge, where 
he took the degree of M. A. He was afterwards chosen a fellow of the 
Linnaean Society. In 1800, he published a Tour through Wales, in 2 vols. 8vo. 
and in 1802, his Animal Biography, which has met with general approbation. 
DON-POTTERY, ham. in the township and parish of Mexbrough ; 

5\ miles from Rotherham. 
DO UGH BIG GIN, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh ; 1 1 

mile from Sedbergh, 6 1 from Dent. 
DOUK-COVE, a cave, in the township of Ingleton, and parish of 
Low-Bentham ; 91 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 15§ from 
Askrigg. 

Douk-Cave, one of those natural curiosities (Caves) in which this part of 
the Riding abounds: it is situated near to the foot of Ingleborough on the 
south ; it somewhat resembles Weathercote Cave, but is not heightened so much 
with the grand and the terrible. The stream of this cascade does not fall more 
than five or six yards, but the subterranean passage, out of which it issues, is 
very curious, and by the help of a ladder, and by means of candles, may be ex- 
plored. — Tour to the Caves. 
DOCTOR-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish ot 

Rochdale, (Lane.) ; 1 mile from Dobcross. 
DOWGILL-HALL, /. h. in the township of Hartwitjb, arid parish 

of Kirbymalzeard ; 4 miles from Ripley. 
DRANSFIELD-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk- 



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heaton, Agbriofg-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 3| miles from 
Hnddersfield, 9 from Wakefield. 

DR A UGHTON, in the parish of Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 31 miles from Skipton, 8 from Keighley, 
12 from Otley.— Pop. 279. 

DM AX, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 4 miles 
from Snaith, 7 from Selby, 1 4 from Pontefract, 22 from York. — 
Pop. 370. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the 
deanry of the Ainsty, value, $4/. p. r. fSSl. Patron, the King. 

The Free Grammar School at Drax was founded in 1667, by Charles Read, 
Gentleman, of Darleton, in the county of Nottingham, who was born in this 
parish. He erected a school-house and dwelling for a master, as also six alms- 
houses, in the town and parish of Drax; and designed the same school-house 
for a free school and a master for ever, to teach the youth of the parish to read, 
write, aceompt, and also Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. The original endowment 
was 30/. per annum to the master, which yet remains the same, but an advance 
of salary is expected to take place. " If any of the boys be deemed fit for the 
University, they shall be sent to either Cambridge or Oxford." — Carlisle's 
Gram. Schools. 

DRAX, LONG, or LANGRICK, in the parish of Drax, wapentake 
of Barkston-Ash; 5 miles from Snaith, 8 from Selby, ll| from 
Pontefract.— Pop. 187. 

Philip de Tallevilla had here a Castle strongly fortified, who relying on 
the courage of hi3 men and store of arms and provisions, held out against 
King Stephen, bnt it was quickly taken and reduced by the King. — Gulielm. 
Newbrig£nsis. — William Pagnall, in the time of Henry I. at the instance of 
Thurstan, Archbishop of York, founded a Priory here for canons of the order 
of St. Austin, and dedicated it to St. Nicholas: valued, at the dissolution, 
]2\L I0s.3jd. Speed: 104/. 14s. 9d. Dugdale : — Not a vestige of this priory 
is now to be found, nor was there in Burton's time, without digging; and 
its site is onlv known by a farm-house in the township, bearing the name of 

DRAX-ABBEY, 5 miles from Snaith. 

DREBLEY, in the township of Barden, and parish of Skipton, east- 
division of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 10 from Pateley- 
bridsre. 

DPJGHLINGTON, in the parish pf Birstall, Morley-division of 
Agbri<r£ and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Bradford, 
7 from Leeds. — Pop. 1 .71 9. The Chapel of Ease here to Birstall, 
after having been built 30 years, was consecrated by the Arch- 
bishop of York in 1815. 

At Adwalton Moor, in this township, in the year 1643, a bloody battle 
was fought between the royalist troops under the Earl of Newcastle, and the 
Parliamentarian forces under Lord Fairfax and his son Sir Thomas, the latter 
of whom were attempting to relieve Bradford, then besieged by the King's 
Troops. After a most obstinate and %vell contested engagement, the troops under 
the Fairfaxes were defeated ; Lord Fairfax taking the road to Bradford with part 
of his scattered army, and Sir Thomas took towards Halifax with the other part; 
and joined his father at Bradford the next day. Lord Fairfax, the night follow- 
ing, retired to Leeds, to secure it ; and a few days afterwards, Sir Thomas, with 
hie officers and a handful of men, cut his way through the enemy, and retired to 
Leeds — Memoirs of Gen. Fairfax. 

The Free Grammar-School at Drighlington, owes its origin to the benevo- 
lence of James Margetson, Archbishop of Armagh, a native of this village, who 
having built a school here, but not having endowed the same in his rife-lime, by 
his Will, dated the 31st of May, 1678, gave all his lands, tenements, &c. in 

2 M 



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Drighiington sad Newhall, to his son, Robert Margetson, and Ms. heirs, fo nay 
yearly for ever towards the maintenance of the school, 601. out of the rents and 
profits of those lands, which King William and Queen Mary, by their letters 
patent, in 1691, granted — that Sir John Tempest, Bart, and other persons there- 
in named, shonld be a body corporate, by the name of " the Governors of the 
Free-School of James Margetson, late Lord-Archbishop of Armagh," with per- 
petual succession, and be able to receive the said yearly sum of 60L &c. <fec— 
The right of nominating the head master, was vested in the master and senior 
fellows of J?eterhouse, in. Cambridge. The number of governors being reduced 
to one— the snrvivor, in 1811, chose eight others ; since which, several regula- 
tions and ordinances conducive to the welfare of the institution have been made* 
The head master receives the whole of the 601. although originally only 40Z. the 
rest being paid to the Usher, 1 31. 6s. 8d> — English master, 61. L3s. 4d.~ Carlisle 

DRINGHOUSES, (AinstyJ in the parishes of St. Mary, Bishop- 
Hill the Elder; Hoiy-Trinity, Micklegate, York; and Acomb r 
liberty of St Peter ; 1 1 mile from York, 7| from Tadcaster, 1 5 
from Wetherby.— Pop. 156. Here is a Chapel of Ease, but no 
chapelry attached. 

This place in Domesday Book it is written Breng-houses, which Dren^es 
were Vassalli Militares. — Thoresby. 

DUDLEY-HILL, ham. in the township of Bowling, and parish of 
Bradford; 2 miles from Bradford. 

DUMPLING-CASTLE, /. h. in the township and parish of Tick- 
hill; 1| mile from Tickbill, 3£ from Bawtry. 

DUNGWORTH, in the township of Bradford, and parish of Eccies- 
field, upper-division of Strafforth andTickhiil; 6 miles from Shef- 
field, 9 from Rotherham, 10 from Penistone. 

DWKES WICK.— See Keswick, Dun. 

D UNKIRK, ham. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone, 
wapentake of Staincross ; 4 miles from Penistone. 

DUNNAH-HALL, /. h. in the township of Newton, and parish of 
Slaidbum, liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 

DUNNINGLEY, 2 or 3 /. L in the township of West-Ardsley, and 
parish of Woodkirk, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Wake- 
field and Dewsbury. 

DUNSCROFT, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Hatfield ; 3§ 
miles from Thome. 8 from Boncaster. 

At Dunscroft was a Cell to Roche-Abbey ; it now consists of farm houses. 
A Seal belonging to this cell, in the hand of Mr Warbarton, was engraved at the 
expence of the late Edward Howe Mores, Esq. P. A. S.— Nichols' Anecdotes. 

DU.NSFORTH, LOW, in the parish of A Id borough, upper-division 

of Claro ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Knaresbrough. , 

Pop. 1 1 5. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Mary, value, p. r. $35/. 10*. Patron, the Vicar of Aid- 
borough. 

DUNSFORTH, UPPER, in the parish of Aldborough, upper-divi- 
sion of Claro ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Knaresbrougb. 
Pop. including Branton- Green, 156, which being united, form a 
township, 

DUNSOP-BR1DGE, ham. in the township ofthe Forest of Bow-land, 
higher, and parish of Slaidburn ; 10 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 
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DYSON-COIT, /. h. in the township of Himself, and parish of 

Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. 
DYSON-HOLM, or COT P., /. k. in the township of Bradfield, and 

parish of Eeclesneld ; 6 miles from She&eld, 

E 

EADSFORD-BRIDGE, ham. m the township and parish of Mitton^ 
liberty of Stafcclin%; \\ mile from Clitheroe, {Lane.) 

EAREB Y, in the township and parish of Thornton, east-division of 
StainciifFe: 5 miles from Cohae, (Lane.) 7 from Skipton, 11 from 
Burnley. (.Lane.) 

Here is a School endowed in 1594, by Robert Hindle, Esq. with 20./. per 
annum, free for reading, for boys within the township and parish of Thornton. 

EASDIKE, (Airisty,) /. L in the township and parish of Wighill; 
1 mile from Tadcaster. 

EASINGTON, in the parish of Siaidburn. west-division of StainciifFe, 
liberty of Bo wland ; 12 miles from Settle, 21 from Skipton. Pop, 
501. 

EAST-BIERLEY, see Bierley, East. 

EASTS URN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Clifford's Fee; 2| miles from Keighley, 5% from Skip- 
ton, 10 from Colne. — Pop. included in Steeton. 

EASTBROOK-HOUSE, (the seat of Charles Harris, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Bradford ; the park adjoins to Bradford. 

EASTBY, in the township of Embsay-with-Eastby, and parish of 
Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford 's-Fee; 2§ 
miles from Skipton, 17 from Settle. — Pop. included in Embsay. 

EASTFIELD, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston ; 3 miles 
from Penistone. 

EASTFIELD, /. k. in the township and parish of Tickhiil; | mile 
from Tickhiil, 

This old mansion, (now much modernized) was formerly the residence pf 
the ancient family of the Eastfields, descendants of William Eastfield, Esq. who 
was Lord Mayor of London, in 13S6. " The Laughton family resided here for 
many years, but whether they held the estate by descent or purchase is uncer- 
tain. — Northern Star. 

EASTOFT, (a part in Lincolnshire) in the township of Haldenby, 
and parish of Adiingfleet, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of 
Pontefract; 7 miles from Howden and Ihorne, 7| from Crowle, 
(Line.) 

EASTWOOD, scattered houses, in the township of Stansfield, and 
parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 7| miles from Rochdale, 
(Lane.) 

EASTWOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs Sarak Walker) in the town- 
ship and parish of Rotheraam ; \ a mile from Rotherham. 

EASTWOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of William Sugdeh, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Keighley. 

EAVESTONE, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of 
Claro; 6 miles from Ripon, 10 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 73. 



276 WEST-RIDING. 

ECCLESALL-BIERLOWy in the parish of Sheffield, upper-divi- 
sion of Strafforth and Tickhill. liberty of Hallamshire; 3 miles 
from Sheffield, 11 from Chesterfield, (Derby S)— Pop. 9,113. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncasterj value, 
p. r. f 1 J 0/. Patron, the Vicar of Sheffield. 

ECCLES FIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 4| miles from Sheffield, 7 from 
Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley, 48 from York. — Pop. 7,163. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of 
Doncaster, value, 19/. 3,?. 4d. p. r. 150/. Patron, the Duke of 
Norfolk. 

It is a very extsnsive parish, the village of which lies due north of Sheffield ; 
and although all the Nails manufactured in Hallamshire are made in this parish, 
and it produces both coal and iroa-stone, yet still the general character is ra- 
ther that of an agricultural than a manufacturing district. In the village of 
Ecclesfield, very soon after the conquest, a religious house Mae erected, de- 
pendant on the foreign monastery of St. Wandrille. It was under the superin- 
tendent of a Priory ; but of its founders we are ignorant. — Hunter's Hallamsh ire. 
William the Conqueror gave this parish to Roger de Busli, one of his cap- 
tains, from whose posterity it passed through the families of De Loveiot, Vipont„ 
Furnival, NevH, Talbot, and lastlv, to the noble family of Howard. 

ECCLESHILL, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-di vision of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 2| miles from Bradford, 
7 from Otley.— Pop. 2,176. 

ECCUP, in the township of Addle-with-Eccup, and parish of Addle, 
upper-division of Skirack ; 3 miles from Harewood, 5§ from 
Leeds, 8 from Otley. — Pop. included m Addle. 

ECKLANDS, ham in the township of Thurstone, and parish of Penis- 
tone, wapentake of Staincross ; 2 miles from Penistone. 

EDDERCLIFFE, ham. in the township of Liversedge, and parish 
of Birstall ; 7 miles from Bradford, 10 from Wakefield, 

EDEN, ham. in the township of Sutton, and parish of Kiidwick, 
east-division of Stainelifie ; 4 miles from Keighley. 

EDGE, or EDGE-END, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, 
and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. 

EDGENOOK, public-house, in the township of Hartwith, and parish 
of Kirkbymalzeard ; 4 miles from Pateleybridge. 

EDGERTON, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield, li- 
"" berty of Pontefract ; 6| miles from Huddersfield. 

EDLJNGTON, a parish town, in the upper-division of StraiTorth and 
Tickhill; 4 1 miles from Doncaster, 8§ from Rotherham, 4i fron 
York. — Pop. 141. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter 
in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £9/. p. r. 130/. Patron, Lort 
Molesworth. 

Here are some remains of an ancient residence, supposed, by Mr Beckwiti 
to be that of Athlane, the Dane, the place being originally called Athlane towr 

EGBROUGH, HIGH, in the parish of Kellington, wapentake o 
Osgoldeross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Snaith, '8 frot 
Pontefract. — Pop. 215. 

EGBROUGH, LOW, in the township of High-Egbrough, and j, 
rish of Kellington; 6 miles from Snaith, 81 from Pontefract. 



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ELLAND, or EALAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division 
of Agbrig'g' and Morle} r , liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Hali- 
fax, 5 from Huddersfield, 15 from Leeds. — Pop. including Greet- 
land, 5,088, which being united, form a township. The Church is 
a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p. r. 130/. 13s. 
Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. 

A Charter of 10th Edward II. (now lost) was granted at the request of John 
do Warren, Earl of Warren and Surry, to John de Elland, for a free market on 
Tuesday at his Manor of Elland, and two fairs. The market, has for genera- 
tions been discontinued, hutin Watson's time "a small market-place and cross 
Mere remaining-, and tolls taken by the lord's steward, when any thing was of- 
fered for sale in the streets." Elland now only ranks as second in the parish to 
Halifax. On the north side of the Calder is the remains of Elland Hall, for 
many generations, the seat of a knightly family of that name, and is memorable 
on account of the tragical scenes that took place between that family and the 
Beaumouts, in the reign oi Edward III. The result of this quarrel was the to- 
tal extinction of the name of Elland: full particulars of which, with an ancient 
ballad written on the occasion, is to be seen in IFiatson's History cf Halifax. 
ELLAND-EDGE, ham. in the township of Elland-with-Greetland, 

and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax. 
ELDWICK, and ELD WICK-HALL, in the township and parish 

ofBingley, upper-division of Skirack ; 4 miles from Keighley. 
ELLENTHORPE, /. k. in the township of Paythorn, and parish of 

Gisburn; 1 \ mile from Gisburn. 
ELLERKER, /. h. in the township of Great-Timble, and parish of 

Fewston ; 6 miles from Otley. 
ELLIOTT-HOUSE, (the seat of John Elliott, Esq.) in the township 

and parish of Ripon ; \ mile from Ripon. 
ELM-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, 3 

miles from Sheffield ; 1\ from Rotherham. 
ELM HURST, /. h. in the township of Cawthorne, and parish of 

Silkstone ; 2 miles from Penistone. 
ELMSALL, NORTH, in the parish of South-Kirkby, wapentake of 
Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (Elmsall-Lodge, the seat of 
Charles Ckolmley. Esq.) 7 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Doncaster 
and Barnsley, 11 from Wakefield. — Pop. 113. 
ELMSALL, SOUTH, in the parish of South-Kirkby, wapentake of 
Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Doncaster, 
Barnslev, and Pontefract, 11| from Wakefield. — Pop. 453. 
ELPHLEBROUGH-HALL, s. k. in the township of Erringden, 

and parish of Halifax ; 6 miles from Halifax. 
ELSEKER, in the township of Brampton- Bierlow, and parish of 
Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5\ 
miles from Barnsley, 6| from Rgtberham, 10 from Sheffield. 
ELSLACK, in the township of Broughton-with-Elslack, and parish of 
Broughton, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 
4 miles from Skipton, 8 from Colne, {Lane.) 12 from Keighley. — 
Pop. included in Broughton. 

" At Elslack," saith Dodsworth, " is a close whereon stood a castle, calie< 
Burwen Castle." The manor formerly belonged to the Malhams, at the disper 
sion of whose estates, it was purchased by the Benson family. It is now th 
property of James Fox, of Brairtham Park, Esq. [n the 12th of Edward II. 



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Godfrey de Altaripa had license to kernel and embattle his house here, but of 
which there are now no appearances. The dungeon has disappeared and is for- 
gotten. The manor and principal estate passed through the Altaripas and Rad- 
cliffes, to theMalhants. — Whitaher^s Craven. 
EMBSAY, in the parish of Skipton, east-division of Stainciiffe, li- 
berty of Clifford 's-Fee; 1| mile from Skipton, 16 from Settle. — 
Pop. including Eastby, 861, which being united, form a township. 
In the year 1121, William de Meschines and Cecilia his wife, founded a 
JPriory here for Canons regular, which was dedicated to St. Cuthbert and St. 
Mary : It continued about 33 years, and was then translated to Bolton— Bur- 
ton — Whitaker. t( Embsay Kirk, during 30 years the site of the Priory, is 
now (1812) the property of William Baynes, Esq. who has erected an excellent 
house on the spot ; in digging the foundations for which, many relics of antient 
interments, &c. were discovered. It seems to stand in the middle of the cloister- 
yard; for when the late occupier, who finished the grounds, began to level a 
• few yards north from the house, the foundations of the priory church were dis- 
covered."— Whitaker. It is now the property of Mr. Preston, of Skipton, by 
marriage of a daughter of the late Mr. Baynes. 
EMLEY, a parish-town in Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Mor- 
ley, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from KuddersneJd ; 8 § from 
Wakefield, 9 from Barnsley, 36 from York.— Pop. 1,351. The 
Church is a rectory in charge, dedicated to St. Michael, in the 
deanry of Pontefract. value, 14/. 6s. 7|d. Patron, the Hon. and 
Rev. J. Lumley Savilie. 

Here is a public school built by a Mr. Wigglesworth, to the master of which, 
The Hon. and Rev. J. L. Savilie, gives 8/. per annum, likewise 10/. per annum 
is payable out of a close, called Honle.y-Wood, in Flockton. 
EMLEY-LODGE, /. L in the township and parish of Emley ; 7 

miles from Hodderslield. 
ENDCLI.FFE-HALL, (the seat of William Ho&sdn, Esq.) in the 
township of Nether-Hallara, and parish of Sheffield ; 2 miles from 
Sheffield. 
ERRINGDEN, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley. liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Halifax, 10 from 
Rochdale, (Lane.) 14 from Huddersiield.— Pop. 1,471. 
ESHOLTy in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skirack, li- 
berty of Cawood,. Wistow and Otley ; (Esholt-Hali, the seat of 
Joshua Crompton, Esq.) 5 miles from Bradford and Otley, 9 from 
Leeds. — Pop. 355. 

Here was a priory of about six Cistercian nuns, founded by Simon de Ward, 
about the middle of the 12th century, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Leonard. 
This priory fell with the small houses, and was valued at 13/. 05. 4c?. Dugoale. 
19/. 8d. Speeo. The site was granted in I. Edward 6, 1547, to Henry Thompson, 
ancestor of those families of the Thompsons, now living in and near York. The 
estate was afterwards transferred to the house of Calverley, by the marriage of 
Frances, daughter and heiress of Henry Thompson, esq. with Sir Walter Cal- 
verley. His son, Sir Walter Calverley, Bart, built on the site, in, the early part 
of the las* century, a very magnificent house, called Esholt priory, or hall. 
About 17S4-5", this house and furniture were sold to Robert Stansfield, Esq. of 
Bradford, in the lifte of whose collateral descendants it has passed to the pre- 
sent proprietor, Joshua CVompton, Esq. of Derby, he having married Ann Ma- 
ria, the third daughter of Wm. Rookes, of Roydes Hall, Esq. by Ann his wife, 
the heiress of Robert Sfansfield. A few pointed arches in some of ihe offices 
alone remain to attest that a religious' ho use once occupied the site. — Bukton. — 
Whitae-eu. ■ 
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ofStaincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; (Eshton- Hall, the seat of 
Matthew Wilson, Esq.) 2 miles from Gargrave, 5 from Skipton, 
12 from Kettlewell.— Pop. 69. 

Near Eshton Hall is a Well, called St. Helen's Well, which fills at its 
source a circular basin twenty feet in circumference, from the whole bottom of 
which it boils up, vrithout any visible augmentation in th? wettest season, or 
diminution in the driest. In hot weather the exhalations from its surface are 
very conspicuous .. But the most remarkable thing about this spring is, that, 
with no petrifying quality in its own basin, after a course of about 200 yards 
over a common" pebbly channel, with no visible accession from any other course, 
it is precipitated down a steep descent into the brook, where it petrifies strongly. 
In 1551, the manor of Eshton was conveyed by Henry Marton and Launce- 
lot his son, to George, Earl of Cumberland. In 1597 or 8, George, Earl of 
Cumberland, mortgaged this manor to Robert Bindloss, of Berwick Hall, for 
20007. with a clause, that upon non-payment of that sum in five years, the pnr- 
chace should be absolute : it never was redeemed, and the Bindlosses held Esh- 
ton till, the year 164S, when it was once more sold to Mr John Wilson, of 
Threshfield, ancestor of the present possessors.— Whitaker's Craven. 
ESSINGTON, a township in the parish of Slaidburn, west-division of 
the wapentake and liberty of Staincliffe ; 7 miles from Clitheroe, 
(Lane.) 9 from Gisburn. 
ETHERTHORPE, 4 /. h. in the township and parish of Barfield, 
lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 4| miles from Barnsley. 
EWCROSS, a wapentake, situated in the northernmost part of this 
Riding:, having Westmorland for its western and northern boundary, 
while Hang-West, (N. R.) with Staincliffe, bounds it on the east ; 
and Staincliffe alone on the south. It is a mountainous district, 
and in which are situated, the major- part of those curiosities in na- 
ture, known by the name of " the Caves in Craven;'" several ac- 
counts, as well as views of which, are now before the public— 
Ewcross contains 1 1 townships, 5 of which are parishes, 2,249 in- 
habited-houses, and 11,614 inhabitants. 

Staincliffe ?nd Ewcross are treated in this work as two distinct wapentakes ; 
and though only two Chief Constables are at present appointed, yet it seems 
that there were formerly three, viz. two for Staincliffe, and one for Ewcross, as 
appears from the Estreat Book of the year, 1776, 
E WOOD-HALL, s. k. in the township of Midgley, and parish of 
Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5\ miles from Halifax, 13 from 
Keighley. 

This ancient mansion of the Farrars has been, for many years, used as a 
seminary for young gentlemen, and was for nearly half a century, conducted by 
the late Eh-. Fawcett, and at present by his son. 

At this place, in all probability, was born, Robert Farrar, an English mar- 
tyr, and Bishop of St. David's, in the 16th century. He became a canon re- 
gular, of the order of St. Austin, but in what priory or abbey is uncertain, and 
studied at Cambridge and Oxford; but on embracing the doctrines of the refor- 
mation, he was made chaplain to Archbishop Cranmer, after whose example he 
took a wife. In 1548 he was consecrated Bishop of St. Davids, but not being 
able to pay the first fruits and tenths, he was imprisoned. In the reign of Mary, he 
was brought before Gardiner, on a charge of heresy, and condemned io the 
flames ; which sentence was executed at Caermarthen, March 30, 1555. — Biog. 
Diet. — Watson's Halifax. — Fox. 
EXA, s. h. in the township of Bashalleaves and parish of Mitton ; 

5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 13 from Gisburn. 
EXLEY, ham. in the township of Southowram, and parish of Ha- 
lifax j 2 j miles from Halifax, 5 \ from Huddersfield. 



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EXLE Y-GATE, / h. in the township of Denby, and parish of Pe~ 

nistone, 4| miles from Penistone. 
EXLEY-HEAD, 3 or 4/. A. in the township and parish of Keigh- 

ley, liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 mile from Keighiey . 

F 

FAIRBURN, in the parish of Ledsham, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 § miles from Ferrybridge, 4 from 
Pontefract, 6| from Abberford ; 1 1 from Selby. — Pop. 426. 

A Tunnel upwards of 300 yards in length is about to be driven under this 
village, situated on the Banks of the Aire, to communicate with a Canal, to 
facilitate the Lime Works of Lord Palmerston. 

FAIRWEATHER-GREEN, ham. in the township of Allerton, 
and parish of Bradford; \\ mile from Bradford, 7 from Halifax. 

FALDRING, /. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eccles- 
field ; 5 miles from Sheffield. 

FALL-HEAD, /. k. in the township and parish of Silkstone, 3| 
miles from Barnsley. 

FALL-HOUSE, ham. in the township of Whitley, and parishes of 
Kirkheaton and Thornhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Mor- 
ley ; 3 miles from Dewsbnry, 7 from Wakefield. 

FARFIELD-HALL, (the seat of Wm. Cunliffe, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Addringham ; 5 miles from Skipton, 7 from 
Keighiey. 

FARF1ELD, ham. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and pa- 
rish of Sheffield; 1 mile from Sheffield. 

FARM, (the seat of John Houseman, Esq.) in the township and pa- 
rish of Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. 

FAR, or BURN-CROSS, ham. in the township and parish of Eccles- 
field ; 7 miles from Sheffield and Barnsley, 8 from Rotherham. 

FARNHAM, a parish town, in the lower division of Claro, liberty 
of Knaresbrough; 21 miles from Knaresbrough, 5\ from Bo- 
roughbridge, 7 from Ripon, 20 from York. — Pop. 141. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge. 
diocese of Chester, value 61. 12s. \d. p. r. 321. Patrons, the Heirs 
of the late Col. Harvey, and James Collings, Esq. 

FARNHILL, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Clifford's- Fee; i\ miles from Skipton, b\ from Keighiey. 
Pop. including Cononley, 1,350, which being united, form a 
township. 

FARNLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Moriey-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; {the seat of Edward 
Jrmitage, Esq.) 4 miles from Leeds, 7 from Bradford.— Pop. 1,332. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, value p. r. 1 221. 6s. Patron, the 

Vicar of Leeds. 

Here Sir Win. Harrington, 5th Henry V. obtained license to found a chan* 

' try for a priest to celebrate divine service daily. By the survey under Hen. 

VIII. in 1545 it was returned at UL.lOs.M. This lordship anciently belonged 

to Sir Sohn Danville, and passed, by marriage into the family of the Nevilles : 

from whom it descended to the Harringtons, Langtons, and Danbys. Faraley 



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Hall was erected, as appears from an inscription on the front, in 1586, by Sir 
Thomas Danby, Knt. — Thoresby. The manor and estate, after remaining in 
the family of Danby for six centuries, was sold in 1799 by Wm. Danby, E9q. of 
Swiuton,"near Masham, to Mr. James Armitage, merchant of Leeds. 

After the battle of Marston Moor, in 1644, a party of flying cavaliers took 
po9t in the wood, near this place, where they remained some time. A particular 
account of what passed during their stay, may be seen in " The Memoirs of a 
Cavalier," written by one of the party. 

In 1663, an insurrection took place in this county, upon the reforming- 
principles, the chief rendezvous of the party being in Faraley-Wood, it obtained 
the name of " Farnley Wood Plot." Their pretences for rebellion were to re- 
deem themselves from the excise, and all subsidies; to re-establish a Gospel 
Magistracy and Ministry, to reform all orders, especially Lawyers and Clergy* 
men; but the time and place of rendezvous being known, a body of troops was 
sent against them, who seized on several of them, of which twenty-one were 
convicted and executed. — Drake, 
FARNLEY, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro, liberty 
of Cawood, Wistovv, and Otley ; (Farnley Hall, the seat of Walter 
Fawkes, Esq.) 2 miles from Otley, 10 from Ripley, 11 from 
Knaresbrough. — Pop. 172. The small antique Chapel is a per- 
petual curacy, under Otley. p. r. f38/. Here is no Burial Ground, 
Farnley Hall stands on a lofty brow, commanding noble views up and down 
the vale of Wharf, with the planted ridge of Chevinin front. Attached to the old 
mansion of Queen Elizabeth's time is a magnificent modern house, built by the 
late proprietor,, soon alter he became possessed of the estate. — Farnley has been 
distinguished b> the residence of its lords from the earliest times on record. 
These, from the origin of local sirnames, bore the name of d« Fameley ; but 
Falcasius de Farneley, temp. Hen. III. had a son, who adopting the patronymick 
Faleasii, or in his own dialect Fawke9, i. e. son of Fawkes, transmitted that ap~ 
pellation to his posterity. — fVhitaker's Loidiset Elmete. 
FARNLEY- MOORS IDE, in the township of Farnley, and parisk 
of Leeds, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley ; i>\ miles from 
Leeds, 6 from Bradford. 
FARNLEY-TYAS, in the parish of Almondbu-ry, Agbrigg division 
of Agbriggand Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Hud- 
dersfield, 9| from Penistone, 13 from Wakefield. — Pop. 900. 
FARSLEY, in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and parish of 
Calverley. Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pon- 
tefract ; 3| miles from Bradford, 6£ from Leeds. — Pop. included 
in Calverley. 
FARTOWN, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield; 
(Flash House, the seat of Benjamin Shires, Esq.) 1| mile from 
Huddersfield, 7\ from Halifax. 
FAULFITT, /. h. in the township of Stainbrough, and parish of 

Silkstone : 3 1 miles from Penistone. 
FA WEATHER, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; 3 

miles from Bingley, 5 from Bradford. 
FEARNLEY, HIGH, ham, in the township ofWike, and parish 

ofBirstall, 4| miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax. 
FEARNE-LEE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) 3 miles from Dobcross, 10 from Rochdale. 
FEATHERSTONE, a parish town, in the wapentake of Osgcld- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Pontefract, 4 fron* 
Ferrybridge, 7 from Wakefield, 25 from York.— Pop. 337, The 

2n 



282 WEST-RIDING. 

Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of 
Pontefract, value %5l. 8s. 6d. Patrons, Dean and Canons of Christ 
Church, Oxford. 

FELKIRK, /. h. and a parish, in the township of South-Hiendly, 
wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from 
Barnsley, 6§ from Wakefield, 9 from Pontefract, 33 from York. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of 
Doncaster, value 71. Is. Wid. p. r. 140/. Patron, Archbishop of 
York. 

FELLBECK, ham. in the township of High and Low Bishopside, 
parish and liberty of Ripon ; 3 miles from Pateleybridge. 

FELLISCLIFFE, in the parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of 
Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 4 miles from Ripley, 7 from 
Knaresbrough. — Pop. 382. 

FELL-LANE, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty 
of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Keighley. 

FENAY-HALL. 5. h. in the township and parish of Almondbnry 2| 
miles from Huddersfield- 

FENAY-LODGE, (the seat of John Brook, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Almondbury ; 2 miles from Huddersfield 

FEN AY-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of 
Kirkheaton. 

FENCE-END, (the seat of the Rev. William Atkinson Wasney) in 
the township and parish of Thornton ; 5i miles from Skipton. 

FENTON, CHURCH, or KIRK, a parish town, in the wapentake 
of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract ; 5 miles 
from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby, 12 from Pontefract and York. — 
Pop. 416. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of 
the Ainsty, value %5l. p. r. f 1 201. Patron, the Prebendary of Fenton. 

FENTON, LITTLE, or SOUTH, in the parish of Church- Fenton, 
wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter, and Pontefract ; 
6 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby. 11 from Pontefract. — 
Pop. 113. 

FEN WICK, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 
8 miles from Doncaster, 1 1'from Pontefract. — Pop. 295. 

FERHAM, (the seat of Henry Hartop, Esq.) in the township of 
Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham ; 1 mile from Rotherham. 

FERRENSB Y, in the parish of Farnham, lower-division of Claro ; 
2| miles from Knaresbrough, 4| from Boroughbridge. — -Pop. 110. 

FERRYBRIDGE, a post-town, in the township of Ferry-Fryston, 
and parishes of Ferry-Fryston and Pontefract, wapentake of Bark- 
ston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Pontefract, 9 from 
Abberford, 1 1 from Snaith and Selby, 12 from Tadcaster, 15 from 
Doncaster and Leeds, 21 from York, 177 from London. — Prin- 
cipal Inns, Angel, Greyhound, and Swan. 

. This is a neat well built village, situated on the Banks of the Aire, over 
which is a handsome stone bridge. The possession of this Pass occasioned a se- 
vere conflict between the armies of the Houses of York and Lancaster. In the 
neighbourhood, human skeletons, ancient armour, and other relics of war, have 
frequently been found. , 



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FERRY-HOUSE, in the township of Airmin, and parish of Snaith, 
wapentake of Osgoldcross ; 4 miles from Snaith, 6 from Hovvden. 
Inn and Farm House. 
FERRY-FRYSTON, a parish town in the wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberties of St. Peter, and Pontefract; 1 mile from Ferry- 
bridge, 2 from Pontefract, 15 from Doncaster, 22 from York. — 
Pop. 777. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in 
the deanry of Pontefract, value £5/. 19s. 2d. p. r. *1J3/. 8s. lOd. 
Patrons, Succentar and Vicars Choral of York. 

On the 23rd of March, 1822, a massive and curious piece of antiquity was 
discovered at Fryston, near Ferrybridge. As two labourers were digging ground 
for liquorice, in a field called the Paper Mill Field, on the Fryston-Hall estate, 
in the possession of James Brook, they penetrated to a mass of stone, only 
about eleven inches below the surface, which, on being cleared, proved to be an 
ancient coffin of undressed stone, without inscription. The lid projected over 
the sides about two inches, and on being raised in the centre, presented a com- 
plete skeleton, of large dimensions, in a high state of preservation. The skull 
was placed between the thigh bones, and the occupant of this narrow mansion, 
who had, probably, in his day filled a considerable space in society, had evidently 
suffered decapitation. In the place where the head would have lain in an un- 
mutilated body, was a stone. The teeth were all perfect, and the bones 
those of a strong athletic man, cut off, apparently, in the meridian of life, and 
when the coffin was opened they were all entire ; but immediately on being ex- 
posed to the air, the ribs fell in. Nothing remains of the flesh, but some hard 
white chalky substances. The coffin is of the dimensions of six feet five inches 
in length, and nineteen inches in width within, with sides about six inches 
thick; it has been cut out of the solid stone, and is supposed to weigh about a 
ton and a half. The place where these relics were found, is about a mile and a 
quarter from Ferrybridge, in a valley near the road leading to Castleford ; and 
the prevailing opinion is, that these are the remains of Thomas Earl of Lancas- 
ter, the unfortunate leader of the insurgent barons, in the battle of Boroughbridge, 
fought in the year 1321, and who was beheaded at Pontefract, by order of his 
Nephew, Edward. The coffin and remains, which have attracted a gi-eat deal of 
public attention, are now removed to Fryston- Hall. — Leeds Mercury. 
In the same township and parish is 
FRYSTON-HALL, the seat of Mrs Milnes. 

FEWSTON, a parish town, in the lower-division of Claro ; 7 miles 
from Otley, 1 1 from Knaresbrough, 14| from Ski pton, 29 from 
York. — Pop. 610. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value £67. 13s. Ad. 
p. r. tl 13/. Patron, the King. 
FIELD-HEAD, {the seat of H. W. Oaies, Fsq.) in the township of 

Horton, and parish of Bradford ; 1 mile from Bradford. 
FIELD-HEAD, /. h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of 

Halifax ; 10 miles from Halifax. 
FIELD-HOUSE, {the seat of Robert Stansfield, Esq.) in the township 
of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax, 1\ from 
Huddersfield. 
FIEZER, in the parish of Clapham, wapentake of Ewcross; 4 miles 
from Settle, 13 from Kirby-Lonsdale. 

One circumstance with respect to this village deserves to be mentioned. — 
Often houses in this place, seven are always in the township of Lawkland, and 
parish of Clapham; one is always in the parish of Giggleswick; and the re- 
maining two, one year within Clapham, and the next within Giggleswick. — The 
inhabitants have seats in both churches, and resort to them alternately, and 



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pay corn-tythe to the Rectors, and Easter-dues to the Vicars of the two churches 
. alternately ; but all pay their assessed taxes' to Stainforth. — JVhitaker y s Hist. 

of Craven* 
F1NKLEY-STREET, s. k. in the township of Wortley, and parish 

of Tankersley ; 5 miles from Penistone, 8 from Sheffield. 
FINNING LEY-PARK, {the seat of John Harvey, Esq. occupied by 
George Broderick, Esq.) in the township of Austerfield ; 3 miles 
from Bawtry. 

Mr Harvey lately erected, in the centre of the adjacent wood, n curious 
and elegant cottage, where he occasionally resides. The village of Finningley 
is in Nottinghamshire, but the house, and part of the park, with the cottage, are 
in Yorkshire. Some few years ago the head of a Roman spear, and other curio- 
sities were fcund near Mr Harvey's mansion. 
FINTHORPE, (the seat of Richard Clay, Esq.) m the township and 

parish of Aldmondbury ; 2| miles from Huddersfield. 
FIRBECK, a parish-town, in the upper-division of St*-afforth and 
Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tiekhill ; (Firbeck-HaU, the seat 
of John Gcdly Knight. Esq.) 4 miles from Tickhill. 6 from Worksop, 
(Notts.) 7 1 from Bawtry, 11 from Rotherham, 44 from York. — 
Pop. 226. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 411. Patron, the 
Chancellor of St. Peter's, York. This church was rebuilt on the 
site of the old one, in 1820—1, by Mrs Gaily Knight. 
FISHLAKE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill ; 2 miles from Thome, 8 from Snaith and Doncaster, 34 
from York.— Pop. 723. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 13/. 3s. 9d. p. r. 
f67l. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. 
FIXBY, in the parish of Halifax, Morley -division of Agbrigg and 
JMorley, liberty of Wakefield; (Fixby-Hcdf, the seat of Thomas 

Thornhill, Esq.) 2| miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. 

Pop. 345. 
FLASBY, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division of the wapentake 
of Staincliffe; (Flasby-Hall, the seat of Cooper Preston, Esq.) 2\ 
miles from Gargrave, 6 from Skipton, 1 1 from Kettleweil. — Pop. 
including Winterburn, 134, which being united, form a township. 
FLASH-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of 

Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. 
FLAXBY, in the parish of Goldsbrough, upper-division of Claro ; 
3 miles from Knaresbrough, 6 from Boroughbridge, 6| from 
Wetherby.— Pop. 78. 

At Flaxby is a school for boys and girls of the township, but by whom founded 
is not known. Lord Stourton, and the Rector of Goldsbrough, have always 
acted as Trustees. — It is endowed with a small estate at Norwood, in the parish 
of Fewston, of 15 acres, and an old house, in ruins. Rent 15/. JO*. Qd. per ann. 
— Heport of Commissioners. 
FLOCKTON, NETHER, in the parish of Thomhill, Agbrigg-divi- 
sion of Agbrigg and Moriey, liberty of Wakefield ; (Flockton-Hall, 
the residence of George Horseington, Esq.) 6| miles from Hudders- 
field. 74 from Wakefield, 10| from Barasley.~Pop. 988. The 
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p. r, 110/. Patrons, the Earl of Scarborough, Sir John Lister 
Kaye, Bart Col. Wortley, Col. Beaumont, and R. Milnes, Esq. 

FLOCKTON, OVER, in the township of Flockton ; 6| miles from 
Wakefield, 7 from Huddersfield. 

FOCKERBY, or FOCCARBY, in the parish of Adlingfleet, wa- 
pentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Crowle, 
(Line.) 9 from Howden, 16| from Snaith. — Pop. 106. 

FOLDBY, or FOULBY, ham. in the township of Sharlestone, and 
parish of Wragby, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract 
and Wakefield. 

FOLDS. /. h. in the township and parish of Tickhill, liberty of Tick- 
hill ; 1 \ mile from Tickhill. 

FOLLYFOOT, in the parish of Spoiforth, upper-division of Claro; 
3 miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Wetherby. — Pop. 293. 

FOALSTONE, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Hud- 
dersfield, 81 from Penistone. — Fairs, Monday before Feb. 28, and 
first Wednesday after Nov. 14. — Pop. 1,264. 

FOREST-BECKS, ham. in the township of Bolton, and parish of 
Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Gisbum and Clitheroe. 

FOSTER-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of fa&hlake; 
2 \ miles from Thorne, 7 from Snaitb. 

FOWGILL, ham. in the township and parish of Low-Bentham ; 11 
miles from Settle, and Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 

FOUNTAIN'S-ABBEY, in'the townshipof Markington, and parish 
of Ripon; 3f miles from Ripon. 

The awful remains of this ancient Abbey fill the midway of a deep Vale, 
through which flows the brook called Skell, and the high hills on either side, 
clothed with lofty trees, and varied with scar?, slope gently to the brook. 

" In these deep solitudes and awful cells, 

u Where heavenly pensive contemplation dwells." 

In 1 132, certain Benedictine Monks at Saint Mary's, in York, displeased 
with relaxation of discipline in their Convent, and disgusted with the luxury of 
their life, resolved to migrate where monastic manners were practised with 
more severity, and determined to embrace the rules of Cistercian Monks at 
Rivaulx, and applied for that purpose to Thurston, Archbishop of York, 
whom they requested to favour their designs. The Prelate, with many of the 
Clergy, went to St. Mary's, where they found the Abbot and his attendants pre- 
paring to oppose his resolutions, and threatened to punish the discontented 
Monks. He was refused admittance into the Chapter-house, when a riot en- 
sued, and the Prelate having interdicted the Abbot and Monks, left the Monas- 
tery, taking under his protection, the Prior, Sub-prior, and eleven Monks, who 
withdrew from the Convent, and were entertained by the Archbishop for eleven 
weeks. During this time the Abbot made frequent complaints to the King, 
Bishops, and Abbots, against the Archbishop for depriving him of part of his 
flock. — At Christmas, Thurston gave them a place, then called Skeldale, for 
their residence, the receptacle for wild beasts, and overgrown with wood and 
brambles ; he also gave them the village of Sutton. During part of the winter, 
a large elm tree was their only shelter; they afterwards retired under the me- 
lancholy shade of seven yew trees, growing near where the Abbey now stands. 
One of them was blown down iu 1757, the other six are now standing. They 
are of great magnitude, the largest being 20 feet in circumference within three 
feet from the ground. Under these, it should seem, they resided till the Mo- 
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which proportionably increased their distress, and rendered their poverty still 
more severe ; for in vain] did the Abbot solicit relief, as famine, that year, had 
extended all over the country, and the leaves of trees and herbs, except a small 
supply from the Archbishop, were their only food. Soon after Eustace Fitz- 
John, Lord of Knaresbrough, supplied them with a cart load of bread. For more 
thaa two years they laboured under every hardship poverty could inflict, till 
Hugh, Dean of York, who was very rich, labouring under a disease likely to 
prove fatal, resolved to end his days among them. For this purpose he removed 
to the Abbey, and devoted his riches to charity, the building of the Monastery, 
and uses of the house. 

In 1140, the building had considerably increased, when, in the war be- 
tween Stephen and his competitor, a party ef soldiers, at the instance of William, 
Archbishop of York, came here and burnt the Monastery. 

In 1204, John de Eborac, Abbot, laid the foundation of the Church. His 
successor, John de Pherd carried on the work with spirit, and John of Kent, the 
next Abbot, is supposed to have completed the building. But the great Tower, 
it should seem, from the style of the architecture, was either built or heightened 
subsequent to the death of John of Kent, in 1 245. 

Profusion of wealth, many grants and privileges now poured in upon them, 
but extravagance, the too general attendant on wealth, proved, not long after, 
the cause of much concern and affliction to the Monks, for in 1294, they became 
in want of necessaries, which Romain, then Archbishop of York, attributed to 
their flagrant dissolute conduct. In times long subsequent, this Abbey became 
more opulent, and consequently more powerful than any in this county, for, at 
the dissolution, its revenues were estimated, according to Burton, at 1125/. 18s. 
1^| _Dugoai,e, 998/. 05. 8|c?.— Speed, 1073/. 0*. *i\d. 

At that time their plate was valued at 708/. 5s. 9d. they also had in pos- 
session 2356 horned cattle, 1326 sheep, 86 horses, 79 swine, 117 quarters of 
wheat, 12 of rye, 134 of oats, 392 loads of hay : In their granary were 18 quar- 
ters of wheat, 18 of rye, 90 of barley and malt, and 2 of oats. — Burton. 

The architecture is mixed, in some parts are seen the sharp pointed win- 
dows, in others the circular arches. The great east window is magnificently 
«rand, and the arch much pointed. There has, it is supposed, been a central 
tower, long since fallen into decay. At the top of the north corner window of 
the Sanctum Sanctorum, is the figure of an Angel holding a scroll, on which is 
the date 1283. 

These monastic remains are deservedly considered the most magnificent 
and interesting that our country, rich in these venerable and admired works of 
antiquity, retains from the wreck of the general dissolution. So great was the 
extent of this magnificent institution, that when entire, it is said to have occu- 
pied nearly twelve acres of ground ; and such the ravages it sustained, that the 
buildings now cover little more than a sixth part of that space ; yet, with every 
devastation, it is far more extensive, and incomparably more perfect than any 
other. Besides the church, whose beauty and grandeur need no comment, and 
which are aided by the lofty, and nearly perfect tower, standing at the end of the 
north transept, the numerous buildings connected with it, appear in a state of 
preservation unequalled by any other. Among these the two Cloisters, the 
Chapter-house, the Refectory, the Dormitory, and the Kitchen are the princi- 
pal ; and connected with the south-west extremity of the great Cloister are some 
very interesting ruins of buildings : among which are distributed many ruins of 
walls and vaults — not to mention the gate, the mill, the bridge, and numerous 
other distant and distinct objects. No part is now pulled down to give space, 
and none rebuilt to obtain uniformity ; and the present worthy owner is solici- 
tous only to preserve it from wanton injury. As it was left to her, so it stands 
every storm and tempest; and this amiable lady's admiration of antiquity is 
evinced in the improvements which have recently taken place. 
FOUNTAIN'S-EARTH, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower- 
division ofClaro. — Pop. 441. This township is situated on the 
nortlT-side of the river Nidd, and extends from the top of Nidder 
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FOUNTAIN'S-HALL, in the township of Markington, and parish 
of Ripon ; 3| miles from Ripon. 

Oa the dissolution of religious houses, Sir Richard Gresham purchased 
Fountains-Abbey of the King, with the part of the lands belonging to it, the site 
of Swine- Abbey and the Monastery of Nunkeeling, with their bells, for 1163Z. 
Sir Richard sold Fountains, with some of the lands, to Sir Stephen Proctor, 
Mho built Fountains- Hall out of its ruins. It was formerly the habitation of the 
Messengers, one of whose ancestors married a daughter of Sir Stephen. — Burtox. 
John Messenger, Esq. sold it in 1726, to William Aislabie, Esq. 

FOX-HALL, /. h. in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of 
Darton ; 4| miles from Barnsley. 

FOXUP, ham. in the township of Hal ton-Gill, and parish of Arne- 
cliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 10 miles from Settle and Kettlewell. 

FRICKLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Frickley-with- 
Clayton. liberty of Pontefract ; (Frickley-Hall, the seat of Richard 
Kennet Dawson, Esq.) 7 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Barnsley, 
13| from Wakefield. — Pop. included in Clayton. The Church, 
styled Frickley-with-Clayton, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to 
All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 120/. Patron, 
Saint Andrew Warde, Esq, 

FRIER HEAD, /. h. in the township of Winterburne, and parish of 
Gargrave, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6| miles from Skipton. 

FRIERMERE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) ; 1| mile from Delph. Here is a Chapel, which is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Thomas, in the deanry of Man- 
chester, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. *97/. Patron, the Vicar of 
Rochdale, (Lane.) 

FRIZING-HALL, ham. in the township of Heaton, and parish of 
Bradford ; (the seed of George Lister, Esq.) 2 miles from Bradford. 

FROSTRAW, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh, ; 1| 
mile from Sedbergh, 6 from Dent. 

FRYSTOX, MONIC— See Monk-Fryston. 

FULHAM-LANES, 2 h. in the township and parish of Womersley, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Pontefract and Snaith. 

FULNECK, in the township of Pudsey, and parish of Calverley, 
Morley-division of Agbrigg* and Morley ; 4| miles from Bradford, 
6 from Leeds. 

Here is a considerable settlement of the Moravian brethren, which was 
begun about the year 1748. The chief buildings are the hall, containing a cha- 
pel, a school for girls, and minister's dwelling; a large school-house for boys, a 
house for single men, another for single women, and another for widows; situ- 
ated upon a terrace of considerable length, and commanding a fine prospect. 
These, with the houses for separate families, form a considerable village ; various 
branches of trades are carried on in it, but the chief employment is the woollen 
manufacture. The single women are famous for their skill in working muslins, 
with the needle and tambour ; and their labours sell at a high price. The vocal 
and instrumental music of the settlement is considered very excellent. 

FULWOOD, ham. in the township of Upper-Hallam, and parish of 
Sheffield ; 5 miles from Sheffield. 

FUL WOOD-BOOTH and FULWOOD-HEAD, 2 h. in the town- 
ship of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 6 miles from Shef- 
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FURNACE, scattered houses, in the township and parish of- Silkstone; 

3 miles from Barnsley. 

G 

GAISGILL^ ham. in the township cf Riuaington, and parish of 

Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 3 miles from Gisburn. 
GALFAY, in the township of A zerley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 

4 miles from Ripon, 10 from Knaresbrough and Pateley bridge. 
GARFORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, 

liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Abberford, 7 from Leeds, 9 
from Wakefield, 19 from York.— Pop. 731. The Church is a 
rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 
4:8/. 17 s. 8 |d Patron, the Rev. W. Whi taker, the present in- 
cumbent. 

G ARFORTH-MOOR, in the township and parish of Garforth, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 2f miles from Abberford. 

GARFORTH, WEST, ham. in the township and parish of Gar- 
forth; 6| miles from Leeds. 

GARGRAVE, a parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Clifford's-Fee; (Gar grave-House, the seat of John Nicholas 
Coulthursi, Esq.) \\ miles from Skipton, 8 from Gisburn, 1 1 \ from 
Settle, 1 2 from Colne, (Lane. ) 1 4 from Kettlewell, 45 from York. 
No Market. — Fairs, Feb. 27, third Wednesday in June, October 
33, and December 11, for horned-cattle, &c. — Pop. 972. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of 
Craven, value, 12/. 13s. 11 \d. Patron. John Marsden, Esq. 

About half a mile beneath the town, on a fertile plain, are the buried re- 
mains of a Roman Villa, called Kirk-Sink, from a tradition that eome great ec- 
clesiastical edifice had here been swallowed up. The stones of which this 
building has been composed have gradually been removed, probably to build 
the present church ; but the inequalities upon the surface, prove it to have 
been a parallelogram, about 3U0 feet long, and 180 wide. It was dug into, 
about 70 years ago, and the frame of a tesselated pavement discovered 
at that time, of which Dr. Whitaker had seen some remains, which induced 
him to apply for permission to open the ground again. But the walls had 
been so completely grubbed up to the foundation, that though it was just 
possible to ascertain the size of the apartments, which had been very small, no 
masses of cohering pavement could be taken up, and the whole lay in heaps 
mingled with mortar, consisting of cubes of various colours, some an inch, others 
not more than half an inch in diameter, together with floor tiles, of about three 
inches square.— History of Craven. 

QARSDALE, in the parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; 5 
miles from Dent, 7 from Sedbergh, lOfromHawes, 15fromAsk- 
rigg. — Pop. 679. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdaie, value, 
p.r. 80/. 2s. Patron, the King. 

GARSTONES, or GEARSTONES, 2 A. in the township of Ingle- 
ton, and parish of Low-Bentham ; 7 miles from Ingleton, 10 from 
Hawes, 12 from Settle. At this place, a large market is held every 
Wednesday, for corn and flour. It consists only of a public-house 
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GATEFORTH, in the parish of Bray ton, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash; o miles from Selby, 6 from Ferrybridge, 8 from Ponlefraet. 
Pop. 192. 
GATEIIAM, or YATEHOLME, /. h. in the township of Holme, 

and parish of Almondbury ; 9 miles from Huddersiield. 
GATEIIEAD, 3 h. in the township of Marsden, and parish of Ald- 

mondbury ; 6 miles from Huddersiield. 
GATE UP, /. h. in the township of Appletreewick, and parish of 

Burnsall, liberty of StainciifFe ; 8 miles from Pateleybridge. 
GATE WOOD, /. h. in the township and parish of Cantley ; 6 miles 

from Doncaster and Thorne. 
GAWBER-HALL, /. h. in the township of Barugh, and parish of 

Darton ; 1 \ mile from Barnsley. 
G AWTHORPE, in the township of Ossett, and parish of Dewsbnry, 
A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 
2 miles from Dewsbury, 3| from Wakefield, 8 from Leeds. 
GAWTHORPE, in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirk- 
heaton, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbriggand Morley, liberty of Pon- 
tefract ; 5 miles from Huddersheld, 8 from Wakefield. — In the 
same township and parish is 
GAWTHORPE-GREEN, a hamlet. 
GAWTHORPE, in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh, 

wapentake of Ewcross; 1 mile from Dent, 4 from Sedbergh. 
GAWTHORPE-HALL, (the seat of Joseph Heaton, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Bingley ; 1 mile from Bingley, 6 from 
Bradford. 
GETTINGLEY, 2f. h. in the township of Whitley, and parish of 

Thornhiii; S\ miles from Dewsbmy, 5 from Huddersiield. 
GIBRALTAR-MILL, in the township of Pudsey. and parish of 

Calverley ; 4 miles from Bradford, b'l from Leeds. 
GIGGLESW1CK, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of 
Staincliffe ; 1 mile from Settle, 7 from Kirby- Lonsdale, (Westm.) 
51 from York. — Pop. 746. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Alkadd. in the deanry of Craven, value ^21/. 3s. Ad. p. r. 151. 
Patrons. J. Coulthurst, and J. Hartley, Esqrs. alternately. 

This place has long been celebrated lor its Grammar School, founded by 
King Edward VI. in 1553, on the Petition of John Nowell, Clerk, then his Ma- 
jesty's Chaplain and Vicar of Giggleswick, and of other inhabitants of the town 
and parish The endowment in lands, value ?.?>/. 'As. Qd. was part of the posses- 
sions belonging to the dissolved Monastery of Nether- Acastei', laying at North- 
Cave, South and North Kelthorp, &c. — but in consequence of the drainage, inclo- 
sures, and other improvements, its present amount is upwards of 1000/. per ann. 
The irrant is only for two Preceptors, but there are now three, two for classics, and 
one for mathematics. The number of pupils is limited only by the want of 
room,— who are admitted "from every quarter of the G/obc," if their moral 
characters be &ood, and are taught gratis. There are Six Scholarships at Christ 
College, Cambridge, founded by Mr Carr, for Scholars educated at this School. 
The late Archdeacon Paley, received his classical education at this school, un- 
der his father, who was head Master nearly fifty years. — Carlisle. 

Here i9 also a National School, very liberally endowed by the Rev. John 
Claphain, Vicar, and others ; its revenues worth about .50/. per ann. 

About the centre of that prodigious Scar, called Uiggleswiek Sear, which 
skirts the road for nearly two miles from Giggleswick to Claphara, and close to 

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the road side, is situated the celebrated Ebbing and Flowing Well, whose watw., 
clear as crystal, are constantly ebbing and flowing, although at thirty miles dis- 
tance, from the sea. The changes of ebbing and flowing vary, being considerably 
influenced by the wetness or dryness of the season ; sometimes once in five mi- 
nutes, at others not more than four or five times in a day. Various have been 
the opinions given in explanation of this rare phenomenon, but none more in 
unison with onr own, than the following, which we extracted, not as new, either 
to ourselves or the public, from the Northern Star, of 1817. The writer of the 
article alluded to observes, that it, " in all probability, results from a simple 
piece of mechanism, bidden from the observation of man in the bowels of the 
earth; namely, a valvular construction at the mouth of the spring, or at some 
point in the subterraneous passage of the water, formed by a loose stone, and 
suspended horizontally by two opposite points constituting its axis : the valve 
thus formed will move on its own central points, and uninflnenced by the water 
to a certain extent, closes the outlet, and consequently causes an accumulation 
between the valve and the source of the spring : when the water has increased 
until its level rises considerably above the centre of the valve, the weight of the 
water turns it upon its axis, and it is poured with velocity into its ^common 
course." 

Drunken Barnaby, in his Northern Tour, thus describes this well; — 

Veni Giggleswick; parum frugis 
Profert tellus clausa jugis ; 
Jbi vena prope via; 
Fluit, refluit, nocte, die, 
Neque norunt unde vena, 
An a sale vel arena. 

Opposite the Scar, and near the village, is Giggleswick Tarn, a large lake, 
partly natural and partly artificial. 

GILDING WELLS, in the township of Woodsets-with-Gilding- 
wells, and parish of South-Anston, upper-division of StraiForth and 
Tickhill; 4 \ miles from Worksop (JSoit.) 9§from Bawtry, 12 
from Rotherham. — Pop. included in Woodsets. 

GILDERSOME, in the parish of Batley, M orley-d i vision of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Leeds, 7 
from Bradford, 8 from Wakefield — Pop. 1592. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, value p, r. fl02L 

GILKIRK, or CHURCH.— See Barnoldswick. 

GILLROTTOM, seat. f. h. in the township of Clifton- with-Nor- 
wood, and parish of Fewston ; 6| miles from Otley. 

GILSTEAD, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 1 mile 
from Bingley, 6 from Bradford. 

GILTH WA1TE, ham. in the township of Whiston, and parishes of 
Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Straiforth and Tick- 
hill ; (Galtkwaite-Hall, the seat of John Outram, Esq.) 2 miles from 
Rotherham, 6 from Sheffield, 12 from Worksop, (Notts.) 

Here was a mineral spring discovered in 1664, by Mr. George Westby, of 
this place, who made a large Bath and built a house over it.— Short. The 
waters had some reputation ; but after the death of Mr Westby, and of Dr. 
Yarburgh, of Newark, who sent many patients, they sunk into a state of almost 
utter neglect. — Hunter. 

G INGLE-POT, in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Ben- 
tham, wapentake of Ewcross ; 3| miles from Ingleton, 10 from 
Hawes, 1 3 from Settle. 

Gingle-Pot is one of those curious Caves in Craven, which attractWhe no- 
tice of most tourists. This chasm is situated at the head of a grotesque ^len. 



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through which the river Wease winds its subterraneous passage, at the bottom 
of u precipice. — Tour to the Caves. 
GINHGUSE, s. h. in the township of Greasbrougb, and parish of 

Rotherham ; ] mile from Rotherbam. 
GIPTON, in the township of Potter- Newton, and* parish of Leedte, 
lower-division of Skyrack ; 2 miles from Leeds, 6 from Harewood. 
Amongst the Thickets here, Thoresby, in his survey of the parish, disco- 
vered the remains of an ancient Fortification, the out-trench whereof was 18 
feet broad ; it has now nearly disappeared. 
GISBURN, a parish town, in the west-division and liberty of Stain- 
cliffe, (Gisburn-Park. the seat of Lord Ribblesdale) ; 7 miles from 
Clitheroe, (Lane.) 8 from Colne, (do.) 11 from Skipton and Settle, 
52 from York, 224 from London. — Market, Monday. — Fairs, 
Easter Monday, that day fortnight, and that day month, and Sa- 
turday after that day month, for horned cattle ; Monday, five 
weeks after Easter, for pedlary ware, &c. ; September 18th for 
calves; and every other Monday for fat cattle, &c. — Pop. 690. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of 
Craven, value III. 6s. Sd. p. r. fl20/. Patron, the King". 

The Church, which was given to the Nunnery of Stainfield, com. Lincoln, is 
a decent structure, built of stone, and probably, not older than temp. Henry VII. or 
VIII. Gisburn Park is chiefiy remarkable for a herd of wild cattle, descendants 
of that indigenous race which once peopled the great Forest of Lancashire. They 
are white, save the tips of their noses which are black, rather mischievous, es- 
pecially when guarding their young — they breed with tame cattle. Gisburn 
Park is beautifully situated at the confluence of the Kibble and Stockbeck. 

The Lodge, through which is the entrance into the Park, is a tine piece 
of Gothic artichecture, nobly ornamented with figures. The pinnacles, &c. carved 
with great taste and elegance from designs of the present noble owner. In the 
house is a series of good Paintings, auiong which are the Lord Chief Justice, of 
the time of Henry VIII. General Lambert, apparently an original ; his Son, an 
excellent painting, by himself; and above, Oliver Cromwell, by Sir Peter Lely. 
— Whitakkr. 
GISBURN-COTES, ham. in the township and parish of Gisburn, 

liberty of StainclifFe ; 3 miles from Gisburn. 
GJSBTJRIs -FOREST, a township, in the parish of Gisburn, west- 
division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Settle, 1 5 from 
Colne, (Lane.) 17 from Skipton. — Pop. 457. Here is a Chapel, 
which is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, value, 
p. r. 49/. 95. 9d. Patron, the Vicar of Gisburn. This is named by 
Bacon, Tosside-Chapel ; and by others, Houghton-Chapel. 

The Manor of Gisburn Forest properly belongs to the lord of the Percy 
Fee ; but the Abbot and convent of Sallay had the wood and herbage. It was, 
however, lately claimed by Thomas Browne, Esq. of Burton-upon-Trent, as 
ov.-ner of the principal estate in Gisburn Forest. — Whitaker. This manor is now 
enjoyed by Mr Browne. The chapel is situated at the northern extremity of the 
township, and appears a question with Dr. Whitaker, whether it is within the 
Forest or not. Within the manor of Gisburn, is a small, but very entire square 
Fort, called Castle-Haugh, and near it is a barrow, which being opened, was 
found to contain a rude earthen Urn. 
G1VENDALE, 4 /. h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- 
division of Claro; 2| miles from Ripon, 3| from Boroughbridge. 
—Pop. 31. 
GLEADLEYS, or GLEADLESS, ham, in the township and 
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3 1 mile- from Sheffield. A part of this place is in the parish of 
Sheffield. 
GLEDHOVV, ALLERTON, in the township of Potter-Newton, and 
parish of Leeds, lower-division ol Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract ; 
{the residence of Sir John Beckitt,) 3 miles from Leeds, 7| from 
Hare wood, 10 from Otley. 
GLEDSTON-HOUSE, (the seat of Richard RoundelL Esq.) in the 
township of East and West-Marton, and parish of East-Alarton, 
liberty of StaindifFe; 5 miles from Skipton, 5\ from Keighley, 8 
from Colne, (Lane. ) 1 1 from Settle. 
GLUSBURN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of StainciifTe, 
liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 5 miles from Skipton, 5\ from Keighley, 
8 from Colne. (Lane.) — Pop. 787. 
GODDARD-HILL, s. h. in the township of Brightside-Bieriow, and 

parish of Sheffield ; 21 miles from Sheffield. 
GOLCAR, in the parish of Hudderstield, Agbrio-g-division of Ag 1 - 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield , 3 miles from Hudders- 
field, 7 from Halifax, 23 from Manchester, (Lane.) — Pop. 2,606. 
GOLDSBROUGH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro ; 
2 1 miles from Knaresbrough, 6 from Wetherby and Borough- 
bridge, 16 from York.— Pop. 195. The Church is a rectory, de- 
dicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of 
Chester, value 10/. Is. Old. Patron, the Earl of Harewood. 
GOLDTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Boltonupon- 
Dearn, liberty of Tick hill; 7| miles from Barnsley and Doncaster. 
GOLTHORPE LANE-ENDS, ham. in the township and parish of 

Bolton-upon-Deam, ; 7 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Doncaster. 
GOMERSALL, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 5| miles from Bradford, 7 from 
Leeds.— Pop. 5,952. 
GOMERSALL, LITTLE, in the township of Gomersall, and parish 

of Birstall, ; 6 miles from Bradford, 7| from Leeds. 
GOOLE, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty 

of Pontefract ; 4| miles from Snaith and Howden. — Pop. 450. 
GOOLE FIELD-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Goole, and 

parish of Snaith; 4 miles from Howden, 7| from Snaith. 
GOOSENER-H EIGHT, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Swinden, 

and parish of Gisburn ; 7 miles from Skipton, 10 from Settle. 
GORDALE-SCAR, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale ; 7 miles 
from Settle, 13 from Skipton. 

Gordale Scar is an immense Rock which, it is said to have had an opening 
forced in it by a great body of water, which collected in a sudden thunderstorm, 
sometime about the year, 1730 ; and now forms one of the most awfully grand 
scenes of rock and water in Craven ; the highest part being not less than 300 
feet ; the right or east side projects more than ten yards over its base, and such 
5s the noise oi the overwhelming torrent, after rain, that if a person be under the 
rock, he is unable to make himself heard at tew yards distance. This is a solid 
•mass of limestone, of, perhaps, equal height with Malham Cove, cleft asunder by 
^ome great convulsion of nature, and opening " its ponderous marble jaws" on 
the right and left. At the very entrance, you turn a little to the right, and are 
struck by a yawning mouth in the face of the opposite crag, whence the torrent, 



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pent up beyond, suddenly forced a passage, within the memory of man, which, at 
every swell continues to spoilt out one of the boldest and most beautiful cataracts 
that can be conceived. Wherever a cleft in the rock, or a lodgment of eartn ap- 
pears, the yew tree, indigenous in such situations, contrasts it deep and glossy- 
green with the pale grey of the limestone ; but the goat, the old adventurous in- 
habitant of situations inaccessible to every other quadruped, has been lately ba- 
nished from the sides of Gordale. — History of Craven. 

GOTHER-BOTTOM, scattered houses, in the township and parish of 
Silkston ; 1 \ mile from Penistone. 

GOVT BUSK, /. h. in the township of Sawley, parish and liberty of 
Ripon; 6 miles from Ripon. 

GO WD ALL, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith ; 1 mile from Snaith, 
10 from Ferrybridge, 12 from Pontefract. — Pop. 243. 

GOWDALL-BROACH, 2 /. h. in the township of Gowdall, and 
parish of Snaith ; 1 \ mile from Snaith. 

GOWTHVVAITE-HALL, /. h. in the township of Lower-Stone- 
beck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; .3 miles from Pateleybridge. 

In this Hall was born, in 1731, William Craven, D. D. and educated at St. 
John's College, Cambridge. He took his Batehelor's Degree in 1753, and was 
fourth wrangler, as well as Chancellor's medallist. He succeeded to the Arabic 
professorship in 1770, and resigned in 1795. He was elected Master of his Col- 
iege in 17*9 ; and died in 1815. Dr. Craven published " Sermons on the Evi- 
dence of a Future State, of Rewards and Punishments," Svo. and " The Jewish 
and Christian Dispensations compared," Svo. — Gent. Mag'. — IFhitaker's Craven. 

GOYDEN-POT-HOLE, (in Nidderdale) and parish of Kirkby- 
malzeard ; 10 miies from Patelaybridge. 

Gcydon-Pot-Holc is a large Rock, into which the river Nid enters, by an 
arch finely formed of beautifully white limestone, about nine feet high, and the 
span twelve broad; with a lighted candle a person may walk two or three hun- 
dred yards into it with safety. The river, after entering here, runs underground 
for about three miles. 

GRAFTON, in the township of Marton-cum-Grafton, and parish of 
Marlon, upper-division of Claro, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 
2| miles from Boroiighbridge, 6| from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 
included in Marton. 

GRANGE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, 
(home.) 8 miles from Rochdale, 12 from Huddersiield. 

GRANGE- ASH, p. h. in the township Of Whitley, and parish of 
Kirkheaton ; 61 miles from Kudderstield and Wakefield. 

GRANTLEY, a township, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- 
division of Claro; (Grant ley,- Hall, the seat of Lord Grantley) 5 
miles from Ripon and Ripley, 6| from Pate ley bridge. — Pop. 233. 
Sir Fletcher Norton, descended from the noble house of Conyers. The first 
Lord Grantley, was created Lord Grantley, Baron of Markeniield, April 9, 17-S2 : 
being bred to the law, ho was, December 17b'l, appointed Solicitor-General, and 
received the honour of Knighthood during his holding that office. In November, 
1 763, he was made Attorney- General ; and in 17b'9, was Speaker of the House of 
Common?, in which station he continued till 17S0; and was advanced to the 
Peerage, 1782. His lordship dying, January 1, 17*9, was succeeded by his son 
William, the present noble Lord. — Debrett. — Heir Presumptive is his Lordship's 
v, the son of Fletcher Jsorton, who was one of the Barons of the Exchequer 
in North Britain. 

Grantley- Hall stands in a low warm situation, and welt sheltered with wood, 
on the road side leading to Pateleybridge, but contaius nothing particular to hi- 



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tereat the tourist or antiquary. In it are two of the Speakers 'chairs, which Sir" 
Fletcher Norton occupied as Speaker of the House of Commons. 

GRASSCROFT and CLOUGH, ham. in the township of Quick, 
and parish of Rochdale, {Lane.) 2§ miles from Dobcross. 

GRASSFIELD-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Dacre-with-Bew- 
erley, and parish of Ripon ; § mile from Pateleybridge. 

GRASSGARTH, ham. in the township and parish of Weston ; 2| 
miles fromOtley. 12| from Leeds. 

GRASSINGTON, in the parish of Linton, east-division and liberty 
of Staincliffe ; (the seat of Henry Brown, Esq.) 6 miles from Ket- 
tlewell, 10 from Skipton and Pateleybridge, 14 from Settle. — It 
has a small Market on Tuesday, (chartered for FridayJ — Fairs, 
March 4, April 24, June 29, September 26, for pedlary, &c. — 
Pop. 983. 

The neighbourhood of Grassingtonis famous for its Lead Mines, which have 
been worked from about the time of James I. Dr. Whitaker says, the "Lead 
on Grassington Moor is extremely rich, a ton of ore sometimes yielding sixteen 
hundred pounds weight of metal ; but* it is poor in Silver." — History of CrnVen. 

GRAYSTONE, or GRITH, ham. in the township of Laverton, and 
parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 3 miles from Kirkbymalzeard. 

GRAYTONEGILL, in the township and parish of Low-Bentham, 
wapentake of Ewcross. It is a fourth part of the township of Low- 
Bentbam, in which are several farm-houses. 

GREASBROUGH, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of 
Straiforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 2 miles from Rother- 
ham, 8 from Sheffield, 1 from Barnsley. — Pop. 1 ,252. The Church 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy -Trinity, in the deanry 
of Doncaster, value, p. r. fllOl. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. 

GREEN-CLOSE, ham. in the township of Clapham-with-Newby, 
and parish of Clapham; 8| miles from Settle. 

GREENFIELD, Zf. h. in the township of Buckden, and parish of 
Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe ; 10| miles from Kettlewell. 

GREENFIELD, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale, {Lane.) ; 2 miles from Dobcross. 

GREEN-GATES, ham. in the township of Eccleshill, and parish of 
Bradford; 3 miles from Bradford, 7 from Otley. 

GREENHAMMERTON, in the parish of Whixiey, upper-division 
of Claro; 7 miles from Boroughbridge and Wetherby, 8 from 
Knaresbrough, 10 from York. — Principal Inn , the George, a Post- 
ing House. — Pop. 329. 

GREENHEAD, in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Ag- 
brigg-division of Agbrigg and Moriey, liberty of Pontefract ; (the 
seat of Benjamin Haigh Allen, Esq.) | mile from Huddersfield, 8 
from Halifax. 

A handsome Gothic Church was built here, at the sole expence of B. H. 
Allen, Esq. and was consecrated in October, 1819, by the Archbishop of York. 

GREENHILL, s. h. in the township and parish of Bingley ; J mile 
from Bindley, 6 from Bradford. 

GREENHOUSE, (the residence of Dr. Chorley) in the township^ 
parish, and soke of Doncaster, \\ mile from Doncaster. 



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GREENHOW-HILL, in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, 
and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Pate- 
leybridge, 7 from Grassington, 14 from Ripon. 

A large straggling village, upon an eminence, west of Pateleybridge, 
abounding with Lead Mines, and in which there are rarely less than five hun- 
dred inhabitants of this village employed. — The Mines are Sun-side, Prosperous, 
Providence, Cock-hill, and Merryfield, which produce annually about 20U0 tons. 

GREENHOLME, a part of Burley, in Otiey parish, called Green- 
holme Cotton-Factory. 

GREENLAND, scattered houses, in the township of Cowick, and 
parish of Snaith ; 4 miles from Snaith. 

GREENSIDE, 2. h. in the township of Thurstonland, and parish of 
Kirkburton ; 5 miles from Huddersfield. 

GREENWOOD, HIGH, in the township of Heptonstall, and parish 
of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; (the seat of 
William Mitchell, Esq.) 10 miles from Halifax, 12f from Roch- 
dale, {Lane.) 

GREENVVOODLEY, s. k. in the township of Hepstonstall, and 
parish of Halifax ; 10 miles from Halifax. 

GREETLAND, in the township of Elland-with-Greetland, and parish 
of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pon- 
tefract', 4 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield. — Pop. included in 
Elland. 

Here was dug up a Votive Altar, as it seems, to the Tutelar God of the city 
of the Brigantes. 

dvi ci brig On the other side* 

ET XVM GG. 
T. AVR AVREUAN ANTONINO 

VS DD PRO SE III. ET GET. COSS. 

ET SVIS S. St. A. GS. 

To the God of the city of the Brigantes, and to the Deities of the Emperors, 

Titus Aurelius Aurelianus hath dedicated this in behalf of himself and his. The 

inscription on the other side shews the time when the altar was set up, i. e. when 
Antoninus was consul the third time with Geta.— Camden. 
G RENO FIRTH, a district, or part of the township and parish of 

Ecclesfield. 
GRENOSIDE, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 5 miles 

from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherham, 8 from Penistone. 
GRE WELTHORPE,in the parishof Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division 

of Claro ; 3 miles from Masham, 8 from Ripon. — Pop. 527. 

Oliver de Buscy gave half a carucate of land here, with all the men living 

thereon and followers, to the Monks of Fountains-Abbey. — Burton. 
GREYSTONES, in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of 

Sheffield ; (the seats of Miss Greaves, and the Rev. Thomas Sutton,) 

2 1 miles from Sheffield. 
GRIMESTHORPE, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and 

parish of Sheffield ; 2| miles from Sheffield, 3| from Rotherham. 
GRIMETHORPE, ham. in the township of Brierley, and parish of 

Felkirk, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Barnsley. 
GRIMSTON, in the parish of Kirkby-Wharfe, wapentake of Bark- 

ston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; (Grimston-Hall, the seat of Lord 



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Howden,) I \ mile from Tadcaster, 1 1 \ from Ferrybridge, 13 from 
Pontefract. — Pop. 62. 

Sir John Francis Cradock, of Grimston-Hall, was created a Baron of Ire- 
land by the title of Baron Howden, of Grimston and Spaldington, in this county, 
and of Cradocks Town, in the county of Kildare, October 19, 1819. — His Lord- 
ship's family is of ancient Welch origin, claiming descent from Carodoc, and the 
ancient Princes of Wales ; the name properly Carodoc. His Lordship's father, 
John Cradock, was Archbishop of Dublin, and died in 1778. — Heir apparent, 
John Hobart, only son.— Debrett. 

GRINDLETON, in the parish of Mitton, west-di vision of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Bolland ; 4| miles from Gisburn, 14 from Burnley, and 
Colne, (Lane.) 15 from Skipton. — Pop. 1,125. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, value, p. r. £95/. Patron, the Vicar of Mitton. 

GRISEDA.LE, (a small dale,) in the township and parish of Sedbergh ; 
8 miles from Sedbergh and Havves. 

GROVF.-HALL, (the residence of William Lee. Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Darrington; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 3 from 
Pontefract. 

GRUNSEY-GILL, (the seat of William Brown, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Gisburn- Forest, and parish of Gisburn; 9 miles from Settle, 
15 from Skipton. 

GUISELEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of the wapentake 
of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; 2 miles 
from Otley, 9 from Bradford, 10 from Leeds, 29 from York. — Pop. 
1,213. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the 
deanry of the Ainsty, value, 26/. Patron, Trinity-College, Cam- 
bridge. 

Trinity-College, Cambridge, " has only the third turn of presentation, which 
is the next." — Camb. Caland. 1822. 

GUNTHWAITE, a township, in the parish of Peni stone, wapentake 
of Staincross ; 2 miles from Penistone, 7 from Barnsley, 1 1 from 
Huddersfield. — Pop. 86. 

H 

HACK FALL, in the township of Grewelthorpe, and parish of Kirk- 
bymalzeard, lower division of Claro ; 3 miles from Masham, 8 
from Ripon, 9 from Bedale. 

This sequestered and romantic Spot is the property of Mrs Lawrence. It 
consists, of two deep Dingles, covered on either side with a profusion of wood, 
except in such parts where the naked Scars contribute to vary and improve the 
view ; a, small stream running through, is obstructed in various places by up- 
right pieces of stone, and thus forms several artificial Cascades. 

The Buildings are Pavilions, covered, with seats, from the first of which is a 
view of the great Fall, divided into two parts, and, as Day observes, "rather 
steals than dashes down rocks richly clad with moss, and possesses a mildness 
and beauty peculiar to itself ;" artificial Ruins, a small octagan Room, built of 
petrifactions, called Fisher's Hall; a Grotto, situated in front of a Cascade which 
fails forty feet ; a Rustic Temple, on the margin of a sheet of water, in the mid- 
dle of which there was formerly a Fountain throwing water to a great height : 
the whole is bounded by a noble Amphitheatre of tall trees, and although too 
formal for the scenery around, has a pleasing effect. The walks are laid out 
with great judgment and much taste, which, as you ascend, exhibit several 
views of Masham Church and Town, &c. but the best views are from Fisher's-Hall, 
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with the bottom of each filled with the rapid river Ure, which here " boils and 
foams and thunders through." The view is perfectly American, for nothing is 
seen frornit but hanging woods, extensive scars, and water. From the Hut, on, 
the margin of the Ure, which winds rapidly at your feet, is seen a small Cascade 
trickling down the hill, Fisher's Hall, Mowbray Castle, and at a short distance, 
the fl'eeping Rock. The view from Mowbray-Point, on the brink of a very high 
precipice, commands the same woody dells and water, as from Fisher's Hall, 
but overlooks a vast extent of country, enriched with corn, meadows, andgroves, 
a tract of unequalled beauty and exuberant vegetation. In the Building are a 
handsome dining-room, a small drawing-room, and a kitchen, none of which are 
now in use. 

On an eminence, not far distant, says Pennant, are to be seen the remains 
of Mowbray's Castiehill, which are unquestionably Roman; a Square, defended 
on one side by the steep of the hill, on the other by a dyke and deep ditch on 
the outside. 

H ADDING LEY, /. h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of 
Kirkburton, ; 9 miles from Huddersfieid and Penistone. 

HADDLESEY, CHAPEL, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of 
Barkstoa-Ash, liberty of Pontefract: 5 miles from Selby and Snaith, 
7 from Ferrybridge. — Pop. 199. Here is a Chapel of Ease to 
Birkin. 

HADDLESEY, EAST, in the township of Chapel-Had dlesey, and 
parish of Birkin, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Selby and 
Snaith. 

HADDLESEY, WEST, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of 
Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract: a miles from Selby, 6 from 
Ferrybridge ; 8 from Pontefract. — Pop. 293. 

HAG, NETHER, and HAG, OVER, ham, in the township of 
Honley, and parish of Aldmondbury ; 4| miles from Huddersfieid. 

H A G G SI D E . — See Spo forth - Haggs. 

HAGUE, HIGH and LOW, scattered houses, in the township of 
Kelibrook, and parish of Thornton, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles 
from Colne, (Lane.) 9| from Skipton. 

HAGUE-HALL, (the seat of James AUott, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of South-Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross ; 7 miles 
from Pontefract, 8 from Barnsley. 

HAIGH, ham. in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton, 
liberty of Pontefract ; (Haigh-HaU, the residence of Robert Hodg- 
son, Esq.) 6 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Penistone and Wakefield. 

HAIXSWORTH, in the township and parish of Bingley; 2 miles 
from Bingley, 7 from Bradford. 

HALDENBY, in the parish of Addlingfleet, wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract ; (Haldenhy-Park, the seat of John Jack- 
son, Esq.) 6 miles from Crowle. (Line.) 10 from Howden. — Pop. b'9. 

HALES-DRAX, /. h. in the township and parish of Drax; 3 miles 
from Snaith, 6 from Selby. 

HALIFAX, a market and parish-town, in Morley-di vision of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Bradford 
and Huddersfieid, 10 from Dewsbury, 12 from Keighley and Tod- 
morden, 16| from Rochdale, (Lane.) 18 from Leeds, 42 from York, 
197 from London. — Market, Saturday, tor woollen cloth, provi- 
sions. &c. — Fairs, June 24. and the first Saturday in November, 

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for horses, homed cattle. &c. — Bankers, Messrs. John Rawson* 
William Rawson, John Rhodes, and Rauden Briggs, draw on 
Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. 48, Lothbmv. — Principal Inns, 
Talbot, White Swan, and White Lion.— Pop. 12,628. There are 
two Churches here, the one is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the 
Baptist, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 84/. 135. 6|rf. Patron, 
the King. — The other is called the Holy Trinity Church, a per- 
petual curacy, value, p. r. £100/. in the patronage of the Vicar of 
Halifax. The latter was built under the sanction of an act of par- 
liament, by Dr. Coulthurst, the late Vicar ; the masonry of which, 
like all the modern masonry about the town, is excellent and ela- 
borate. 

The parish of Halifax is the largest in the County, being in extent not less 
than seventeen miles from east to west, and about eleven miles on an average 
from north to south. It contains twenty-three Townships ; and, besides the Vi- 
carage Church, there are in the parish twelve Chapels to which the Vicar ap- 
points the Curates, independent of the New Church of Halifax, and the Chapel 
at Marsliaw-bridge. The Church is a large Gothic structure, and is supposed 
to have, been built by the Earl of Warren and Surrey, in the reign of Henry I. 
It appears to have been re-edified at different periods, as part of the north side 
seems older than the rest. — Within the Church are two Chapels, the one called 
Rokeby's Chapel, was erected in consequence of the Will of Dr. William Roke- 
by, Vicar of Halifax, and afterwards Archbishop of Dublin, who died Novem- 
ber 29, 1521, and ordered that his bowels and heart should be buried in the 
choir of this church, and his body in the chapel at Sandal. 

In 1453, here were but thirteen houses in this town, which, in 120 years, 
increased to 520 ; and, in the year 1802, there were 1973 houses, 8886 inhabitants. 
Camden, when he travelled in these parts, about the year 1580, was informed 
that the. number of inhabitants in this parish was about -12,000. Archbishop 
Grindall, in his letter to Queen Elizabeth, during the northern rebellion, also 
says, that the pai-ish of Halifax was ready to bring into the field, for her service, 
3 or 4000 able men. 

The course of Justice formerly made use of here, called the " Gibbet Law," 
by which all criminals found guilty of theft, to the value of thirteen pence half- 
penny, were to suffer death, hath long been discontinued. The platform, four 
feet high, and thirteen feet square, faced on every side with stone, was ascended 
by a flight of steps ; in the middle of this platform were placed two upright 
pieces of timber, five yards high, joined by a cross beam of timber at the top ; 
within these was a square block of wood, lour feet and a half long, which mov- 
ed in grooves, and had an iron axe fastened in its lower edge, the weight of 
which was seven pounds eleven ounces ; it was ten inches and a half long, seven 
inches over at the top, and nine at the bottom, and towards the top had two holes 
to fasten it to the block. The axe is still to be seen at the gaol, in Halifax : the 
platform remains, but has been hid, for many years past, under a mountain of 
rubbish. 

The Guillotine erected in France, soon after the breaking out of the Revo- 
lution, and so fatal to thousands, seems to have been copied from this machine. 
The Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland, passing through Halifax, and hap- 
pening to see one of these executions, caused a model to be taken, and carried 
it-into his own country, where it remained many years before it was made use 
of, and obtained the name of the Maiden, till that Nobleman suffered by it him- 
self, June 2, 1581. The remains of this singular machine, may yet be seen, in 
the Parliament- house, at Edinburgh. The origin of this custom cannot be 
traced, but it was by no means peculiar to this place. — See Gent. Mag: for 
April, 1793. 

The Town of Halifax cannot boast of great Antiquity ; its name is not found 
in Domesday Book, nor is it mentioned in any ancient record, before a grant of 
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Origin of its name has been variously given : Dr. Whitakcr supposes it to be 
half Saxon, hall" Norman : and that formerly, in the deep valley where the church, 
now stands, was a Hermitage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the imagined 
sanctity of which attracted a great concourse of persons in every direction. 
There were four road? by which the Pilgrims entered, and hence the name Ha- 
lifax, or Holyways, tor/ati in Norman French, is an old plural noon, denoting 
highways. 

In the civil wars it was garrisoned by the Parliamentarians; and to this 
place, Sir Thomas Fairfax retreated, after the battle, of Adwalton-Moor. After 
these wars were over, Halifax was represented in Parliament, during the time 
of the Commonwealth and under the Protectorate- 

The woollen manufacture, for which this town and neighbourhood have 
been long famous, was first introduced between 1443 and 1540, during which 
period, the houses had increased from thirteen to five hundred and twenty' — 
A detailed account of which may he seen in fVatson's History of Halifax.— In 
the beginniHg of the 18th Century, the manufacture of Woollen Stuffs was in- 
troduced ; Shalloons, Everlastings, Moreens, Shags, <fec have been made to 
great perfection ; and within these few years, the cotton-trade has extended in- 
to this neighbourhood. For the convenience of trade, the manufacturers erected, 
at the expence of 12,000/. a handsome structure, in the lower part of the. town, 
for the sale of their goods, called the Piece- Hall, which was first opened for 
sale in 1779, where the goods of the manufacturers, in an unfinished state, are 
deposited, and exhibited for sale, every Saturday. The building contains 300 
separate cells, and is proof against fire aud thieves. 

In 1642, Nathaniel Waterhouse, by Will, founded an Aims-House, in this 
town for twelve poor Widows, and a Blue Coat Hospital for twenty poor Chil- 
dren, tie also bequeathed 60/. perann. to the Curates of the twelve Chapels 
within the Vicarage ; a Legacy to the Free School at Skircoats, founded by 
Queen Elizabeth, &c. — These bequests, according to returns published by order 
of Parliament, made in 1786, amounted to 475/. 16*. 6d. per annum — a copy of 
Mr. Waterhouse's will is inserted in Mr. /fatson's History of Halifax. Id 1610, 
(according to Mr. Watson) Ellen Hopkinson, and Jane Crowlher, built in their 
life-times, Alms-Houses, containing eighteen rooms, for as many poor Widows, 
and two rooms for a Schoolmaster, which they endowed with Money and Tene- 
ments ; the annual produce, in 1787, was 13/. These alms-houses being re- 
built, were made to contain twenty-lour rooms, twenty of which are for twenty 
Widows, and three for the Master. In Halifax there are Chapels for almost 
every class of Dissenters ; two National Schools, on the Plans of Dr. Bell and 
Mr Lancaster; Public Baths, Assembly Rooms, Theatre, <fec. Here is also a 
Benevolent Society for clothingthe Sick and Destitute ; and to the Public Founda- 
tions already noticed, we may add that beneficent Establishment, tho Dispensary, 
which is supported by voluntary Subscriptions. 

The Lord of the Manor has here a Gaol for the imprisonment of debtors, 
within the Manor of Wakefield, and in this gaol is the Gibbet-axe of the well- 
known " Halifax Gibbet Law." 

Of the eminent men born in Halifax, whose names are on record, we find the 
following :— Henry Brig<»«, an eminent mathematician, was born in 1556, and 
educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was Fellow in 1588. In 
1396, he was cho<en Gresham Professor of Geometry, which place he resigned in 
1620, on being appointed Savilian Professor at Oxford, where he died in 1630. 
He was the first improver of Logarithms after Napier, the original inventor, whom 
he visited in Scotland, and published in 1624, a work of stupendous labour, 
entitled " Arithmetica Logarithmica," containing Logarithms of 30,000 natural 
numbers. He also wrote some other valuable books on mathematical subjects. 
—Bio?. Diet. 

Joseph Brookbank, born in 1612, son of George Brookbank, of Hali- 
fax, was entered at Brazon-Nose College, in 1632, took a degree in Arts, went 
into orders, and had a curacy. At length removing to London, he taught school 
in Fleet-Street, and preached there. Ihe time of his death is not known, lie 
published, '* Breviate of Lilly's Latin Gram. 8vo. &c. ,J London, 1660, Ser-» 
moos, &c. He, by indenture, bearing date Oct. 4, 1712, conveyed to Trustees, 



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certain lands and tenements, for the founding of the School at Elland. — WaUotfs 
Halifax. 

That excellent Optician and Mechanist, Mr Jesse Ramsden, was born here 
in 1735. He greatly improved Hadley's Quadrant. In 1786, he was chosen 
Fellow of the Royal Society. He died at Brighton in 1800. 

The celebrated Daniel de Foe, although not a native, was for some time re- 
sident at Halifax. Here he employed himself in writing his books, " De Jure 
Pivino," the famous romance of " Robinson Crusoe/' and other literary works. 
— Whitaker. 

William Edwards, bookseller, Halifax, a character of very great eminence 
in his profession, died Jan. 10, 1808, aged 86. The catalogues which he occa- 
sionally published, were astonishingly rich in scarce and valuable books, of 
which the ornamental bindings were peculiarly elegant. — Nichols' Lit. Artec. 

Of Halifax and the parish, there are no less than three separate histories, 
viz. " Halifax audits Gibbet Law," by John Bentley, 12mo. published in 1761. 
"Antiquities of the town of Halifax, 5 ' by Thomas Wright, 12mo. Leeds, 1738 ; 
and the " History and Antiquities of the parish of Halifax," by the Rev. John 
Watson, M. A. and F. S, A. 4to. London, 1775 ; besides an edition in Svo. entitled 
the " History of the town and parish of Halifax," &c. published in numbers, 
by E. Jacobs, in 1789. This last appears to be an abridgement of Watson's. 
HALLAM, UPPER, a township, in the parish of Sheffield, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 3 miles 
from Sheffield.— Pop. 1,018. 
HALLAM, NETHER, a township, in the parish of Sheffield, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 1 \ mile 
from Sheffield.— Pop. 3,200. 
HALL-GATE, Sf. k. in the township and parish of Handsworth; 4 

miles from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherham. 
HALL-GREEN, in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of 
Sandai-Magna, liberty of Wakefield; 4 miles from Wakefield 7% 
from BarnsJey. 
HALLOWS, ham. in the township of Wilsden, and parish of Brad- 
ford ; 3| miles from Keighley, 4 from Bradford. 
HALSTEAD, (the seat of Mrs Jane Foxcroft^) in the township and 
parish of Thornton in Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross ; 1 mile 
from Ingleton, 6| from Kirby- Lonsdale, (Westm.) 
HALTON, in the township of Tesiipie-Newsam, and parish of Whit- 
kirk ; 3| miles from Leeds. 
HALTON-DIAL, (toll-bar) in the township of Temple-Newsam, 

and parish of Whitkirk ; t\ miles from Leeds. 
HALTON, EAST, in the parish of Skipton, east-division of Stain- 
cliffe, ' liberty of CliffordVFee , 4 miles from Skipton, 9 from 
Keighley, 14 from Otley. — Pop. including Bolton, 141^, which 
being united, forma township. 
HALTON-GILL, in the parish of Arnecliff, west-division and 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Kettlewell, 10 from Settle, 14 
from "Hawes, 20 from Skipton. — Pop. 1 ] 4. The Church is a per- 
petual curacy, value, p. r. f60/. Is. Id. Patron, the Vicar of 
Arnecliff. The Chapel was rebuilt in 1636; it has no church- 
yard or interments, but is dependant on Arnecliff. 

" Amongst the singular characters of this country, was Mr Wilson, formerly 
curate of this place, and father of the late Rev. Edward Wilson, canon of 
Windsor. He wrote a Tract entitled " The Man in the Moon'," which was se- 



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riously meant to convey the knowledge of common astronomy in the following' 
strange vehicle : A cobhler, Israel Jobson byname, is supposed to ascend, firstto 
the top of Penigent ; and thence, as a second stage, equally practicable, to the 
Moon ; after which he makes a tour of the whole solar system. From this ex- 
cursion, however, the traveller brings back little information which might not 
have been had upon earth, excepting that the inhabitants of one of the planets, 
were made of Pot -metal." The book is now rarely to be met with. — fVhitaker's 
Craven. 

HALTON, WEST, in the parish of Long-Preston, west-division 

and liberty of Stainclitfe ; (Halton-Place, the seat of John Yorke, 
Esq.) 7 miles from Settle. 12 from Skipton, 15 from Colne, (Lane.) 
—Pop. 190. 

This village gave name to a very ancient family, which bore, Argent, two bars 
Azure, the last heiress of whom, 3rd Richard III, added it to the great estate of 
the Talbots, of Bashall, by marrying Sir Thomas Talbot, Knight. Halton re- 
mained in the Talbot family till their extinction, about the year 1660. It is now, 
by purchase, the property of John Yorke, Esq. who has greatly enhanced the 
value of the estate, by judiciousimprovements. — fF/iita/cer's Craven. 

HAMBLETON, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash ; (Hambleton- House, the seat of Samuel Smith, Esq.) 3| miles 
from Selby, 7 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Pontefract. — Pop. 488. 

HAMBLETON-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Bolton- Abbey, 
and parish of Skipton ; 6 miles from Skipton. 

H VMERTON, /. h. in the township of Easington, and parish of 
Slaidburn ; 1 \ mile from Slaidburn. 

This place, which gave name to one of the most ancient families in Craven, 
is now only a large farm-house, which, with the estate annexed, belongs to Man- 
chester school. 

Here was a Chantry founded by Stephen de Hamerton, in the chapel of St. 
Mary, within his manor of Hamerton, in 1332, for a competent secular chap- 
lain, presentable by himself during his life, and after his decease, by his son John, 
and his heirs, in the said chapel, to celebrate masses, &c. for the said Stephen, 
Richard his father, and Agnes his mother. For the support of which caplain, 
he amortized two messuages, thirty-sixacres of land, and twenty acres of meadow, 
in Slaidburn, and New Laund inBowland,for ever. This endowmentwas confirmed. 
by William, Archbishop of York, in February, 1332. Two institutions only 
occur for this chantry, and as it does not appear ia the catalogue of Archbisftop 
Holgate or Browne Willis, it seems most probable that it fell long before the 
general dissolution. 

HAMMERTON, GREEN.— See Greenhammerton. 

HAM POLE, (extraparochiaf) in the lower-division of StrafForth and 
Tic-kin 11; 6| miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 13| from 
Wakeiield. — Pop. including Stubbs, 140, which being united, form 
a township. 

A Priory was built here about the year 1170, by William de Clarefai and 
Avicia de Fanai, his wife, for fourteen or fifteen Cistercian Nuns, and dedicated 
to the Virgin Mary ; valued at the dissolution at 631. 5s. Sd. Dug. ; 831. 6s. lid. 
Speed. The site, with demesnes, were granted to Francis Aislaby, in 6th Edward 
VI. 1552. 

This Nunnery stood in a pleasant vale, in a fine country, near to the high 
road leading from Wakefield to Doncaster. At present there is an old ball, 
which seems either to have been part of the Priory, or built out of its iuins.— 
Dug dale.— Burton*. 

Here lived Richard Role, a hermit, whom Gray, in his introduction to his 
Key to the Old Testament, says, " one of the first attempts at a translation into 
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been made by Richard Role, an hermit of Hampole, in Yorkshire, who translated 
and wrote a Gloss, upon the Psalter, and a metrical paraphrase of the book of 
Job; he died A. D. 1349." 
HAMPSTHWAITE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough ; 2 miles from Ripley, 7 from Knares- 
brough, 8 from Ripon, 25 from York. — Pop. 490. The Church 
is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Thomas a Beckitt, in the deanry of 
the Ainsty, value, 13/. 6s. Sd. Patrons, Messrs. Shanns. 

This village was part of the possessions of the Lords Tiptoft ; it is a long 

straggling village, pleasantly situated on the southern bank of the river Nid. 

The patronage of the church was given to the Priory of Knaresbrough. — Hist. 

Knaresbrough. 

HAND-BANK, /. k. in the township of Langsett, and parish of 

Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. 
HANDS WORTH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Hallamshire ; 4| miles from 
Sheffield, 7 from Rotherham, 12| from Chesterfield, (Derby.) 55 
from York. — Pop. 2,173. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12/. 4s. Id. Patron, 
the Duke of Norfolk. 

Handsworth is situated upon an eminence, on the turnpike road from Shef- 
field to VVorksop, from which are commanded extensive and beautiful views of the 
surrounding country. Not far from the church-yard stands the village school, 
a respectable stone building, erected by subscription in the year 1800, for the 
education of a certain number of poor children, to be elected pursuant to the 
Will, of Dr. Lockier, formerly rector of this parish, who, with the Hon. Mrs Jane 
Howard, wife of the rector, gave the uses of certain monies for its endowment. - 
For an account of this parish, see Hunter's Hallamshire. 
HANDSWORTH- WOOD HOUSE, in the township and parish of 
Handsworth, liberties of St. Peter and Hallamshire ; 5 miles from 
Sheffield. 
HANGING-STONES, ham. in the township and parish of Ilkley ; 

4 miles from Otley, 8 from Bradford. 

HANLITH, in the parish of Kirkhy-Malhamdale, west-division of 

Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; (Hanlith-Hcdl, a seat of 

Colonel Serjeantson) 6 1 miles from Settle, 9i from Ski pton, 10| 

from Kettlewell. — Pop. 46. 

Hanlith is situated on the east bank of the river Aire. The family of the 

Serjeantsons, who possess the principal property in the place, resided here at 

the commencement of the parish Register in 1597. — Whitaker. 
HARDCASTLE, FAR and NEAR, 2 f. h. in the township of 

Dacre-cum-Bewerley, and parish of Ripon ; 4 miles from Pateley- 

bridge, 14 from Kettlewell. 
HARDEN, (the seat of Robert Parker, Esq.) in the township of 

the Forest of Bow land, Higher, and parish of Slaidburn; 6 miles 

from Slaidburn, 14 from Lancaster. 
HARDEN, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; (Harden- 

Grange, the seat of Walker Ferrand, Esq.J 2 miles from Bingley, 

5 from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. 

HARDEN, scat. h. in the township and parish of Thornton ; 4 miles 

from Colne, (Lane.) 9 § from Ski pton. 
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HARDINGLEY, /. h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of 
Kirkburton ; 9 miles from Huddersfield and Penistone. 

HARDISTY-HILL, scat. h. in the township and parish of tewston; 
8 \ miles from Otley, 9| from Ripley. 

HARD WICK, /. h. in the township of Aston-with-Aughton, and 
parish of Aston; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield. 

HARD WICK, BLIND, or SPITAL, /. h. in the township, parish, 
and liberty of Pontefract ; 1 mile from Pontefract. 

HARD WICK, EAST, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of 
Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Pontefract, 9| 
from Wakefield. — Pop. 96. Here is a donative Chapd. 

HARD WICK, WEST, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of 
Osgoldcross. liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Pontefract, 7 
from Wakefield.— Pop. 93. 

HARE-HILLS, 2 or 3 h. in the township and parish of Keighley, 
liberty of Staincliflfe ; 3 miles from Keighley. 

HARRUNDEN, or ARRUNDEN, ham. in the township of Cart- 
worth, and parish of Kirkburton ; 7 miles from Huddersfield. 

HARE WOOD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack; 
6 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Leeds, Harrogate, and Otley, 
10 from Knaresbrough, 1 1 from Tadcaster, 12 from Bradford, 20 
from York, 197 from London. — Market, Monday. — Fairs, last 
Monday in April, and second Monday in October, for sheep and 
cattle. The Market which appears to have been chartered for 
calves, sheep, &c. is now nearly obsolete. — Principal Inn, Hare- 
wood Arms. — Pop. 849. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +14/. Is. lOd. 
Patrons, the Earl of Harewood, with the Parishoners, and G. H. 
Wheeler, Esq. of Ledstone, alternately. 

This is the neatest village in the county, the houses of which are uniformly 
and handsomely built of stone, consisting of two streets, one running north and 
south, the other east and west, the latter forming a regular approach to the gate- 
way leading to Ilarewood-house ; and the houses have, at first view, more the 
appearance of habitations of gentlemen than tenantry. 

The Church, of great antiquity, is surrounded by a thick grove of 
trees, winch, by their embowering shade, give to it a peculiar air of solem- 
nity ; the west-end is beautifully mantled with ivy. In number and perfect 
preservation of the tombs of its Lords, this Church probably surpasses every parish- 
church in the county ; and as virtue and honest patriotism are, almost on all oc- 
casions, held up to us as models deserving onr imitation, this place has been 
pointed out by all historians as most sacred, for it contains the relics of the vir- 
tuous Judge, Sir William Gascoigne, of Gawthorpe, who was, while trying one 
of the Prince of Wales' favourites, insulted upon the bench by the Prince him- 
self, afterwards Henry V. The Judge resolutely committed him, and declared, 
"He would have the laws respected." This upright Judge discovered equally 
his resolution and integrity, in refusing to try Archbishop Scrope, for High 
Treason, an office which another Judge, who was not so scrupulous, assumed 
and pursued to a fatal point for that prelate. 

HAREWOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of the Earl of Harewood) in the 
township and parish of Harewood, upper-division of Skyrack; 8 
miles from Leeds and Harrogate. 

This magnificent and justly admired Mansion was built by the late Mr 
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Mr Carr of York. The foundation was laid in March, 1759, by the late Lord 
Harewood. Jt is situated at the top of a hill, fronting to the south, and com- 
manding 1* a rich home view, over fields and woods, with one slight exception, 
nearly all his own." This, says Dr. Whitaker, " is a fortunate place, blessed 
with much natural beauty and fertility, and in the compass of a country village, 
with nearlyan entire though dismantled castle, a modern palace surrounded by 
a wide extent of pleasure grounds and plantations, and a parish-church filled 
with unmutilated sculptures of the 14th and 15th centuries." The whole length 
of the building is 248 feet 6 inches, and the xvidth 84 feet, consisting of a centre 
and two wings, displaying all the richness of Corinthian Architecture. The apart- 
ments are numerous and large, and finished in the first style of elegance, and with 
great taste. Thf ceilings are, many of them, richly ornamented from designs of 
Rebecci and others, the Paintings, Busts, &c. by the first masters, are extremely 
numerous; and the whole of this princely mansion is fitted up with so much 
costly elegance, yet usefulness evidently united, that no elaborate description can 
do it justice. 

The taste displayed in the pleasure grounds and gardens, corresponds with 
the magnificence of the house ; they comprise nearly 150 acres, laid out by Brown, 
at the expence of about 16,000/. 

The public must feel grateful to Lord Harewood, for his liberality shewn to 
visitors, by allowing them to view this magnificent mansion every Saturday, from 
eleven to four o'clock in the afternoon. 

On the declivity of the hill, rising from the vale of Warf, stands the delapi- 
dated Castle of Harewood, built soon after the conquest, and then, with the 
Manor, in possession of William de Meschines ; and after passing through vari- 
ous families, we find it in the time of Edward III. in that of the Aldburghs. In 
the reign of Elizabeth, they were in the possession of the Gascoignes ; and after 
that in the family of the Wentworths, by whom the castle and estate were sold 
to Sir John Cutler, of parsimonious memory. On a partition, this place with its 
dependencies, fell to the share of Cutler,* who sometimes resided at Gawthorpe, 
the Castle being then completely dismantled. He left it to his only daughter 
Elizabeth wife of John Robarts, Earl of Radnor, with a remainder in failure of 
issue, to his relation, John Boulter, Esq. who took possession, on the decease of 
this countess in 1696. Of his trustees, this Manor was purchased about the 
year 1739, by Henry Lascelles, Esq. father of the first Lord Harewood, who 
spent the best part of a long life in improving and adorning a situation so pecu- 
liarly capable of both. 

* Cutler saw tenants break, and houses fall ; 

For very want he could not build a wall. 

His only daughter in a stranger's pow'r ; 

For very want he could not pay a dow'r. 

A few grey hairs his reverend temples crown'd ; 

'T was very want that sold them for two pound.— Pope. 

The family of the Lascelles is very ancient, and appears from a pedigree in 
Loidis et El mete, to have descended from Johnde Lascelles, of Hinderskelfe, 
and who held lands in 1315, 9 Edward II. 

On the 9th of July, 1790, Edwin Lascelles, the first Lord Harewood, was 
advanced to the peerage ; and at his decease, 25th of January, 1795, was suc- 
ceeded by Edward, the late Earl, who was created Earl of Harewood and Vis- 
count Lascelles, by patent, dated September 7, 1812, and succeeded by his 
son Henrv. 
HAREWOOD-BRIDGE INN, in the township of Dun-Keswick, 
and parish of Harewood ; 1 mile from Harewood, 7 from Harrogate, 
.8 from Otley, 9 from Knaresbrough. 
BARKER', /. h. in the township and parish of Slaidburn^ 2| miles 

from Slaidburn. 
H ARLINGTON, ham. in the township and parish of Barnbrough, 
liberty of Tickhill ; 6 miles from Doncaster, 9| from Barnsley. 



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HARLOW, ham, in the township of Wentworth, and parish of 

Wath-iipon-Deavn ; 7 mites from R other ham, 8 from Barnsley. 
HARROGATE, HIGH, in the township of Bilton-vvith-High- 
Harrogate, and parish of Knaresbrongh, lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough ; 3 miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from 
Ripley, 8 from Wetherby, 9 from Hopper- Lane Inn and Otley, 
10 from Boroaghbridge, 11 from Ripon, 16 from Leeds, 21 from 
York, 211 from London. — Principal Inns, Dragon, Granby, 
Queen's Head, and Hope Tavern. — Pop. included in Biiton. 
Here is a Chapel, which is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
John, value, *49/. 18s.,8e?. Patron, the Vicar of Knaresbrough. 

This place has been long celebrated for its Chalybeate and Sulphurous 
Waters, and the great resort of compauy from all parts of the kingdom, during 
the summer months. It consists of two villages, High and Low Harrogate ; the 
former stands on what was once a weary waste, commanding prospects of the 
surrounding country to a great extent : York Cathedral may be distinctly seen, 
and the Yorkshire Wolds and Hambleton hills terminate the eastern view ; while 
the western one is bounded by the Craven hills. It formerly consisted of a few 
farm-houses and miserable cottages scattered over a bleak dreary heath, but has 
now a regular and neatly built street, running north and south, with handsome 
shops and four spacious inns for the accommodation of visitors. 

Low Harrogate is about half a mile west, in the vale below, and possesses 
all the comforts and advantages resulting from good inns and lodging-houses of 
the former. A much greater number of nobility and gentry resort to these places, 
during the season, than to any other Watering-place in the north. 

The first spring discovered here was the old Spa, in 1571, by Capt. William 
Slingsby, who found that it possessed properties similar to those of the German. 
Spa. He for some time resided at the Grange, and afterwards at Biiton, at that 
time a royal park well stocked with deer. This spring is now covered with a 
dome, erected in 1786, at the expence of Alexander Lord Loughborough, who 
also laid out a plantation on his estate here, which forms a pleasant shade, 
to a broad walk of two miles long, highly ornamental to the place. 

Another Chalybeate Spring, called the Tewilt Well, about half a mile 
south-west of the old Spa, and possessing similar qualities, is occasionally used. 

Both these springs are situated at High Harrogate; but the principal, and 
that which occasions the greatest resort, are those long celebrated Sulphur Wellsj 
at Low Harrogate, which are most fetidly salutary and efficacious in all Scor- 
butic complaints. 

A new spring was discovered in the garden of the Crescent Inn, in the year 
1783, which seems be>t suited to scrofulous complaints. Ttie salt it contains 
renders it uctive as a gentle stimulous, to promote the secretions; while the iron 
will tend most powerfully to remove debility, which, Dr. Garnett observes, if not 
originally the cause of the disease, always retards its cure. 

.. These mineral waters have been analysed by many eminent Physicians, but 
by none with more accuracy than Dr. Garnett. 

in 1819, two new springs were discovered, a Saline Chalybeate Spring, re- 
sembling Cheltenham Water, and a Chalybeate Spring. The Cheltenham Water, 
as it is called, has come into great repute, and will, no doubt, prove a valuable 
addition to the waters at Harrogate. Dr. Hunter, of Leeds, published a Treatise 
on these Waters : they are also particularly noticed by Dr. Scudamore, in his 
account of Mineral Waters, published in 1820. 

There are public balls at the Inns, thrice a week, each house in regular rota- 
tion, and every kind of amusement is here to be met with. 

The Theatre, situated at High Harrogate, was built by the late Mr Samuel 
Butler, and opened by him in 1788, which affords a rational entertainment to 
those who are fond of Theatricals. 

The Promenade Room, from its vicinity to the Wells, at Low Harrogate, 
has considerably increased the number of visitors here of late years ; for, when 
the weather is unfavourable for excur«ions,aU descriptions of persons find amuse- 

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men! in the room. The erection of this building was first suggested by G. Cayley^ 
M. D. and was opened for the reception of company in 1805. 
HARROGATE* LOW, in the township and parish of Pannal, 
lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 3| miles from 
Knaresbrough. — Principal Inns, the Crown, White-Hart, Swan, 
Crescent, and Hotel. 
HARROP-LODGE, in the township of the Forest of Rowland, 

Lower; 6 \ miles from Gisbnrn, 7 from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 
HARROP-HALL, or NEAR, f. h. in the township of the Forest of 
BoWland, Lower, and parish of Slaidburn; 7 miles from Guisburn. 
HARTHILL, a parish- town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill; 8 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 9 from Rotherham, 
1 1 | from Tickhill, 55 from York.— Pop. 650. The Church is a 
rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 
IS/. l]s. IQ<%4> Patron, the Duke of Leeds. 
HART HEAD, in the parish of Dewsbury, Morley-di vision of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield • 5 miles from Hud- 
dersfield and Dewsbury, 6 from Halifax. — Pop. including Clifton, 
2007. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f95L Patron, 
the Vicar of Dewsbury. 

The Chapel of Harthead is dependent on the Church of Dewsbury, and Is 
the only one existing in the parish. It was in being at the time the liying of 
Dewsbury was granted by the second Earl Warren, to the Priory of Lewis, about 
the year 1120 ; and may have existed before the time of Doomsday. Great part 
of the fabric has been renewed since the first erection, but the principal door, and 
the arch over the entrance of the choir remain, both adorned by semicircular 
arches. At a small distance, by the highway side, leading to the common, is the 
base of a genuine Saxon cross, called Walton Cross, four feet five inches in height, 
and two feet three inches at the top* It is wrought in the usual style* with knots 
and scrolls, and has a cavity at the top for the insertion of a shaft ,— Whitaker. 
HARTLINGTON, iii the parish of Burnsall, east-division of 
Staincliffe. liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 9 miles from Skipton and 
Pateleybridge, 1 1 from Ketllewell. — Pop. 141. 
HART WITH, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of 
Ciaro; 4 miles from Pateleybridge, 1 from Ripon, and Knares- 
brough. — Pop. including; Winsley, 6.75, which being united form 
a township. Here is a Chapel under Kirkbymalzeard, of which 
the Vicar is Patron, present value, 100/. 

Here is a School endowed by Robert Haxby, with an estate at Darley, but 
when established, not known ; it is free only to the children of the tenants of 
three farms, formerly belonging to Robert Haxby, the founder, now the property 
of John Swires, Esq, the rent 29L per ann. is paid to the master, — Commissioners 1 
Report. 
HARWOOD-WELL, scat. h. in the township of Skirtcoat, and 

parish of Halifax, liberty of Wa'kefield ; 1 \ mile from Halifax. 
HATFIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill ; (the scat of W. Gossip, Esq.) 4 miles from Thome, 8 from 
Doncaster, 11 from Bawtry, 34 from York. — Pop. 1,918. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the 
deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 80/. 4s. 3d. Patron, Lord Deer- 
hurst, in right of his Wife. Bacon styles it a vicarage, value, 
151. 5s. 

On Hatfield Heath, a bloody battle was fought between Ceadwalla, King of 
(he Britons, and Penda, the Pa^an King of Mercia, against Edwin, the first 



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Christian Kins of Northumberland, in which Edwin, and Offrid his eldest son, 
were slain.— Rapin.— Drake. 

In the old Manor-house here, was born, William, the second son of King 
Edward III. from which place he took the name of William de Hatfield. The 
Queen, Phillippa, his mother, on this occasion, gave live marks per annum to 
the neighbouring Abbey of Roche, and five nobles to the Monks there, which 
sums, when he died, were transferred to the church of York, where the Prince 
was buried, to pray for his soul.— Drake, 

The extensive level of Hatfield Chace, the largest in England, contains with- 
in its limits, above 180,000 acres, one half of which was covered with water, till 
Charles I. sold it to Sir Cornelius Vermuiden, a Dutchman, without the consent 
of the commissioners and tenants, to drain and cultivate ; which to the general 
surprise, he at length effected, at the expense of about 400,000/. But the affair 
involved him in tedious and ruinous law-suits. — Hist. Doncaster. 

In 1811, an Act was obtained for inclosing between eight and nine thousand 
acres of rich common in this neighbourhood, which must be ultimately productive 
of great public and private advantage. 

In the centre of this chace, at a place called Lindholme, tradition relates, 
there formerly lived a Hermit, called William of Lindholrne. Of his cell a par- 
ticular account is given in the Gents. Mag. lor 1747, written by George Stovio, 
Esq. of Crowle, and copied into the Hist, of Doncaster. Mr Stovin's Letter is 
dated Aug. 31, 1727. It was situated in the middle of sixty acres of firm sandy 
ground, full of pebbles ; at the east end stood an altar, made of hewn stone, and 
at the west end is the hermit's grave, covered with a freestone slab — under it were 
found a tooth, a scull, the thigh and shin bones of a human body, all of a very 
fcrge size ; likewise a peck of hemp-seed, and a piece of beaten copper. A farm- 
house now occupies the site of the cell. 

The Church is a large handsome building, having a lofty elegant tower, and 
although originally Saxon, the present structure is not older than the reign of 
Henry III. In it are several monuments of the Hatfield family, and one of 
Abraham de la Pryme.— Hist. Doncuster. 
HATFIELD-HALL, (the residence of Francis Maud, Esq.) in the 
township of Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield, 
liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Leeds. 
HATFIELD-HOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Eccles- 

field : 4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. 
HATFIELD-WOOD HOUSE, in the township and parish of 

Hatfield ; 3i miles from Thorne, 8| from Doncaster. 
HAUGH-END, (the seat of Major Priestly) in the township of 
Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3| miles 
from Halifax, S- z from Huddersfield. 

At this place, in Oct, 1630, the celebrated Dr. John Tillotson, Archbishop 
of Canterbury, first drew breath, a place that will ever be regarded with venera- 
tion, by all who know how to estimate religion without bigotry, and reason with- 
out scepticism. He was the son of a clothier; and received his education at 
Clarehall, Cambridge, where he was chosen Fellow in 1651. He attended Lord 
Russell on the scaffold, and endeavouied to prevail on him to acknowledge the 
doctrine of non-resiatance, a principle which the Doctor had afterwards occasion 
to renounce. He was 2ealous against popery in the reign of James II. and, after 
the revolution, was the confidential friend of William and Mary, who bestowed 
on him the Archbishopric of Canterbury.— His Sermons were published in 10 
vol*. 8vo. and 3 vols, folio. He died in 1694, much lamented. 
HA UGH, NETHER, in the township of Greasbrough, and parish 
of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafl'orth and Tickhill, liberty of 
Tickhill ; t\ miles from Rotherham, 91 from Bamsley. 
HA UGH, UPPER, in the township and parish of llawmarsh, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 3 miles from Rotherham, 9 
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308 WEST-RIDING. 

HA VERA H- PARK, (extraparochiaij in the lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough ; 7 miles from Knaresbrough, 8 from 
Otley.— Pop. 87. 

This Park, formerly a royal Chace, containing upwards of 2000 acres, now 
divided into farms, is the property of Sir William Jngilby, Bart, in whose 
family it has been for many ages. 

At the west-end of this ancient enclosure, situated on the point of a hill, are 
the remains of a strong tower, with suitable out- works ; the foundations, and 
part of the gateway only remaining. Its dimensions appear to have been an 
exact square, each side measuring fifty feet ; the ditch, in some places, is twenty- 
four feet deep, and five hundred feet in circumference. By whom the park was 
enclosed, or the tower erected, is not known ; it is commonly called " John of 
Gaunt's Castle," and, perhaps, was erected by that Prince, when Lord of Knares- 
"b rough, about the year 1371. 
HAVERCROFT, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6| from Wakefield, 
9 from Pontefract. — Pop. including North or Cold-Hiendley J 89, 
which being united form a township. 
HAVERCROFT, in the township and parish of Eatley, Agbrigg- 
division of Agbrigg and Morley ; %\ miles from Dewsbury, 6 J 
from Bradford. 
HAWKESTONE-SLACK, 2 coils, in the township of Stansfield, 
and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 10 miles from Halifax 
and Burnley. (Lane.) 
HAWKS WORTH, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Sky- 
rack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; (Hawksworth- 
Hall, the residence of George Carroll, Esq.) 4 miles from Otley, 
6 from Bradford, 12 from Leeds. — Pop. 323. 

This place gave name and residence to a family of the highest antiquity, to 
which authentic records usually ascend ; and is one of the instances in which 
property has descended in the possession of one family from the conquest to the 
present time ; for it appears by a pedigree of the family, attested by the " King 
of Arms." in 1642, that John, the father of Walter de Hawkswokh, the first 
possessor of this place, came over with the Conqueror, and was killed at the 
battle of Hastings, where he commanded under Richard Fitzpoint, a Norman 
Baron, surnamed Clifford, Lord Clifford, of Clifford Castle.— It is now the pro- 
perty of Walter Fawkes, Esq. of Farnley, a lineal descendant of the family, and 
whose father resided here till 1786. The Hall is an irregular <stone building of 
various periods. The oldest part bears the date of 1611, on some rich and curi- 
ous plasterwork, very characteristic of that age. But it has been improved and 
modernized bvthe family, at various times. — Whitaker — Neale. 
HAWKESYVICK, in the parish of ArneclifT, west-division of 
Staincliffe, liberty of CI ifford's-Fee ; 4 miles from Kettlewell, 10 
from Settle, 1 5 from Skipton. — Pop. 86. 
HA WORTH, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Keighley, 7 from 
Bradford, 8 from Halifax, 9| from Colne, (Lane.)— No Market. — 
Fairs, July 22, for pedlary ware ; and October 1 4, for horned 
cattle, pedlary ware, &c. — Pop. 4668. Here is a Chapel of ease, 
dedicated to St. Michael. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. 
HAW PIKE, /. h. in the township of Draughton, and parish of 

Skipton; 5 miles from Skipton. 
HAWSHAW, ham. in the township of Kellbrook, and parish of 



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Thornton, east-division and liberty of Siaincliffe ; 4| miles from 
Colne, (Lane.) 9 from Skipton. 
HAYLEY-HILL, scat. h. in the township of Northowram, and 

parish of Halifax ; 5 of a mile from Halifax. 
HAY-PARK FARMS, in the township and parish of Knaresbrough ; 

1 mile from Knaresbrough, 7 from YVetherby. 
HAYWOOD, /. h. in the township and parish of Campsall; 7 miles 

from Doncaster and Thorne. 
HAZELHEAD, /. h. in the township of Thurston, and parish of 

Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. 
HAZEL WOOD, in the parish of Skipton, upper-division of Claro; 
7 1 miles from Skipton, 13 from Pateley bridge, 16| from Knares- 
brough. — Pop. including Storithes, 209, which being united form 
a township. 

Here is a School for the poor of the township, the master of which receives 
15/. per annum, from Silvester Pety t ; s charities, the interest of 300/. The school- 
house was huilt about 120 years ago, hy a person of the name of Winterburne. — 
Commiss. Report. Mr Petyt, whose charities were extensive in the neighbourhood, 
appears to have been born at Storithes, in this township. 
HAZEL WOOD, in the township of Stutton-with-Hazelwood, and 
parish of Tadcaster, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 3 miles from 
Tadcaster, 7 from Wetherby. — Pop. included in Stutton. 
In the same township is 
HAZELWOOD-HALL, (extraparochial) (a seat of Sir Thomas 

Vavasour, Bart.) 
HEALAUGH. (Ainsty) a parish-town, 3 miles from Tadcaster, 7 
from Wetherby, 8 from York. — Pop. 191. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, value, p. r. between 80 
and 100/. Patron, Benjamin Brooksbank, Esq. Bacon styles it 
a vicarage discharged, value, 61. 

In the reign of King John, here was an Hermitage in the wood, which after- 
ward', in 1218, became a convent of regular black canons, established and en- 
dowed by Jordan de St. Maria, and Alice, bis wife. At the time of the dissolu- 
tion, here were fourteen canons, who had revenues to the value of 721. \0s. 7d. 
per annum. This monastery was granted, in 1540, to James Gage, and after- 
wards came into the possession of Sir Arthur Darcy, Knight. It afterwards was 
part of the possessions of the Lords Wharton, and was the seat of Philip, Lord 
Wharton, temp. Charles I. — Burtox. — Drake. 

Leland says, " From Tadcaster to Hclagh Pryory is about two mile, by in- 
closed ground . One Geffrey Haget, a nobleman, was first founder of it. In this 
pryory was buried sum of the Depedales and Stapletons, gentlemen; of whom,, 
one Sir Bryan Stapleton, a valiant Knight, is much spoken of. Geffrey Haget 
was owner of Helagfa Lordship, and besides a great owner in the Ainsty. From 
Ilelagh pryory, scant a mile to Ilelagh village. I saw great ruins of an ancient 
manor of stone, with a fair wooded park thereby, that belonged to the Earl of 
Northumberland. It was as far as I can perceive, sumtyme the Ilaget's land." 
HE A LAUGH-HALL, (Ainsty) the seat of Benjamin Brooksbank, 
Esq. in the township and parish of Healaugh ; 1 mile from Tadcas- 
ter, 6 from Wetherby, 10 from York. 
HEALAUGH-MANOIl, (Ainsty; /. h. in the township and parish 

of Healangh ; 2 miles from Tadcaster. 
HEADLEY-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Bramham; 
3 miles from Tadcaster, 5 from Wetherby. 



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HEALEY, ham. in the township and parish of Batley; %\ miles 
from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield. 

HEELEY, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Shef- 
field, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; l\ mile from 
Sheffield. 

HEELEY, UPPER, in the township of Netker-Kailam, and parish 
of Sheffield ; 2 miles from Sheffield. 

HEANING, s. h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidburn ; 
2 1 miles from Slaidburn. 

HEATH, in the township of Warmfield-with-Heath, and parish of 
Warmfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Pontefract; (the seats of John Henry Smyth, and William Smithson, 
Esqrs.) 2 miles from Wakefield, 10 from Barnsley. — Pop. included 
in Warmfield. Heath-Hall is occupied by Nuns of the order of 
St. Benedict. 

HEATHEN-CARR, 4 /. h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck> 
and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 5 miles from Kettlewell. 

HEATH-FIELD, 2/. h. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and 
parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 2 miles from Pateleybridge. 

HEATH-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Golear, and parish of 
Huddersfield ; 3 miles from Huddersfield. 

HEATON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg 
and Morley ; (Heaton-Hall, the seat of John Wilmer Field, Esq.) 
2 miles from Bradford, 4| from Bingley. —Pop. 1,217. 

HEATON, CLECK.— See Cleck-Heaton. 

HEATON, EARLS, in the township of Soothill, and parish of 
Dewsbury, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Wakefield ; 1 mile from Dewsbury, 4 from Wakefield. 

HEATON, HANGING, in the township of Soothill, and parish of 
Dewsbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Wakefield ; 1 mile from Dewsbury, o from Wakefield. 

HEATON-HILL, scattered houses, in the township of Soothill, and 
parish of Dewsbury; \ a mile from Dewsbury. 

HEATON, KIRK.~~£ee Kirkheaton. 

HEATON-LODGE, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton; 3 
miles from Huddersfield, 

HEATON-RO YDS, ham. in the township of Heaton, and parish of 
Bradford % %\ miles from Bradford. 

HEATON, UPPER, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton, 
Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; 2| miles from Hudders- 
field, 11 from Wakefield. 

HEBDEN, in the parish of Larton, east-division and liberty of Stain- 
cliife ; 8 miles from Kettlewell and Pateleybridge, 12 from Skipton. 
Pop. 377. 

HEBDEN-BRIDGE, in the townships of Heptonstail. and Wads- 
worth, and parish of Halifax, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and 
Morley ; 1\ miles from Halifax, 10 from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

HEBDEN-BRIDGE-LaNES, in the township of Heptonstail, and 
parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Halifax. 



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HEBDEN-MOORSIDE, strag. coits. in the townships of Hebden 
and Hartlington, and parishes of Linton and Burnsall, east-division 
and liberty of Staincliffe ; 7| miles fram Pateleybridge. 

HECK, GREAT, in the parish of Snaitb, wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberty and baiMwick of Cowick and Snaitb ; 2 miles from 
Snaitb, 8 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Tborne.— Pop. 228. 

HECK, LITTLE, 2/. h. in the township of Great Heek, and parish 
of Snaitb, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaitb ; 2f miles 
from Snaith, 7| from Ferrybridge. 

HECKMONDVVIKE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Dews- 
burv, 7 from Wakefield, 9 from Halifax.— Pop. 2.579. 

HEDDINGLEY, or HEADINGLEY, in the parish and borough 
of Leeds, lower-division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles 
from Leeds, 8 from Bradford and Otley.— Pop. including Bur- 
ley, 2.1 54, which being united, form a township. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael. Patron, the Vicar of 
Leeds. 

In this village " still remains the gigantic Oak Tree, of which Thoresby 
modestly and ingeniously conjectured that it might have been the place of as- 
sembly for the wapentake, and bave occasioned the name of Skyreak, i. e. Shire 
Oak." 

HEIGHT, ham. in the township of Linthwaite, and parish of Aid- 
mondbury ; 3| miles from Huddersfield. 

HEIGHTS, CHAPEL, in the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale, (Lane.) Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; & 
miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 12 from Hudderslield and Manches- 
ter, (Lane.) Here is a Chapel of ease to Rochdale. 

HELL A BY, in the township of Stainton-with-Hellaby, and parish 
of Stainton, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from 
Rotherham, 6 from Tickhill. — Pop. included in Stainton. 

HELLI FIELD, in the parish of Long-Preston, west-division and 
liberty of Staincliffe; 6 \ miles from Settle, 9| from Skipton, 12| 
from Colne, (Lane.)— Pop. 279. About \ a mile from the village^ 
in the same township, is 

HELLIFIKLD-PEEL, the seat of James Hamerton, Esq. 

Hellifield Peel, stands upon a fiat, and was once, probably, surrounded by a 
moat. It wa> built by Lawrence Hamerton, about the 19th of Henry VT. at 
which time he obtained a license to fortify and embattle his manor-house of Hel- 
lifield. It still remains a square compact building, but of too narrow dimen- 
sions to accommodate the family in the splendid style in which they then lived, 
and therefore intended rattier as a place of retreat in cases of sudden alarm. The 
bouse has been modernized by the present owner. 

Hellifield, anciently Helgefelt, or the field of Heigh, its first Saxon posses- 
sor, was held by its mesne Lords of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and 
by them of the Percies, as chief Lords of the fee. Jn the 9th of Edward II. it 
appears from Kirkby's Inquisition, that Sir John de Harcourt and the Prior of 
St. John of Jerusalem, were joint Lords of this Manor.— Sir Stephen Hamerton, 
in 1537, joined the insurgents, in the great northern insurrection ; and after 
having availed himself of the King's pardon, revolted a second time ; after which, 
having been taken prisoner, he was conveyed to Londoa, and shortly after at- 
tainted and executed. Hellifield was, however, preserved by a settlement for 
the life of the widow of John Hamerton, who was mother of Sir Stephen- But 



312 WEST-RIDING. 

Hellineld-Peel remained in the Crown till 37th Henry VITL when it was granted 
by that King to George Brown and his heirs, to be* held of the King incapite, 
for the consideration of 296/. 9s. 2d. Tn the Jrd of Elizabeth, it returned to the 
family again in the person of John Hamerton, Esq. ; and where it has remained 
ever since. The first of the name of Hamerton that occurs here,, is Richard de 
Hamerton, in 1170, 26th Henry U.—PVhitaker's Craven. 

HEMING FIELD, /. hi in the township of Wombwell, and parish 
ofDarfield, liberty of Tickhill ; 5 miles from Bamsley. 

HEMSWORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; (Hemsworth-Hall, the seat of Sir Francis 
Lindley Wood, Bart.) 5| miles from Pontefract, /from Wakefield, 
9 from Bamsley, 29 \ from York. — Pop. 963. The Church is a 
rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 
20/. Is. 0\d. Patron, William Wrightson, Esq. 

Here is an Hospital for a master, ten poor men, and ten poor women, found- 
ed and endowed by Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York, by Will, in 1555. The 
master of this hospital originally was to have yearly 20 marks, and each of the 
brethren and sisters 3s. Ad. towards their support. Great abuses in the distri- 
bution of the rents by the Trustees having afterwards happened, who had "com- 
bined together to defraud the master, brethren, and sisters, of their lands and 
hereditaments,'''' — and in the granting of Leases,— Bills in Chancery were at 
different times filed, — the last in April, 1805, — which suit was long protracted* 
but on the 29th of Nov. 1816, a Decree was pronounced amply to the satisfaction 
of the present master, the Rev. John Simpson, whose fidelity and resolution, in 
steadily pursuing the rights of the hospital, deserve the highest commendation. 
The estates belonging to the hospital are all situate in the three Ridings of this 
county. The present reserved rents are nearly 2,000/. per annum. The master's 
share of all the revenues is one-jifth, — and the remaining four-fifths are equally 
divided amongst the ten brethren and ten sisters, who are each to be not under 
sixty years of age when elected, except in case of blindness or other great in- 
firmity. — Carlisle's Gram. Schools. 

Thus the poor pensioners have risen from a state of poverty to affluence. — 
The Lord Chancellor is the visitor. 

Here was also founded a Free Gi-ammar-School, by Robert Holgate, Arch- 
bishop of York, in the last year of Henry VIII. 1546, which he endowed with 
lands and tenements to the amount, at that time, of 24/. per annum. The pre- 
sent reserved rental of that part of the property which is now attached to Hems- 
worth School, is about 150/. besides incidental fines on renewals of Leases. The 
entire patronage of, and nomination to the same, is vested in the Archbishop of 
York, and his successors for ever. 

Archbishop Holgate was born at Hemsworth ; he seems to have been not 
less liberal in disposing of the Manors of his See, than he was in founding schools 
and hospitals; for it is said in one morning, he passed away to Henry VIII. 
thirteen Manors in Northumberland, forty in Yorkshire, six in Nottinghamshire, 
and eight in Gloucestershire. -Drake. 

In the same township and parish are 

HEMSWORTH-LANE-END, ham. > ' . . . ' . "' jr 

HEMSWORTH-LODGE,/. h. I eac * abo , u f miieS fr ° m 

HEMSWORTH-MARSH, ham. >. ronteiraci. 

HENSALL, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith ; 3 miles from Snaith, 7 
from Ferrybridge. — Pop. 233. 

HEPTONST ALL, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Halifax, 12 
from Rochdale, {Lane.)— Pop. 4,543, The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. Thomas a Beckett, value f 132/. Patron, 
the Vicar of Halifax. 



WEST-RIDlNtf. SIS 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded by Charles Greenwood, Clerk/ 
Rector of Thornhill, who by Will, dated July 14, 1642, endowed it with lands 
and tenements, then of the annual value of 20/. The present rental is about 70/. 
per. annum. He also lelt rents for the founding of two Fellowship?, and two* 
Scholarships in the University College, Oxford, of which he had heen Fellow, — but 
they were unfortunately lost by the mismanagement of his Executors.— fVataon's 
Halifax. 

In a skirmish betwixt the Cavaliers and the Round-heads, during the Civil 
Wars of Charles 1. part of this town was burnt to the ground. 
HEPTONSTALL-PARK, in the township of Erring-den, and parish 
of Halifax, Moriey-di vision of Agbrigg and Moriey. liberty of 
Wakefield ; 7 miles from Halifax, 13 from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

Heptonstall-Park, or more properly speaking-, Erringdcn*Park-, which wa* 

a park appurtenant to the Forest of Sowerbyshire, or flardwick, and probably 

enclosed by one of the Earls Warren. This once famous park, which held sheep 

as well as deer, wa9 disparked 27th Henry VI. and demised to tenants at rent* 

amounting altogether to 24/. per annum. It is completely surrounded by the 

township of Sowerby ; and now constitutes the township of Erringden, and forms 

a part of the parochial chapolry of Heptonstall. — Watson. — W*htt.vkeY£. 

HEPTONSTALL-SLACK, in the township of Heptonstall, and 

parish of Halifax, Morley-division of A gbrigg and Moriey, liberty 

of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax, 12| from Rochdale, {Lane.) 

HEPWORTH, a township, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg- 

division of Agbrigg and Moriey, liberty of Wakefield; 6\ Bailed 

from Huddersfield, 7 from Penistone.— Pop. 1 ,048. 

HERMIT-HILL, ham. in the township of Wort ley, and parish of 

Tankerslev; 5 miles from Barnsley, b' from Peni stone. 
HERRINGTHORPE, him. in the township and parish of Winston; 

2 miles from Roiherhara. 
HESLE. a township, in the parish of W rag-by, wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Pontefract, 7 from 
Wakefield.— Pop. 139. 
HESLE V. s. h. in the township and parish of Rossington ; S\ miles 

from Bawtry, 6§ from Doncaster. 
HESS AY, (Ainsty) in the parish of Moor-Monkton ; 6 miles from 

York. 9 from Wetherbv. — Pop. 161. 
HESSLEDEX, NETHER, and OVER, 2f.h. in the township of 
Halton-Gill, and parish of Arnecliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 
miles from Kettlewell, 111 from Settle. 
HETTOX, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Clifford 's- Fee; 4 miles from Gargrave, 6 from Skipton, 
10 from Kettlewell, 13 from Settle. — Pop. including Bordley, 180, 
which being united form a township. 
HEUGH, s. h. in the township of Embsay-with-Eastby, and parish 

of Skipton ; 1 } miles from Skipton. 
HEWBY, in the township of W T eeton, and parish of Harewood ; 
upper-division of Claro ; 5 miles from Otley, 8 from Wetherby, 
10 from Leeds. 
HE WICK, COPT, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, 
liberties of St. Peter and Ripon ; 2 miles from Ripon, 5 frpo* 
Borou^hbridge. — Pop. 131. 
HEWICK-LODGE.— See Copt- Hewick- Lodge, 

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311 WEST-RIDING. 

HEXTHORPE, in the parish and soke of Doncaster, Iower-divisioa 
of Strafforth and Tickbill; 1| mile from Doncaster, 10| from Ro- 
therham. — Pop. including Balby, 395, which being united, form a 
township. 

HIGKLETON, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill ; {the residence of Francis Hawksworth, Esq.) 6 miles from 
Doncaster, 9| from Barnsley, 10 from Rotherhara, 40 from York. 
Pop. 153. The church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Den- 
nis, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. flOO/. Patron, God- 
frey Wentworth Wentworth, Esq. 

HIENDLE Y NORTH, or COLD, ham. in the township of Haver- 
croft-with-Hiendley, and parish of Felkirk, liberty of Pontefract ; 
7 miles from Wakefield. — Pop. included in Havercroft. 

HIENDLEY, SOUTH, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Stain- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield, 
10 from Pontefract. — Pop. 166. 

H1GHAM, ham. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton ; 
2| miles from Barnsley, 5 from Penistone. 

HIGH-ELLERS, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Cantley ; 3 
miles from Doncaster. 

HIGH-FIELD, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and 
parish of Sheffield ; (the seat of George Woodhead, Esq.) 1 mile from 
Sheffield. 

HIGH-FIELD, or FIELD-HEAD,/, h. in the township of Thur- 
goland, and parish of Silkston; 3 miles from Penistone. 

Of this place was John Charles Brooke, late Somerset Herald. He was 
born in 1748, and put apprentice to Mr James Kirkby, a chemist, in Bartlett's 
Buildings, London ; but discovering a strong turn to Heraldic pursuits^and hav- 
ing, by a pedigree of the Howard family, which he drew, attracted the notice of 
the then Duke of Norfolk, he procured him a place in the College of Arms, by 
the title of Rouge Croix Pursuivant, in 1775, from which, in 1778, he was ad- 
vanced to that of Somerset Herald. He became Member of the Antiquariaa 
Society in April 1775, and enriched their volumes with some curious papers ; 
particularly the illustrations of a Saxon inscription in Kirkdale Church ; and 
another in Aldborough Church, both in this county. On Feb. 3, 1794, he 
was suffocated with his friend Mr Pingo, of York, and many other persons, in 
attempting to get into the Pit at the little Theatre, Haymarket. — Gen. Btig, 
Diet.— Gents. Mag. vol. LXIV. 

HIGH-FIELD-LANES, /. h. in the township and parish of Womers- 

ley; 5 miles from Pontefract. 
HIGH-FIELD, %f. h. in the township and parish of Slaidburn; 1| 

mile from Slaidburn. 
HIGH-FLATTS, scat. h. in the township of Denby, and parish of 

Penistone ; 3| miles from Penistone. 
HIGH-GATE, /. h. in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby, and 

parish of Skiptqji ; 3 miles from Skipton. 
HlGHGATE-LiTNE, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of 

Kirkheaton ; 4 miles from Huddersfield. 
HIGH-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 7 

miles from Sheffield, Barnsley, and Rotherham. 
HIGH-GREENWOOD, (the seat of William Mitchell, Esq.}— See 

Gretnw&od, High, 



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HIGH-HOUSE, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of 
Sheffield ; J £ mile from Sheffield. 

HIGH-ROYD-HOUSE, (the seat of Thomas Beaumont, Esq.) in the 
township of Honley, and parish of Aldmondbury ; 3| miles from 
Huddersfield. 

HIGH-SUNDERLAND, s. h. in the township of Northowram, and 
parish of Halifax ; 1 mile from Halifax. 

HIGH-TOWN, in the township of Leversedge, and parish of Birstall, 
Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 4 miles from Dewsbury, 
6 from Halifax, 9 from Wakefield. 

HIGH-WOODS, 2 /. k. in the township of Sawley, and parish of 
Ripon ; 1 mile from Pateleybridge. 

HILLAM, in the parish of Monk-Fryston, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash ; 4 miles from Ferrybridge, 6 from Pontefract, 7 from Selby. 
Pop. 269. 

HILL-FOOT, ham. in the township of Nfether-Hallam, and parish of 
Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. 

HILLS, /. h. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of 
Sheffield ; 2 miles from Sheffield. 

HILL-TOP, ham. in the township and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty 
of Wakefield • 4 miles from Wakefield. 

HILL-TOP, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornhill; 7 miles 
from Wakefield, 8 from Huddersfield. 

HILL-TOP, 3 or 4 h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of 
Kirkburton; 6| miles from Huddersfield and Penistone. 

HILL-TOP, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of 
Rotherham ; 2 miles from Rotherham. 

HIPPERHOLiME, i n the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; %\ miles from Halifax, 
6| from Bradford, 11 from Dewsbury. — Pop. including Brighouse, 
3,936, which being united, form a township. 

Here is a Free-School founded by Matthew Broadley, Esq. of London ; who, 
by his Will, dated the 15th of Oct. 1647, gave to his brother Isaac Broadley, of 
Halifax, certain tenements, &c. within the township of Hipperholme, towards 
the maintenance of a Free-School there : the School received a further augmen- 
tation, in 1671, from Samuel Sunderland, Esq. of Harden, near Bingley. The 
present rental is 114/. per annum. — Watson's Halifax. — Carlisle. 

HOBBERLEY-HOUSE, /. h. in the townships and parishes of 
Thornerand Barwick-in-Elmet ; 4| miles from Leeds. 

HOB-GREEN, s. h. in the township of Markington-with-Waller- 
thwaite, and parish of Ripon ; 4| miles from Ripon. 

HOGLEY, ham. in the township of Austonley, and parish of Ald- 
mondbury ; 7 miles from Huddersfield. 

HOLBECK, in the parish and borough of Leeds, liberty of Ponte- 
fract; joins to the town of Leeds by Water- Lane. — Pop. 7,151. 
The Chapel, of uncertain antiquity, which, in the last century, was^ 
repaired at an expence nearly equal to being rebuilt, is a perpetual 
curacy. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. 

In a Bull granted by the Pope to Ralph Pagnell, who lived in the time of 
William the Conqueror, this Chapel is mentioned as being given by the said 



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Ralph Pagnell, to the Priory of the Holy Trinity at York, —the date 10S9. There 

was a Chantry here, valued in the 37th Henry VIII. at 41. per annum. —Thobesby. 
HOLDEN-CLOUGH, strag. h. in the townships of Batley and Bir- 

stalL and parish of Batley ; 4 miles from Dewsbury. 
HOLDEN, or HOL LIN-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish 

of Ecclesfield ; 8 miles from Penistone. 
HOLDEN, 'in the township and parish of Bolton-by-Bolland, liberty 

of Stainclifie; 5 miles from Gisburn, 10 from Settle, 13 from Skipton. 
BOLDSWORTH, ham. in the township of Ovenden, and parish of 

Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax. 
HOLDSWORTH, ham. in the township of Bradfield, aud parish of 

Ecclesfield ; 6 miles from Sheffield. 
HOLDGATE, or HOLEGATE, fAinsty) in the parish of Acomb, 

liberty of St. Peter ; (the seat of Lindley Murray.) 1 mile from 

York, 8| from Tad caster.— Pop!! 83. 

From this village, a vast quantity of earth was dug, which composes 
Severns's-Hil Is.— Drake. 
HOLLEY-HALL, /. k. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of 

Penistone ; 4 miles from Penistone. 
HOLL1NG, (the seal of John fFilliamson, Esq.) in the township of 

Kiliingbail, and parish of Ripley; 2 miles from Ripley, 3 from 

Harrogate, 5\ from Knaresbrough. 
HOLLING-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Iikley ; 8 

miles from Skipton and Olley, 
BOLLINGS-HALL, (the seat of John Dearden, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Warley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 3 

miles from Halifax. 
HOLLI]SS, in the township of Steefon,and parish of Keighley, liberty 

of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. 
HOLLIN-GROVE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 
' Rochdale, (Lane.) ; 9 miles from Rochdale. 
JiOLLIN-HALL, (the seat of Henry Richard Wood, Esq.) in the 

township of Aismunderby^with-Bondgate, and parish of Ripon, 

lower-division of Claro ; 2| miles from Ripon, 5\ from Ripley. 
HOLLINGTHORPE, /. h. in the township of Crigglestone, and 

parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Pontefraot; 4| miles from 

Wakefield, 
HOLME, in the parish of A Id m on d bury, Agbrig-g-division of Agbrigg 

and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Huddersfield, 1 1 

from Penistone. — Pop. 459. 
HOLME-J3PJP£E, s. h. in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby> 

and parish of Skipton ; 3| miles from Skipton. 
JiOLM FIRTH, in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirk- 
burton, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 

Wakefield ; 7 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Penistone. — Fair, 

October 30, for horned cattle. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy 

under Kirkburton, value, p. r. 123/. 2s, 

This is the only Chapel in the parish of Kirkburton, of the antiquity of 

which there is nothing known certain, but it was probably erected in the rehjft 

pf Edward iy,— Whitaker, 



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HOLME-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Keighle} r , 
liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. 

HOLME-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Fountain's- Earth, and 
parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 3 miles from Pateleybridge. 

HOLMES, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of 
Rotherham, liberty of Tickhill ; 1 1 mile from Rotherham. 

HONLEY, in the parish of Aldmondbury, Agbrigg-division of 
Agbrigs: and xMorley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Hudders- 
rieid, 12 from Penistone, 13| from Wakefield. —Pop. 3,50i. The 
Church is a perpetual curac5 T , value, p. r. *124/. 9s. 6d. Patron, 
the Vicar of Aldmondbury. 

HOOBER-HALL, /. h. in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and 
parish of VVath-upon-Dearn ; 5 miles from Rotherham. 

HOOBER-STAND, a Monument, in the township of Brampton-Bier- 
low. and parish of VVath-upon-Dearn, 4| miles from Rotherham. 

HOOD-GREEN, /, h. in the township of Stainbrougb, and parish 
of Silkston ; 3 \ miles from Barnsley . 

HOOBROM, in the township of Austonley, and parish of Aldmond- 
bury ; 8 miles from Huddersfield, 1 1 from Penistone. An ancient 
mansion converted into cottages. 

HOOD-LAND, 2 k. in the township of Langsett, and parish of 
Penistone ; 2§ miles from Penistone. 

HOOK, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross; liberty 
of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Howden, 8| from Thome, 9 from 
Snaith. — Pop. 363. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p. r. 
t48/. 135. 4d. Patron, the Vicar of Snaith. 

HOOTON-LEVETT, or HIGH, in the parish of xMaltby, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seat of William Hoyle, 
Esq.) 5 miles from Tickhill, 7 from Rotherham, 9| from Bawtry. 
— Pop. 95. 

KOOTON-PAGNEL, or HUTTON-PAGNALL, a parish-town, 
in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seat of St. 
Andrew IFarde, Esq.) 5| miles from Doncaster, 10 from Barnsley, 
32 from York. — Pop. 326. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, %5l. 10s. %\d. 
Patrons, the Governors of the Free Grammar School of Wakefield, 

HOOTON-ROBERTS, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 4| miles from Rotherham, 
7 1 from Doncaster, 41 \ from York. — Pop. 190. The Church is 
a rectory, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of 
Doncaster, value, %~l. 11 s. 8d. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. 

The Hall-House here was formerly one of the principal seats of the great 
Earl of Strafford, who was heheaded in the reign of Charles I. It is now tho 
property of Earl Fitzwilliam : and occupied by three Miss Kents. 

HOOTON-SLADE, in the township and parish of Laughton-en-Ie- 
Alorthen, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. 
Peter ; (the seat of William Mirfn, Esq.) 5 miles from Tickhill, 
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HOPE-HOUSE, (the seat of Christopher Rawson, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Halifax ; | of a mile from Halifax. 

HOPPER-LANE INN, a Posting- House, in the township and 
parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro ; 8 mile£ from Harro- 
gate, 9 from Otley and Pateleybridge, 10 from Ripley, J 1 from 
Knaresbrough, 13 from Skipton, 17 from Ripon. Sign, the 
Smiths* Arms. 

HOPPERTON, in the township of Allerton-Mauleverer-with-Hop- 
perton, and parish of Allerton-Mauleverer, upper- division of Claro; 
5 miles from Wetherby, 6 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in 
Allerton-Mauleverer. 

HOPTON, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield ; 3| miles 
from Huddersfield. 

HQRBURY, in the parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 2| miles from Wakefield, 
11 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 2,475. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. Peter. Patron, the Vicar of Wakefield. 
The preseat Chapel at Horhury was built in 1791, by the late Mr John 
Carr, a native of this place, and an eminent architect at York, at an expence of 
8j»000£. leaving behind him a monument at orice of his skill and bounty. For a 
critique on this handsome edifice, see tVhitaker's Loidis et Elmete. 

HORDRON, OVER and NETHER, 2 /. h. in the township of 
Langsett, and parish of Penistone ; 5 miles from Penistone. 

HORLEY-GREEN, s. h. in the township of Northowram, and parish 
of Halifax ; 5 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield. 

A Mineral Water has been discovered here, on which a pamphlet was writ- 
• ten by Dr. Garnet. It appears, from his experiments, to contain a large portion 
of vitriolated iron, besides alum, selenite, and ochre ; and is supposed, by him, 
to-be the strongest Chalybeate Water ever known. — Allan's Manchester. 

HORNINGTON, (Ainstyj in the township and parish of Bolton- 
Percy ; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 9| from York. 

HORNTHWAXTE, /. h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish 
of Penistone •, 1 mile from Penistone. 

HORSFORTH, in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skyrack ; 
(New-Hall, the residence of the Rev. J. A. Rhodes) 6 miles from 
Leeds and Otley. — Pop. 2,824. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
value, p. r. 731. 

Horsforth is a large well-built village, where the manufacturing of Woollen 
Cloth is carried on to a great extent. A very handsome Chapel was erected here 
in 1758, under the auspices of the Stanhope family, descendants of John Stanhope, 
joint purchaser of the Manor of Horsforth, in the time of Elizabeth. The Ab- 
bot of Kirkstall had much land in this township. On the lofty ridge of Billinge, 
near here, says Dr. Whi taker, " was found, about the year 1780, a valuable re- 
main of British antiquity. This was a torques of pure and flexible gold, per- 
fectly plain, and consisting of two rods, not quite cylindrical, but growing thicker 
towards the extremities, and twisted together. Its intrinsic value was 18/. 
sterling. 1 

HORSHOLD, ham. in the township of Erringden, and parish of 
Halifax ; 9 miles from Halifax. 
' HORSTENLE Y.— See Austonley. 
HORTON-IN-RIBJBLESDALE, a parish-town, in the wapentake 
qi Ewcross*, 5| miles from Settle, 16 from Kirby-Lousdale, 



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fWestm.) 191 from Askrigg, 62 from York.— Pop. 558. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, or Thomas 
a Beckett, in the deanry of Craven, value, p. r. f55l. 

This parish lays in Ribblesdale, whose beauties may be said to expire at 
Horton ; stretching along the valley about eight miles from north to south, and 
from the skirts of Ingleborough to the summit of Pennigent, in the opposite 
direction, it contains within its limits the source of the Ribble and the Wharf, 
and is enclosed between two of the most distinguished mountains in the island. 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded about the year 1725, by John 
Armitstead, gentleman, — who endowed it with land and money, with which 
estates were purchased by the then Trustees. The present rental is ISQL per 
annum, but is capable of increase. The school is open to the boys of the parish 
indefinitely, free of expence. They are admitted at any age, and may remain 
until they nave finished their classical education. — Carlisle. 

The late Rev. G. Holden, L. L. D. who held the advowson of the Church, 
and died Feb. 1821, in the 64th year of his age, was master of this school for 
forty years, during which period he educated a greater number of Clergymen for 
the establishment, than most men in a similar situation. He was a man of high 
classical and mathematical attainments. — Gents. Mag. 
HORTON, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of 
Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 9 from Skipton, 10 from 
Settle.— Pop. 187. 
HORTON, in the parish of Bradford, Moriey-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Horton-House, the seat of Mrs 
Sharpe) 2 miles from Bradford, 6^ from Halifax. — Pop. 7,192. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, 
value, £44/. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. 
HORTON, LITTLE, in the township of Horton, and parish of 
Bradford, Moriey-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Pontefract ; (the seat of Francis Sharp Bridges, Esq.) 1 mile from 
Bradford, 7 from Halifax. 

Here, Abraham Sharpe, a philosopher and mechanist, and an excellent cal- 
culator resided, where his great variety of mechanical instruments had beea 
hcarded up, with care, by his descendants, for years ; but now, 1817, in danger, 
says Dr. Whitaker, of being lost, as well as his MSS. without being known to 
the public. He died in 1742, — aged 92. 

Dr. Whitaker says, on inserting the epitaph u of the indefatigable mathe- 
matician, Mr Abraham Sharpe; that Ludolph Van Ceulen, a Dutchman, com- 
puted the quadrature of the circle to 136 places of decimals, and had the process 
inscribed upon his tomb. Our countryman far (but I forgot how far) surpassed 
him, yet has a much shorter epitaph. The long duration of his life proves that 
the pursuits of abstract science have no necessary tendency to exhaust the con~ 
stitution." 
HOTHEROYD, or HODDEROYD, ham. in the township ofSouth- 
fliendley, and parish of Felkirk; 5 miles from Barnsley. 

Hodderoyd-Hall was formerly the residence of the Monckton family, an- 
cestors of the present Lord Galwav. 
HOUGHTON-CHAPEL.— See Gisburn-Forest. 
HOUGHTON, or GLASS-HOUGHTON, in the parish of Castleford, 
wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from 
Pontefract, 3 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Wakefield. — Pop. 412. 
HOUGHTON, GREAT* in the parish of Uarfield, lower-division 
of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (Houghton- Hall, the seat of Rhodes 
Milnes, Esq.) 7 \ miles from Doncaster, 8 from Barnsiey. — Pop, 
287. Here is a private Presbyterian Chapel, belonging to the 
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HOUGHTON, LITTLE, in the parish of DarfieMy lower-division 
of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 7 miles from Harnsley, 8 from Doncas~ 
ter.— Pop. 112. ; 

HOUSLEY-HALL, s. h 4 in the township and parish of Ecciesfield ; 
6 \ miles from Sheffield and Barnsley. 

Housley-Hall appears to have derived its name from a family of Hous^ 
ley, who resided here in the early part of the reign of' Henry VI.— Hunter's 
Hallamshire. 

HOWBROOK, ham. in the township of Wortley, and parish of 
Tankersley, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Barnsley. 

HOWG1LL, in the township and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of 
Ewcross; (the seat of A. Wilkinson, Esq.) 1§ mile from Sedbergh, 
6| from Dent, S| from Kendal, (fVestm.) The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale* diocese of 
Chester, value, p. r. f69. Patron, the Vicar of Sedbergh. 
Here is a small endowed Grammar-School. 

HOWGILL, ham. in the township of Rimiugton, and parish of 
Gisburn, liberty of Stainclifre ; 3 miles from Gisburn. 

HOWGILL, in the township of Barden, and parish of Skipton y 
east-division of Staincliffe; 7 \ miles from Skipton, 13 from Pate- 
leybridge, 16| from Knaresbrough. 

HOWLEY-HALL, in the township and parish of Batley ; 3| miles 
from Dewsbury. 

This place, now a mere ruin, was for several generations the magnificent 
seat of an illegitimate branch of the Savilles. It was built upon a fine command- 
ing situation, by Sir John Savile, afterwards Baron Savile, of Pontefract, and 
finished in 1590, but received considerable additions from his son, the first Earl 
of Sussex, of that name. Camden, who saw the house when new, calls it cedes 
eleeuntissimas. — This, with several considerable Lordships, went from the 
Saviles to the Brudenels. Tradition reports, that Rubens visited Lord Savile., 
and painted for him a view of Pontefract. 

Howley was held for the King, in 1643, and stormed and plundered by the 
opposite party, which occasioned a memorial from the owner, Thomas, Lord 
Savile. See Whitaker's Loidis et Ehnete, where is given an elevation of Howley- 
Hall, as it appeared when entire, and two other views, and other interesting, par- 
ticulars.— Whitaker. — Camden. 

HO W-HILL.— See Michael How-Hill. 

HO WORTH-HALL, s.h. in the township of Brindsworth, sand 
parish of Rotherham; 2| miles from Rotberham. 

HOWRO YD, {the seat of Thomas Horton, Esq.) in the township of 
Barkisland, and parish of Halifax ; 6 miles from Halifax and 
Huddersfield. 

HOYLAND, HIGH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Penistone, 6| from Barnsley, 
9 from Wakefield, 37 from York.— Pop. 268. The Church is a 
rectory, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 
in two medieties, each, £5/. 3s. Ad. Patrons, Colonel and Mrs 
Beaumont. 

Anciently these two medieties had separate Patrons, and separate Rectors j 
each Incumbent having distinct parsonage-houses, glebe6, tithes, &c. and per- 
formed the duty alternately. Col. and Mrs Beaumont having purchased the 
advow3on of the second mediety of the Earl of Mexborough, in 181 lj there has- 
been but one incumbent since. 



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HOYLAND, NETHER, in the township of Uppei-ttoyland, and 
parish of Wafh-upon-Deam, liberty of Tiekhill; 5| miles from 
Barnsley, 6^ from Rotherhara. 

HOVLAND-SVVAINE, in the parish of Silkston, wapentake of 
Staineross, liberty of Pontefraet ; 2 miles from Penistone, 6| front 
Barnsley, ] i from Huddersfield.— Pop. 738. 

HO YL AND, UPPER, in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, Upper-* 
division of Straftbrth and Tiekhill, liberty of Tiekhill; 5 mileg 
from Barnsley, 7 from Rotherham, 10 from Sheffield. — Pop* 
1,229. Here js a Chapel to Wath, value, p. r. 9SL Ss. 

HUBBERHOLME, s. k. in the township of Buekden, and parish 
of Arnecliff, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles froni 
Kettleweil, 15 from Settle, 17 from Leyburn. The Chapel is a 
perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, value, p. r. t46/* Is* 
Patron, the Vicar of Arneclitfe. 

This Chapel bears marks of very high antiquity. , Several Norman Arched 
remain entire, thongh the square piers of some of them were drest away to' 
slender octagons, when the chapel underwent a general repair,- which seems to 
have been about the reign of Henry VIIT. The steeple is of the same period^ 
if cot still later. Over the entrance of the chancel is an entire and curious rood- 
loft of oak, very handsomely wrought, and painted with broad red lines. On the 
front of which is the date 1558. 

This is a sequestered and interesting plaee, situated on the northern bankg 
of the Wharf, shaded by tall trees on the east, and overhung by a steep and lofty 
wood beyond. Few scenes are better adapted to quiet and contemplation.—^' 
Hist. Craven. 

HUDDERSFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefraet ; 8 miles from Halifax and 
Dewsbury, J2| from Penistone, 13 from Wakefield, 14 froM 
Bradford, J 6 from Leeds, 18 from Barnsley, 24 from Manchester^ 
(Lane.) 39 from York, 189 from London. — Market, Tuesday, 
for woollen-cloth, provisions, &e. — Fairs, May 14 and \5, and 
October 4, for pedlary-ware, &c— Bankers, Old Bank ? Messrs* 
Dobson and Sons, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co* 
2, White-Hart Court, Cracechurch-Street ;• Messrs. Buckley* 
Roberts, and Co. draw on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43, 
Lothbury ; Mr Sbakespear G. Sikes,drawson Messrs. Frysand Chap- 
man, Mi Id red's- Court, Poultry; Messrs. J* W, and C. Rawson, 
and Co. draw on Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43, Lothbury.— Principal 
Inns, Rose and Crown, George Inn, Swan with two Necks, Pack 
Horse, and Ramsden-Arras, — Fop. 13,284. The Cbnrcb is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefraet, 
value, +7/. ]3s. id. Patron, Sir John Ramsden, Bart. 

Huddersfield, derived from Hoder or Plodder, the first Saxon planter of thtf 
place, stands on the river Colne, which rising near the source of the Don, above" 
Holme Frith, falls into the Calder, near Nunbrooh. Of the valley immediately 
formed by this stream, and of the small collateral gullies which fall into its coursey 
with a very small quantity of level grotmd upon its banks, the parish of Hudders' 
field is formed. For the antiquary we arc not aware that Huddersfield has any 
one thing of interest to offer. At the time Doomsday-book was compiled, it ba<S f 
either hi consequence of the Danish ravages, or those of the conqueror, relapsed 
into a mere waste. It is now one of the most populous hives in all the msanu-* 
factoring district. This parish was originally separated from thatoi Dewsbuj?y> 

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322 WEST-RIDING. 

and the parish-church erected and endowed under the influence of one of the 
earlier Lacies ; and, that, by one of them it was given, and afterwards appro~ 
priated to the Priory of Nostel. 

Sir John Ramsden, Bart, is now owner of the whole of Huddersfield, with 
the exception of two or three houses, who, some years past, granted building 
leases renewable every twenty years, on payment of two years ground rent. At 
what time the present family of Ramsden became seized of the Manor, we are 
not informed, but it is certain that John Ramsden, Esq. of Byrom, had a grant 
of a market at Huddersfield, by patent, dated Nov. 1, 23 Charles II. Sir John 
Ramsden, Bart, the Patron of the town, in 1765, built an excellent cloth hall 
for the accommodation of the manufacturers. It is divided into streets, the stalls 
and benches of which are generally filled with cloths. The doors are open early 
every Tuesday morning, the market day, and closed at half-past twelve o'clock 
at noon ; and are again opened at three in the afternoon, for the removal of cloth, 
&c. Sir John Ramsden also added to the facility of inland navigation, by cutting 
a Canal to Huddersfield, which bears his name : it branches from the Calder na- 
vigation at Cooper Bridge, is brought up to the King's Mills, at Huddersfield, 
where it joins the Huddersfield Canal on the south-end of the town, thereby 
affording a direct communication both east and westward, and ultimately to any 
part of the kingdom, which is of the greatest importance to the town. The trade 
of Huddersfield comprises a large share of the clothing trade in this county, par- 
ticularly of the finer articles. These consist of broad and narrow cloths, fancy 
cloths, as elastics, beveretts, serges, kerseymeres, and various other Woollen 
articles. 

The highest officer is a constable, who, with his depnty, is yearly chosen at 
the court held at Michaelmas, at Almondbury, the Manor of which also belongs 
Sir John Ramsden.— IVhitaker's Loidis et Elmete. — Allan's Manchester. 

The Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected at a sum of not less 
than 12,000/. by B. Haigh Allan, Esq.— See Greenhead. 

Huddersfield, amongst other charitable institutions, has a Dispensary, estab- 
lished in 1814 ; and a National School in 1819, both supported by subscriptions. 
HUDDLESTON, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Bark- 
ston-Ash ; 4 miles from Ferrybridge, 6 from Pontefract, 7 from 
Tadcaster* — Pop. including Lumby, 184, which being united 
form a township. Huddleston-Hall, formerly the seat of Sir 
Edward Hungate, Bart, is now reduced to a farm house. 
HUGH-GREEN, scat. h. in the township of Birstwith. and parish 

of Hampsthwaite ; 3| miles from Ripley. 
HULLENEDGE, s. h. in the township of Elland-with-Greetland. 

and parish of Halifax ; 3 miles from Halifax. 
HUMBURTON.— See North-Riding. Pop. part of, returned in 

Aldborough parish, 23,— North, 120,— total, 143. 
HUNDG ATE, ham. in the township of Sawley, and parish of Ripon ; 

5 miles from Ripon, 7 from Pateley bridge. 
HUNDILL-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Ackworth. 

liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Pontefract. 
HUNGER-HILL, 3/. h. in the township and parish of Mirfield ; 7 

miles from Huddersfield. 
HUNGER-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Bolton-by- 
Bolland, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Gisburn. 

This was, for many generations, the residence of the Walkers ; and now 
of Edward King, Esq. Vice-Chaneellor of the duchv of Lancaster. 
HUNGER-HILL, s. h. in the township of Bradiield, and parish of 

Ecclesfiekl -, 9 miles from Sheffield, 9| from Bamsley. 
HUNSLETT, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley-divislon 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; If mile from 



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Leeds, 7| from Wakefield. — Pop. 8,171. The Church is a per- 
petual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p. r. J 40/. Patron, 
the Vicar of Leeds. 

Here was formerly a seat of the Gascoignes and the Nevils ; who had a 
Manor-house and Park here. Wiiliam the Conqueror gave this manor to Ilbert 
de Laci, (and not to Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury, as 
mentioned by Thoresby.) The attainder of Sir John Nevil, for the rebellion 
of the year 1570, and the consequent dispersion of his estates into small parcels, 
were the means of extending the woollen manufacture both here and in the parish 
of Birstal. Population at Hunslet increased accordingly, and in about sixty 
years began to require the accommodation of a Chapel. This was erected and 
endowed in 1636, and about the year 1744, extended to about twice the original 
dimensions. — Whitaker. 

HUNSLETT-LANE, in the township of Hunslett, and parish of 
Leeds, extends from Leeds to Hunslett. 

HUNSHELF, a township, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake 
of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Penistone, 7 
from Barnsley, 10 from Sheffield. — Pop. 436. 

HUNSHELF-BANK, ham. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish 
of Penistone ; 3| miles from Penistone. 

HUNSINGORE, a parish-town, in the upper-division ofCJaro; 4 
miles from Wetherby, 6^ from Knaresbrough, 14 from York. — 
Pop. 237. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
John the Baptist, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of 
Chester, value, 51. lis. 3\d. Patron, Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart. 
In the Manor of Halsingoure, 20 William I. Erneis de Bzintn, a Norman 
Chief, had five carucates, and three oxgangs, of taxable land; nine villeins, three 
bordars, and three ploughs ; wood land, two furlongs long, and one broad, va- 
lued, in the whole, at 50s. After which, this Manor became part of the posses- 
sions of the Knights Templars. Since the suppression of that order, this, with 
several other estates hereabouts, have belonged to the family of Goodricke ; 
whose ancient seat was at this place, situated on a mound ; the sides of 
which were cut into terraces, rising near ten feet above each other ; here were 
four of these terraces, above which, on a ilat area, (where, a few years since, 
several reliques of antiquity were found) stood the Mansion, commanding a very 
extensive prospect. Tradition says, this house was destroyed in the civil wars 
of Charles I. which is very probable, as it is well known Sir John Goodricke took 
a very active part on the side of royalty, in those perilous times,— -Hist. Knares- 
brough. 

HUNSWORTH, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Halifax, 
5 from Bradford.— Pop. 870. 

HUNTWICK-GRANGE, /. h. in township of Purston-Jacklin, 
and parish of YVragby, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 \ miles from Pon- 
tefract, 6 \ from Ferrybridge. 

HURLEFIELD, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth; 
3\ miles from Sheffield. 

HURST, COURTNEY, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of 
Barkston- Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Selby and Snaith, 
9 from Pontefract. — Pop. 145. 

HURST, GPEEN, ham. in the township and parish of EcclesSeld ; 
7 miles from Sheffield. 

HURST, TEMPLE,- See Temple-Hurst. 



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HUSTEADS, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 

dale, (Lane.) \ of a mile from Dobcross. 
U URTLEPOT, in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Thorn- 
ton-in-Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross ; 3 miles from Ingleton, 
JP from Kirby-Lonsdale, (JVestm.) 13 from Settle. 

Hnrtlepot, in Chapel-le-dale, is a round deep Cavern, between thirty and 
forty yards in diameter, surrounded with rocks almost on all sides, between thirty 
and forty feet perpendicular, above a deep black water. Round the top of this 
horrid place are trees, which grow secure from the axe ; their branches almost 
meet in the. centre, and spread a gloom over a chasm dreadful enough of itself, 
without being heightened with additional appendages. Large black trout are 
frequently caught in the night by the neighouring people. — Tour to the Caves. 
fJUSTH WAITE, (the seat of J. Bland, Esq.) in the township and 

parish of Silkston ; 4 miles from Penistone, 5 § from Barnsley t 
HUT-GREEN, ham. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of 

Kellington ; 6 miles from Snaith. 
JIUTTON-WANESLEY, fAinsty) in the parish of Long-Marston ; 
7 wiles from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherhy and York.-—Pop, 125, 



JCKERING-GILL, s. h. in the township of Beamsjey, and parish 
©i Skipton ; 6| miles from Skipton. 

This place was anciently the residence of the ancestors of the present Sir 
Thomas Frankland, Bart, still his property. 
JCKI^ES, ham. in the township of Brindswortb, and parish of 

Rotherham ; 1 mile from Rotherham, 5 from Sheffield. 
JPLE, in the parish of Calverley, Morley -division of Agbrigg and 
JMorley, liberty of Pontefract; 3| miles from Bradford, 6 from 
Otley, 9 from Leeds. — Pop. 4,666, The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, value, p. r. fl09J. 5s. Patron, the Vicar of Calverley, 
JLKLE Y, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack ; 6 miles 
from Otley and Keighley, 9 from Skipton, 34 from York.r— Pop, 
496. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the 
deanry of Craven, value, £7/, 135. 9c?. p. r. f56l. Is. 6d. Patron, 
George Hartley, Esq. 

This is a very ancient town, and known to antiquaries as the Olicana of the 
Romans 5 it was built in Severus's time, by Virius Lupus, Legate, and Propraetor 
pf Britain, as appears from an inscription dug up near the Church, and given in 
Carnden's Britan ;— - 

IM. SEVERVS. 
AVG. ET ANTONINVS 

CES. DESTINATVS 

RESTITVERVNT, CV-~ 

RANTE VI RIO LVPO, 

LEG. EORVM PR. PR. 

That the first Cohort of the Lingonps quartered here, is also attested by an old 
^Altar which Camden saw here, inscribed by the Captain of the first Cohort of 
the Lingones to Verbeia, perhaps the Goddess of the river Wharf. This Altar, by 
a long and unfortunate exposure to the weather, is become illegible, and is at 
JVfiddleton Lodge, The fortress itself, of which the outline on three sides is very 
entire, was placed on a steep and lofty bank, having the river Wharf on the 
porth, and the deep channel of a brook immediately on the east and west. The 
§guthern boundary seems to have coincided with the present street, a»d the hall 



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*nd parish-church were evidently included within it. The foundations of the 
fortress bedded in indissoluble mortar, are very conspicuous, and remains of 
Roman brick, glass, and earthenware, every where appear on the edges of the 
brow. 

Olicana had its summer camps and out-posts, which appear on the surround- 
ing heights at Castleberg, near to which has been found an urn with ashes ; and 
a massy key of copper, nearly two feet in length; which had probably been the 
key of the gates;— Counter/iill, and Woof a Bank: at Couuterhill are two en- 
campments, on different sides of the hill ; one in the township of Addingham, 
and the other in the parish of Kildwick. When the area of Woofa Bank was 
broken up, it was found to contain great numbers of rude fire-places, constructed 
of stone, and filled with ashes. 

A few years ago, a sepulchral inscription wa9 discovered in a garden wall 
at Ilkley, by the Rev. Mr Carr, in whose possession it now remains, commemo- 
rating the death of Pudens Jesseus. 

The Church contains nothing remarkable, but the tomb of Sir Adam de Mid- 
dleton, mentioned by Camden, which, though it has been repeatedly displaced 
for the successive interments of the family, is yet entire. Dr. Whitaker sup- 
poses, that the three ancient Saxon Crosses, wrought in frets, scrolls, knots, &c. 
which Camden conjectured to be Roman, were early objects of religious reverence, 
and to have some allusion to the mystery of the Holy Trinity. — Camdjex. — 
Whitaker, 

This village is much frequented during the summer months, for the benefit 

of its cold Bath, near the village, which has proved highly beneficial in relaxed 

and scrofulous cases. Dr. Hunter published an Analysis of the Water in 1820. 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, built by the parishoners, and endowed in 

1601, hy George Marshall, late of Ilkley ', also in 1701, by Reginald Heber, Esq. 

of the Inner Temple, London. 

ILLING WORTH, in the township of Ovenden, and parish of 

Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 

Wakefield ; %\ miles from Halifax, 7 from Bradford. The Church 

is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of 

Pontefract, value, p. r. 1135/. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. 

The Glebe-House has been occupied time immemorial as an Ale- 

House. 

Here was born, in 1705, David Hartley, a Physician of eminence. He 
first began to practise Physic at Newark, in Nottinghamshire. Afterwards set- 
tled in London, and next removed to Bath, where he died in 1757. Dr. Hart- 
ley was the author of some Tracts on Mrs Stephens' Medicine for the Stone, 
which he recommended ; but he is best known by his Metaphysical Work, 
entitled " Observations on Man, his Frame, his Duty, and his Expectations," 
2 vol?, 8vo. London, 1749.— Watson's Halifax.— Bio g. Diet. 
ILLIONS, 2 or 3 cotts. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of 

Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. 
INGBIRCHWORTH, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of 
Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2| miles from Penistone, 8 
from Bnnisley, 11 \ from Huddersfield. — Pop. 367. 
INGLEBROUGH-HILL, in the wapentake of Staincliffe, and near 
Settle. 

Its perpendicular height above the level of the sea, according to a late trigo« 
nometrical survey, in 2361 feet ; the top is plain and horizontal, being almost a 
mile round, and having the ruins of a wall that once included the whole area, 
with the remains of a beacon and watch-house. In time of wars, insurrections, 
and tumults, and particularly during the incursions of the Scots, a fire was 
made on this beacon, to give the alarm to the inhabitants of the surrounding- 
country. This mountain is the first land that sailors descry in their voyage from, 
Publin to Lancaster, though nearly thirty miles distaotfrom the sea. The stone, 
OB the summit, aud for a great way down its sides, is of a sandy gritty sort ; but 



32Q WE ST- RIDING. 

the base ia one continued rock of limestone, full of petrifactions, resembling the 
arms of the Star-Fish. 
INGERTHORPE, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Ripon ; 4 miles from Ripon, 8 from Knaresbrough.— 
Pop. 44. 
INGTHORPE-GRANGE, (the seat of J. Baldwin, Esq.) in the 
township of East and West-Marton, and parish of East-Marton ; 
6 miles from Skipton. 

Ingthorpe, now Ingthorpe- Grange, was a Grange to Bolton Priory, and 
having been granted to the first Earl of Cumberland, in 1542, was sold by his 
grandson to the Baldwyns, in which family it still continues. Here the Canons 
aeem to have had a small Cell and Chapel ; for a Basso Relievo, in white marble, was 
found here some years ago ; the subject of which seems to have been the appre- 
hension of Christ, and Peter drawing his sword.— Whitakek. 
INGLETON, in the parish of Low-Bentbara, wapentake of Ew- 
cross; 7 miles from Kh by- Lonsdale, (fVestm.) 10 from Settle, 
18 from Lancaster, 20 from Askrigg. — No Market. — • Fair. Nov. 
17, for horned cattle. — Principal Inns, Bay Horse, and Wheat- 
Sheaf. — Pop. 1,302. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the 
deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, value, p.r. -fll-6/. Patron, the Rector 
of Bentham. 

Ingleton is pleasantly situated on a natural mount, yet at the bottom of a 
rale, near the conflux of two rivers, over which are thrown two handsome 
arches. The church-yard commands a fine view of the vale of Lonsdale, almost 
as far as Lancaster. Ingleton is u hus noticed by Barnaby in his Journal : — 

Pirgus inestfann,fanum sub acumine collis t 
CoUis ab elatis, actus auctus aquis. 

The poor man's box is in the temple set, 
Church under bill, the hill by waters beat. 

In the neighbourhood of Tngleton are many objects worthy the attention of 

admirers of romantic scenery, as Thornton Scar ; Thornton Force, a curious Fall 

of Water ; Raven Ree, a rock promontary, near forty yards high, almost covered 

with evergreens.— Guide to the Caves. 

INGLETON-FELL.— See Chapel-le-Dale. 

INGMAN-LODGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Horton; 

1 1 miles from Settle. 
INGMANTHORPE, ham. in Ihe township and parish of Kirk- 
Deighton; (the seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) 3 miles 
from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresbrough, 12| from York. 

This was anciently part of the possessions of the Barons Trusbuts ; from 
whom it descended to Lord Ross, and was the principal residence of the descend- 
ants of that noble family, for many generations. Here was a Chapel, dedicated 
to St. Mary, in which Sir Robert Ross was interred on the 21st of January, 1392. 
The site of the house, gardens, <fcc. may yet be traced, in a field, called Hall- 
Garth. 
ING MIRE-HALL, (the seat of John Upton, Esq.) in the township 

and parish of Sedbergh; T| mile from Sedbergh. 
ING ROW, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty 

of Staineliffe ; 1 mile from Keighley, 1 1 from Skipton. 
INTACK-END, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth ; 

3 mites from Sheffield. 
INTACK-HEAD, /. h. in the township and parish of Huddersfield ; 
% miles from Huddersfield. 



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JACK-HILL, scat. /. h. in the township of Clifton-with-Norwood> 
and parish of Fewston ; 6 miles from Otley. 

JENN ETT'S-CA VE.— See Malham. 

JOHNNY-MOOR, LONG, ham. in the township and parish of 
Thome ; 3 miles from Thorne, 11 from Howden. 

JUNCTION, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) 4 miles from Dobcross, 14 from Huddersfield. 
Here is an Inn, called the Junction-Inn, Sign, Post-Chaise. 

K 

KAYLEY-HALL, /. h. in the township of Pool, and parish of 
Otley ; 3 miles from Otley. 

KEASDEN-LANE, scat. h. in the township and parish of Clapham ; 
7 miles from Settle. 

KEREB.Y, in the parish of Kirkby overblow, upper-division of Claro ; 
5 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. including 
Netherby, 226, which being united, form a township. 

KEB-ROYD, (the seat of Walker Priestley, Esq.) in the township 
of Soyland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles 
from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

KEB-COTE, or KIRBY-COT, p. h. in the township of Stansfield, 
and parish of Halifax ; 10 miles from Burnley, 12 from Halifax. 

KEIGHLEY, a market and parish-town, in the east-division of 
Staineliffe, liberty of Clifford 's-Fee; 4 miles from Bingley. 10 
from Bradford and Skipton, 12 from Otley and Halifax, 12| from 
Colne, {Lane.) 40 from York, 209 from London. — Market, Wed- 
nesday. — Fairs, May 8, for horned cattle and horses; 9 and 10, 
for pedlary-ware, November 7, for horned cattle, horses, and 
sheep ; and 8 and 9, for pedlary-ware. — Principal Inns, Devon- 
shire Arms, and King's Arms Pop. 9,223. The Church is a rec- 
tory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Craven, value, 
21/. 0s. l\d. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire; 

This is a considerable market-town, at the north-western extremity of the 
manufacturing district. It is situated in a deep valley, within three or four 
hundred yards of the south-west bank of the river Are, over which there is a 
stone bridge. The town is tolerably well built, almost wholly of stone, the in- 
habitants of which derive their support from the cotton, linen, and worsted 
manufactures, which are carried on here with great spirit and industry. The 
manufacture of worsted may be considered as the staple trade of Keighley ; large 
quantities of which are sold at Bradford and Halifax. The purchasers are chiefly 
Leeds merchants. The town is supplied with water from two springs, under the 
regulations of an Act of Parliament, obtained in 1816. 

Here is a Gram mar-School founded by John Drake, in the year i7l5 — 16, 
for the parish of Keighley, to teach Latin, Greek, and Englieb, grammatically. 
It is now chiefly English. 

Keighley gave name to a family of that name, one of whom, Henry Keighley, 
interred here, procured from Edward I. for this, his Manor, the " privileges of 
a market, a fair, and a free warren, &c." The male issue, in right line of this 
family, ended in Henry Keighley, one of whose daughters and co-heirs married 
William Cavendish, then Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke ; and brought with her 
this manor and estate in which family it has remained ever since, being now the 
property of Lord George Cavendish. 



328 WEST-RIDING* 

The Church of Keighley was given at a very early period, to the Priof and 
Canons of Bolton, by Ralph de Kighley : it was never appropriated : and after 
the dissolution of Monasteries the advowson was granted, inter alia, to Henry, 
Earl of Cumberland, 33 Henry VIII. In the north aisle, belonging to Riddles- 
den Hall, are two ancient gravestones, eaeh of which has a cross, and one a 
sword, and two shields of arms; the higher nearly effaced; the lower charged 
with a cross fleury, and circumscribed, 



GILBERTUS KYGHLAY DE UTLAY ET MARGARIA 



UXOR EP. A>0 D>M> MXXIIL 

In 1710, this church was modernised and made uniform ; the body of the 
church by the parish, and the choir by Mr Gale, the Rector, cousin-german to 
Dr. Thomas Gale, Dean of York, father of the learned Roger Gale, of Scruton. 
Camden. — Whitakbr. The present church was built in 1805. 

KELLBROOK, in the township and parish of Thornton, east-divi- 
sion and liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 3 from 
Skipton, 10 from Burnley, (Lane.) 

KELLINGLEY, ham. in the township of Beaghall, and parish of 
Kellington, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Pontefract. 

KELLINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; t miles from Pontefract and Snaith, 21 from 
York. — Pop. 283. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St, 
Edmund, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £9/. 8s. ll|c? # 
Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. 

KENDALL-GREEN, seat. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and 
parish of Dariield ; 2 miles from Barnsley. 

KERESFORTH-HILL, /. h. in the township of Barnsley, and 
parish of Silkston, liberty of Pontefract ; 1 1 mile from Barnsley. 

KERSHALL, /. h. in the township of Arthington, and parish of 
Addle ; 4 miles from Harewood. 

KESWICK, EAST, a township, in the parish of Harewood, lower- 
division of Skyrack ; 3 miles from Harewood, 3| from Wetherby, 
9 from Leeds.— Pop. 296. 

KESWICK, DUN, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of 
Claro ; 7 miles from Wetherby, 8| from Knaresbrough, 9| from? 
Leeds. — Pop. 257. 

KETTLESING, ham. in the township of Felliseliffe, and parish of 
Hampsthwaite; h\ miles from Ripley, 8| from Knaresbrough. 

KETTLESING-HEAD, ham. in the township of Felliscliffe, and 
parish of Hampsthwaite ; 2| miles from Hopper- lane Inn. 

KETTLETHORPE-HALL, (the seat of Joseph Charlesworth. Esq.} 
in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty 
of Wakefield ; 2| miles from Wakefield, 7| from Barnsley. 

KETTLE WELL, a market and parish-town, in the east-division and 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 14 miles from Hawes, 14 \ from Askrigg, 15 
from Middleham and Settle, 16 from Skipton, Pateley bridge, and 
JLeyburn, 48 from York, 233 from London. — Market, Thursday. 
—Fairs, July 6, for pedlary ware; Sept. 2, and Oct. 23, for 
sheep. — Principal Inns, Masons 7 Arms, Blue Bell, King's Arms,, 
and Race Horses. — Pop. including Starbottom, 663. The Church, 
rebuilt in 1820, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry 



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of Craven, value, $51. p. r, 6\L 0s t 9cL Patron, the ftev* George 
Coates. 

The Church at Kettlewell, which was of high antiquity, probably not late* 
than Henry I. ha9 been pulled down, and a new one in 1820, erected on its site, 
on the same plan, only a few yards longer. 

Kettlewell is situated at the foot of a very steep hill, hi a narrow part of 
\Vharfdale, and although the village is large, the buildings are very mean — 
In the year 1686, this town and Starbottom were nearly destroyed by & 
violent flood. The situation of these towns is under a large hill, from 
whence the rain descended with great violence for one hour and a half, at thd 
same time, the hill on one side opening, and casting up water to a prodigious 
height, demolished several houses, and filled others with gravel to the chamber 1 
windows ; the affrighted inhabitants fled for their lives, and the loss was computed 
at many thousand pounds.— Magna Brit. 

KEXBROUGH, in the parish of Dartdn, wapentake of Staincross$ 
liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Barnsiey, 5| from Penistone, 
S\ from Wakefield.— Pop. 440. 

KEXMOOR, ham. in the township of Greweithorpe, ancf parish of 
Kirkbymalzeard ; 2 miles from Kirkbymalzeard, 6 from Masham<j 

KIDHALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet \ 
4 miles from Abberford. 

KIDHALL-INN, in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, 
liberty of the honour of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Abberford^ 6 j 
from Tad caster, 8 from Leeds* 

KILDWICK, a parish-town, in the east-division d£ Sftaincliffe* 
liberty of Clifford^- Fee ; (Kildwick-Hall, the seat of Miss Currer J 
A\ miies from Skipton, 5\ from Keighley, 9 from Colne, {Lane.) 
Pop. 175. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew^ 
in the deanry of Craven, value, %\Ql. 18*. \\dt Patrons, the 
Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. 

The Church of Kildwick, is one of the two in the whole deanry of Craven,} 
which are mentioned in. Doomsday. It was given by Cecilia de Romille to the 
Priory of Embsay. After the dissolution of religions houses, the rectory, with 
the advowson of the vicarage, was granted by Henry VIII. to Christ-Churchy 
Oxford. In the nave of the present Church, built or renewed about the' reign of 
Henry VIII. are the tomb and cumbent statue of Sir Robert de Steeton, in link- 3 
mail, with his arras upon a shield. It is wrought in Haselwood stone, and is art 
exact counterpart of his contemporary Sir Adam de Midelton, at Ilkley : and iri 
the north chapel and choir are, also, monuments to the families of Currer, Swire^ 
Jennings, &c. 

The village, situated upon a hill On the road from Keighley to Skipton, was 
amongst the first donations to the Priory of Embsay, by Cecilia de Romille, th6 
foundress. In that house it continued till the dissolution, when it was granted 
by Henry VIII. to Robert Wilkinson and Thomas Drake, ofthe parish of Halifax*- 
In the 2 Edward I. is a license to Drake, to alienate the Manor of Kildwick to 
John Garforth, of Farnhill, by whom, or his sou, 1st of Elizabeth, it was sold to 
Henry Currer, Esq. and from whom it has lineally descended to the p reseat owner; 
Miss Currer. 

The Manor-house, a respectable stone building, perhaps a century and a 
half old, stands high above the church, with a very deep descent in front ; bu€ 
is sheltered bv thriving plantations. — Hist. Craven^ 

KILDWICK-GRANGE, ham. in the township and parish of Kild* 
wick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Keighley. 

KILHOLME, /. h. in the township and parish of Cantley ; 6mile& 
from Doncaster and Bawtry. 

KILLING BECK, scat, h, in the township of Seacroft, and parish 

2 T 



330 WEST-RIDING. 

ofWhitkirk, liberty of Pontefract ; {the seat of F. Walker, Esq.} 
3 miles from Leeds. 
KILLINGHALL, in the parish of Ripley, lower-division of Claro, 
liberties of Knaresbrough and Ripon ; 1 1 mile from Ripley, 5 
from Knaresbrough, 9 from Ripon. — Pop. 519. A few houses at 
the north-end of the village are within the constablery of Nidd, and 
liberty of Ripon. 

Tn Doomsday-book, is called Chenihatte, i. e. Kennelhall; probably a place 
where the hounds (which belonged to the Lord of the Manor) were kept, for it 
was no uncommon thing for noblemen, during the time of the Saxons, to keep 
mastiff-dogs, for chasing wolves out of their territory.^Dtigdale's Bar. 

It was formerly the residence of several families of note, viz. Pulleyn, Tank- 
red, Bayiies, &c. Heaps of ruins, covered with grass, mark the place where two 
of their mansions stood ; from the materials of which, several farm-houses, with 
their offices, have been erected. 

The Norwich troop of horse, which was a part of Cromwell's regiment, 
were quartered at Killinghall, in July 1644, a few days after the battle of Marston, 
This troop had embroidered on their colours, La Troupe des Vierges y being 
raised by the voluntary subscription of the young Ladies of Norwich. 

It was for some centuries the seat of the family of Pulleyn. Captain John 
Levens, who lived in the reign of Charles I. having, in the latter part of his life, 
quitted the army, became one of the people called quakers, and retired to this 
peaceful solitude, where he ended his days, in the year 1668. He and his two 
sons were interred in an orchard here ; and, perhaps, no places are more proper, 
to bury our dead in, than gardens, groves, or airy fields. This custom is of the 
highest antiquity ; the Greeks, or eastern christians, do not bury in churches. 
KILNHURST, in the townships of Swinton and Rawmarsh, and 
parish of Rawmarsh, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 
(Kilnhurst-Hall, the seat of William Turner, Esq.) 5 miles from 
Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley. 

Here are six Alms or Hospital-Houses, value, each, 31. 6s. 8d. per annum. 

KILNSEY, in the township of Conistone-with-Kilnsey. and parish 

of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 

3 miles from Kettlewell, 12 from Skipton and Settle. — Pop. 

included in Conistone. 

This place is remarkable for a lofty range of limestone rock ; the highest 

point of that denominated " Kilmey Cragg," will be about 165 feet, and its 

• length 270 yards, or more. The whole of this astonishing mass of limestone 

stretches nearly half a mile along the valley, and, as a feature in landscape, has 

greatly the advantage of Gordale Scar. 

To this village, the Abbots of Fountains drove their immense flocks of sheep 
from the surrounding hills, for their annual sheep-shearing. Here, too, they 
also kept Courts for all their Manors in Craven, excepting Litton and Long- 
strother, which last were holden at Litton. The walls of their Court-house 
were remaining at Kilnsey, 41 Elizabeth. — Hist. Craven. 

Two ancient Arches, rather pointed, adjoining to a house called " the Hall" 
(dated W. W. 1644) behind the Inn at Kilnsey, still point to some of those re- 
mains. The keystone of the larger arch has the remains of a dog or sheep upon 
it. Fr.im the name of Chapel-house, (p. 256,) " it seems probable," says Dr. 
Whitaker, " that the Monks either had a small Cell or a Grange, with a Chapel, 
annexed, in a picturesque and interesting situation, where an excellent bouse 
was built by the late John Tennant, Esq. whose ancestor Jeft'ry Tennant, of Bord- 
lev, purchased the estate of the Gresham family, the grantees of Fountains, in 
the 14th of Elizabeth," 
KIMBERWGRTH, a township, in the parish of Rotherham, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 2 miles 
from Rotherham, 7 from Sheffield, 13 from Penistone. — Pop. 
3,797, 



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KING-CROSS, ham. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of 
Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; \\ mile from Halifax. 

KINSLEY, /. K in the township and parish of Hemsworth, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Pontefract and Wakefield. 

KIPLING- HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Thornton, and parish 
of Bradford. 

KIPPAX, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 5\ miles from Pontefract, 8 from Leeds, 9 from 
Wakefield, 21 from York. — Pop. 958. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, %5l. Is. 
1 d. Patron, the King. In the same township and parish is 

KIPPAX-PARK, the seat of Thomas Davison Bland, Esq. 

This Park is large and beautiful, rising to the Mansion, which was originally 
founded by Sir Thomas Bland, Knight, in the reign of Elizabeth. A part only 
of the ancient front remains in the centre of the building. The fabric was much 
enlarged about the latter end of the 17th century; and the principal front, in- 
cluding the offices, now extends 600 feet in length. 

The family of Bland was anciently seated at Bland's Gill, in Yorkshire ; a 
younger son of which house was Robert Bland, Esq. of Leeming, N. R, whose 
posterity continued the principal line ; the male issue of the chief house of 
Bland's Gill, soon failing: the title of Baronet became extinct, on the death of 
Sir Hungerford Bland, who died a bachelor, some time previous to 1779. The 
present family is descended from Thomas Davison, of Blackiston, Esq. in the 
county of Durham, he having married a daughter of Sir John Bland, Bart. — 
Nettle's flews. 

KIPPING-HOUSE, (the sent of Miss Firth) in the township of 
Thornton, and parish of Bradford ; 4 miles from Bradford. 

KIRBY-WHARFE, a parish-town, in the wapentake |Barkston- 
Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract; 2 miles from Tadcaster, 
12 from York and Selby, 13 from Pontefract. — Pop. including 
Mil ford, 86. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John 
the Baptist, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £3/. 16s. Sd. p. 
r. 120/. Patron, the Prebendary of Wetwang 1 . 

KIRKBURTOX, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Aobrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Huddersheld, 8 
from Penistone, 1 1 from Wakefield, 39 from York.— Pop. 2,153, 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the 
deanry of Pontefract, value, 13/. 6s. 8d. Patron, the King. 

The name and situation of this place, lead Dr. Whitaker to conjecture, that 
a Saxon Fort once stood here. M Accordingly, at this place, the parish-church, 
from which there is a steep declivity on the north and we9t, the appearance of a 
ditch on the south, and a deep and narrow lane, at a corresponding distance on 
the east, has every appearance of a Saxon Fort, though the keep has been level- 
led. In addition to these appearances, a small sike immediately adjoining to the 
north-east, is still called the Old Saxe Dyke/' 

The present Church, built in the reign of Edward III. pays a pension of 4i. 
•per annum, as a mark of its dependence upon that ancient and fruitful Mother 
of Churches, Dewsbury ; from which, it appears to have been severed, about the 
time of the first Earl of Warren. 

The Burtons may be traced as Lords of this Manor, to the highest period of 
local names. In 1455, Edward Kaye, of Woodsome, Esq. was owner of this 
Manor, by marriage of Isabel, thedaughter of Thomas Burton : it is now th© 
property of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart, of Denby Grange, his descendant.— 
fVhitakcr'B Loklis et Ebneie. 



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KIRBY-COT, or KEBCOATES, p. h. in the township of Stansfield, 
and parish of Halifax ; 8 miles from Todmorden, 10 from Halifax. 
&IRK-BRAMWITH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Doneaster, 7 from 
Thome, 25 from York. — Pop. 252. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doneaster, value, 121. 18s. 
4cl. Patron, the King-, as Duke of Lancaster. 
KIRKBY-HALL, a township, in the parish of Little-Ouseburn, 
iipper-division of Claro ; (the seat of Richard John Thompson, Esq.) 
$ miles from Boroughbridge, 13 from York. — Pop. 55. 

In this elegant Mansion is a very valuable collection of Paintings ; many of 
them by the most celebrated masters, ancient and modern. 

The Mausoleum in the church-yard at Little Ouseburn ; and the Obelisk, 
at the place called " the head of the River Quse," were both erected by a gentle* 
man of this family. 
KIRK-HAMMERTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of 
Claro; (the seat William Thompson, Esq.) 7 miles from Wetherby, 
S from Boroughbridge and Enaresbrough, 10 from York. — Pop. 
409. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John 
the Baptist, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, 
value, p. r. f 134.1. 10s. In consequence of a reduction, by loss 
of Land, the value is only 65L Patron, the Rev. William Met* 
calfe, the present incumbent. 
KIRKHEATON, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 8 
from Halifax, 10 from Wakefield, 16 from Leeds, 38 from York, 
i — Pop, 2,186. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John 
the Baptist, jn the deanry of Pontefract, value, 251, \3s. 9d, 
patron, Thomas Richard Beaumont, Esq. 

After the origin of local names, the first race of mesne Lords, who appear 
$1 this place, bore the denomination, de, Heton. They were benefactors to the 
House of Fountain, and to their piety, the parish-church may with great proba- 
bility be ascribed. The payment of 1/. 3s. 4d, to the Church of Dewsbury, proves 
its ancient dependance on that Church, and from which, it was probably severed 
about the year 1200. In the church-yard is a gigantic Yew Tree, supposed to 
be co-eval with the Church, as it could scarcely have attained to its great mag- 
nitude in less than six centuries. In the north aisle of the choir, is a cumbent 
statue of Sir Richard Beaumont, of Whitley, Bart. : of this family, who have long 
been Lords of this Manor, are several other memorials of the Church — Whit- 

AKER. 

Here is a Free-School, for the education of ten poor boys gratis. 
liJRKBYMALZEARD, a parish-town, in the lower-division of 
Claro, liberty of St, Peter ; (Mowbray?House, the seat of Tomyna 
Pickins, Esq.) 4 miles from Masham, 7 from Ripon, 10 from 
Pateleybridge, SO from York. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, 
Whitsun-Monday, and October 2, for cattle, sheep, &c. — Pop. 
682. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the 
deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, with Masham, 
BOIL Patron, Trinity-College, Cambridge. It possesses a peeu^ 
liar exempt jurisdiction, formerly annexed to the Prebend of 
$lasham, in the Cathedral of York, now exercised by a Commis^ 
sary, appointed by Trinity-College, C&mbridge.--The present 
yicai fg the Commissary, 



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Here, the famous family of the Mowbrays had a Castle, which was besieged 
20 Henry II. by Henry, the elect Bishop of Lincoln. Roger de Mowbray then 
hastened to the King at Northampton, where he rendered up to him this Castle 
and that at Thirsk, both of which were soon after made untenable, and pulled 
doivu.— Bit "dale's Bar. 

Mr Diekins, on enlarging his present Mansion, and laying out his pleasure 
grounds, dug np a great many ruins of this ancient Castle ; bases, shafts, capitals, 
&c. belonging to which, are now to be seen, grotesquely placed in various parts 
of the grounds. This Castle was situated on an eminence, with a deep ditch on 
the norih, and commanding most extensive prospects to the east and north-east, 
and from which, no doubt, the Castle of Thirsk was visible. 

John de Mowbray obtained a grant 35 Edward T. to hold two fairs annually, 
and a market weekly, at Kirkbymalzeard. These fairs and market, after laying 
dormant, we know not how long, have been revived since 1*16. 

Here is a School, founded about the year 1640, by one William Horseman, 
who endowed it with 50s. per annum : it has since received several small endow- 
ments, and the master's emolument now amounts to ?l. 10s. per annum. — Co;»- 
7>u'ssione)'s' Report. 

KIRKBY-MALHAMDALE, a parish-town, in the west-division 
and liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Settle, (by the Post-Road, 
1 1 miles.) 9 from Skipton, 10 from Kettlewell, 1 1 from Gisbura, 
50 from York. — Pop. 204. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. James, in the deaDry of Craven, value,, 61. 13s. 4d. p. r. 
f43/. 10.5. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. 

This place is situated in a deep Gill, upon a small beck, near the river Air. 
The Church is a large, handsome, and uniform building, probably of the age of 
Henry VI 1. In the chapel, at the east end of the south aisle, is a mural monu- 
ment, with the arms of Lambert. It is to the memory of John Lambert, of Calton 
Hall, son and heir to Major-Gen. Lambert, and the last male heir, in whom that 
ancient family of the Lamberts, in a line from the Conqueror, is now extinct. 
This Church belonged to the Abbey of West Dereham till the dissolution ; the 
Monks of which Abbey had a Cell here in the reign of Edward II. It 
appears to have been garrisoned for the Parliament, by the first of the family of 
Kings of Skelland, who came out of Westmoreland. — Hist. Craven. 

Here is a School, supposed to be founded by one of the Lamberts of Calton, 
originally for Latin only, but of late years the Master has introduced English ; 
it is endowed with about 20/. per annum, arising chiefly out of rents of lands at 
Kirkby-Malhamdale and Hanlith, and money in the funds, left by Mrs Nelsoa 
of Calton . 
KIRKBY-OVERBLOW, a parish-town, in the upper-division of 
Claro; {the seat of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham) 5\ miles from 
Wetherby, 6| from Knaresbrough. 20 \ from York. — Pop. includ- 
ing Swindon, 370, which being united, form a township. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the 
Ainsty, value, 20/. Is. Q\d. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. 

Kirkby-Overblow, the orthography of which is Kirkby- Ore-Blowers, from its 
being within the vicinity of an Iron Forge. — Thoresby. This village is situated 
upon an eminence on the north bank of the Wharfe. 

Here is a small School for six poor children ; the land originally appropri- 
ated to the support of which, consists of eleven acres. 
KIRKBY, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract ; 8 miles from Pontefract, 9 from 
Barnsley, 10 from Doncaster, 11 from Wakefield, 31 from York. 
— Pop. 633. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, 
in the deanry of Doncaster, va)ue ? £15/. 10s. 2|o?. Patron, the 
Rev, George Allott. 



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KIRK-GILL, 2 or 3/. h. in the township of Buckden, and parish 

of Arnecliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Kettlewell. 
KIRK-HOUSE GREEN, a few scat. h. in the township and parish 

of Kirk-Bramwith, liberty of Pontefraet ; 6 miles from Thome. 
KIRKLEES-HALL, (the seat of Sir George Armitage, Bart.) in 
the township of Hartishead-with-Clifton, and parish of Dew3bury, 
Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 
4 1 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax, 12 from Leeds. 

This place is memorable, on account ofa Nunnery founded here in the reign 
of Henry II. for Benedictine Nuns. After the dissolution, the site and demesnes 
about the house, were granted to the Ramsdens. In the 1st of Elizabeth, it be- 
came the property of the Piikintons, and in the 8th of the same reign, was alien- 
ated by Robert Pilkinton to John Armitage, and in this family it has continued 
to the present day. The site of the Priory appears to have been inhabited by 
the family during the rest of Elizabeth's reign, and an uncertain portion of that 
of King James, when, as appears from his arms in the hall, they removed to their 
present more airy and conspicuous situation. 

The situation of this Nunnery was in a warm and fertile bottom, on the 
verge of a deep brook to the south, and on an elevation just sufficient to protect 
the house from inundations. A square depression in the ground distinctly marks 
the cloister court, nearly thirty yards square. North of this was the body of the 
Church, and eighteen yards or thereabouts, to the east, are the tombs of Elizabeth 
de Stainton, and another protected by iron rails, immediately eastward from 
which, the choir has evidently terminated. The nave, transept, and choir, must 
have been at least 150 feet long. 

Kirkleesis also famous for being the sepulture of the renowned Robin Hood, 
an out-law and free-booter, who lived in the beginning of the thirteenth century, 
and who, according to tradition, was suffered to bleed to death by one of the 
Nuns, to whom he had applied to be bled. The spot pointed out for the place of 
his interment, is beyond the precint of the Nunnery, and therefore not in conse- 
crated ground.— fVhitaker's Loidis et Elmete. 

The following inscription over his remains, preserved by Dr. Gale, Dean 
of York, Thoresby says, was " scarce legible," and Dr. Whitaker seems to 
think spurious. 

" Hear, undernead dis Iatil stean, 

Laiz Robert, Earl of Huntington; 

Nea arcir vir as him sa geud, 

An pipl kauld him Robin Heud ; 

Sick utlawz az hi, an iz men, 

Vil Inglande nivr si agent 

Obit. 24, KaL Dekembris, 1247." 

A statue of this renowned free-booter, large as life, leaning on his unbent 
bow, with a quiver of arrows and a sword by his side, formerly stood on one side 
the entrance into the old hall. 
KIRK-SANDALL.-£ee£«ntf«ZZ, Kirk. 

KIRK-SM EATON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberty of Pontefraet ; 6 miles v from Pontefraet and Ferry- 
bridge, 10 from Doncaster, 14 from Wakefield, 27 from York, — 
Pop, 321. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in 
the deanry of Doncaster, value, 10/. 1*. 0|rf. Patron, Earl 
Fitzwilliam, 
KIRKSTALL-BRIDGE, and ABBEY, in the township of Hed- 
diiigley, and parish of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty 
of Pontefraet ; 3 miles from Leeds, 7 from Bradford} 8 from 
Olley, 18 from Harrogate. 



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This Abbey, as a subject of monastic history, has been nearly exhausted by the 
labours of Dugdale, and his follower Stephens. Antiquaries are as familiarly ac- 
quainted with the circumstances of its early discipline, the ruin of its revenues by 
improvidence, and the assistance by which they were restored, as if the transaction 
had passed before their eyes. Draftsmen and landscape-painters, good and bad, 
have done their parts to delight or glut the public taste, with this enchanting ruin, 
and the acutest curiosity might almost look in vain for a point which has not been 
represented .— Whitaker. 

The remains of this fine monastic structure stands in the beautiful vale of 
Air, near the banks of the river. The spate which they occupy, is about 340 
feet from north to south, and 445 from east to west. This Abbey, dedicated to 
the ble.-sed Virgin, was founded by Henry de Lacy, in 1147, for Monks of the 
Cistercian Order ; and Alexander, Prior of Fountain's Abbey, was appointed 
their first Abbot. Their first habitation was at Barnoldswick, but this place prov*- 
ing inconvenient to the Monks, they, about six years afterwards, removed to 
Kirkstall, in Airdale, then inhabited by some Hermits. Alexander, their first 
Abbot, governed the Monks thirty-five years. They suffered much by some ill- 
offices done to them by King John, who took from them some of their lands ; but 
they found a benefactor in Robert de Lacy, who died in 1194, and was esteemed 
a second founder.— Dugdale. 

Several of the first Monks were men of exemplary piety and virtue ; and the 
revenues of the Abbey were so well managed, that at a visitation in 1301, the 
Monks were found to have 216 oxen, 160 cows, 150 yearlings and bullocks, 90 
calves, and 4,000 sheep, and their debts amounted only to 160/. At the dissolu- 
tion, their revenues were valued at 329/. 2s. lid. Dugdale ; and 512/. 13s. Ad. 
Speed. It was surrendered, according to Speed, by John Ripley, the last Abbot, 
on the 22d Nov. 1540. In the 34th Henry VIII. the site was granted to Thomas 
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, in exchange for other lands. The Right 
Hon. the Earl of Cardigan is the present proprietor. 

The situation of this Abbey, near the banks of a fine river, always calm and 
clear, except in flood?, in a vale, fertile, open, and extensive, and with hills over- 
looking the Abbey, is particularly enchanting and picturesque. 

KIRKsHILL, f. h. in the township of Arthington, and parish of 
Addle : 3 miles from Harewood. 

KIRKTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Warmfield, 
liberty of Ponlefract ; (the residence of the Rev. James Drake) 3 
miies from Wakefield, 1 1 from Barnsley. This forms a part of 
the vicarage of Warmfield, being styled Warmfield-with-Kirk- 
thorpe. — Bacon. 

KIRTHWAITE, in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh, 
wapentake of Ewcross. 

This ia a larjie district, which consists of straggled houses, with meeting- 
houses for Quakers and Presbyterians. 

KNAPTON, fAinsfy) in the parish of Acomb ; 3\ miles from York, 
8 i from Tad caster. — Pop. 137. 

KNARESBROUGH, or KNARESBOROUGH, a market and 
parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberties of St. Peter 
and Knaresbrough ; 5 miles from Ripley, 7 from Boroughbridge 
and Wetherby, 11 from Hopper-Lane Inn, 12 from Ripon, 13 
from Otley, 18 from Leeds and York, 24 from Skipton, 201 from 
London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, January 13; first Wed- 
nesday after March 12 ; May 6, f unless it falls on a Sunday, then 
the day following,) first Wednesday after August 12 ; first Tuesday 
after October J 1 ; and Wednesday after December 10, for horned 
cattle, &c. — The sheep Fairs are held on tho days preceding tho 



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first and last Fairs ; the Statute days lor servants, are on 
Wednesday before November 2, and Wednesday after.^-Bankers, 
Messrs. Harrison and Terrys, draw on Messrs. Willis, Perrival, 
and Co. 79, Lombard -Street ; Messrs. Coates and Co. draw on Sir 
James Esdaile, Bart, and Co. 21, Lombard-Street.— Principal Inns, 
Crown, Bay Horse, and Old Elephant and Castle.— Pop. 5,283. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the 
deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 91. 9s. 4\d. 
Patron, Lord Rosslyn. 

In a chapel, north of the choir, are several monuments of the Slingsby family, 
to whom this chapel belongs. 

Knaresbrough is pleasantly situated on a cliff above the river Nidd, which 
runs at the bottom of a deep dell. The market-place is spacious, and the sale of 
corn considerable, great quantities being brought many miles eastward, to 
supply a barren track extending far west. The manufacture of linens, which is 
very considerable, is the staple trade of the town and neighbourhood ; and the 
article called Knaresbrough Linens, has for a great many years been held in high 
repute. 

It first sent members to Parliament in the first of Queen Mary, 1553, and 
has ever since returned two representatives. The right of election was then 
vested in 84 or 88 burgage houses, the owners of which were entitled to vote. 
The elections continued free till about 1719, at which time the purchasing of 
burgage houses first commenced. The Duke of Devonshire is now, and the 
family has for a long time, been in possession of all the burgage-houses, except 
four. The last contest appears to have been in 1784; but no report was made 
on the petition of Sir John Co°nilI, Bart, and Bacon Frank, Esq, In 1805, the 
Bailiffs were unable to proceed to an election, by reason of a great riot and tu- 
mult, raised by a large number of persons not electors '. on this, several of the 
electors petitioned Parliament, when, the Attorney- General was ordered to pro- 
secute seven persons named in the petition, three of whom were tried at York, 
and found guilty ; consequently a new writ was ordered.— Oldfield. 

The Castle here has a most elevated situation, and on the accessible side was 
defended by a vast fosse, with strong works on the outside. The scattered frag- 
ments shew it to have been a fortress of great extent. Part of the towers aud 
some semi-round buttresses yet remain, and a square tower or keep, is the most 
complete of any, part of which formerly served as a prison for the liberty of the 
Forest of Knaresbrough. It was founded by Serlo de Burgh, who came into 
England with the Conqueror. He was succeeded in his possession by Eustace 
Fitz-John, the great favourite of Henry the first. It afterwards came into the 
possession of the Crown, for it seems that King John granted it to William de 
Estoteville for the services of three knights' fees. In the succeeding reign 
it was bestowed on that great justiciary, Hubert de Burgh, on payment of 
100/. per annum into the Exchequer. In the reign of Edward II. it was in the 
family of Vanx, or de Vallibus, but bestowed by that Prince on his favourite Pierce 
Gaveston, whom he created Earl of Cornwall. On his death it reverted to the 
Crown, and remained in it till 1371, when the Castle, Manor and Honour of 
Knaresbrough, were granted by Edward III. to his fourth son, John of Gaunt, 
Duke of Lancaster, in which Dutchy it yet remains. — Duo dale.— Magna Brit. 
— Madox. 

In 1 1 70, the four Knights who murdered Thomas a Becket took refuge here, 
where they remained prisoners many months, but were sometime after pardoned, 
on condition of their performing a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. 

After the base treachery Richard II. experienced from the Earl of Northum- 
berland, and his gallant son Hotspur Percy, that unfortunate Prince was kept a 
close prisoner here, in an apartment still called the King's chamber, till he was 
removed to Pontefract Castle, and there murdered by, order of Henry IV. 

In 1616, James I. granted this Castle and Lordship.to his son Charles. It 
was a strong fortress during the civil wars, and made great resistance against the 
parliamentary fences, After tfie battfe, 'of Maistyn-Moor, the townsmen most 



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gallantly defended it against Lord Fairfax, and though at last compelled to sur- 
render, it was on the most honourable terms that the garrison laid down their 
arms. Not long after this, it was, by resolution of the House of Commons, ren- 
dered untenable. 

The site of the Castle was upwards of one hundred yards in diameter. The 
. Keep was large, and consisted of three stories. From an east view of it, the dis- 
mantled towers, and delapidated arches, are finely picturesque, but the whole in 
falling, by the stealing hand of time, fast into decay. Near the centre, in a part 
of the ruins, is the Court-house and Prison for the liberty of the Forest of Knares- 
brough. 

About half a mile below the Low-bridge, on the edge of the river, Richard 
Plantaganet, second son of King John, founded a Priory for Trinitarians, which 
was surrendered by the last Prior, Thomas Kent, in 1539.— Dogdale. The 
site was granted to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and soon afterwards became the 
property of Sir Thomas Slingsby, iri whose family it still remains. The ruins of 
it lie scattered about and overgrown with grass. 

The celebrated Dropping-Well, placed close by the Nidd, which is saturated 
with terrene sparry matter, and incrusts, very soon, every thing it falls on, has 
geidom failed to attract the notice of the curious traveller. 

Beneath these cliffs and near this spring was born, about the year 1487, that 
celebrated personage, Mother Shipton, the wife of Tobias Shipton. Many won- 
derful tales are told of her knowledge of future events, which are said to have 
been delivered to the Abbot of Beverley. 

Not for from the low bridge, some entire dwellings have been excavated out 
of the cliffs. Halfway up is one, three stories high, inhabited by a family who 
live beneath the rock, which has nothing artificial but part ot the front. It was 
the work of sixteen years, performed by a poor weaver and his son, which, since 
its completion, has been called Fort Montague, from this poor man's kind patron- 
ess, the Dutchess of Buccleugh ; having on the top a fort with cannon, a flag 
waving, and other military appearances. 

Not far distant from this place is St. Robert's Chapel, cut out of the solid 
rock, with a neatly arched roof, a Gothic window and door. The ribs rest on 
neat pilasters. On the right-hand side are four terrific faces ; in front an altar : 
on the floor is a hole, in which was probably placed a cross ; and on the sides 
are two niches, long since dispossessed of their images. The length of the cell 
is 10j feet, the breadth 9, and the height 1\. Near the door is cut a gigantic 
figure in the action of drawing his sword. Above is the Hermitage, a small cell 
formed of moss, petrefactions, &c. and about a mile down the river is the Cave 
of the Saint, which appears to have been his usual residence. This seat of piety 
was, in 1745, profaned by the murder of Daniel Clark, of Knaresbrough ; who, 
with Eugene Aram and J. Houseman, had confederated to defraud several of 
their neighbours of plate and goods to a considerable amount. For a particular 
account of the trial, &c. of Eugene Aram, see pamphlet by Mr Hargrove. 

Here lived, till within these few years, that very extraordinary man John 
Metcalfe, who was a native of this place. Although be lost his sight in his in- 
fancy, was a tolerable proficient in music, a well-known guide over the Forest, 
a common carrier, a builder of bridges, a contractor for making roads, and play- 
ed at whist with considerable skill. He died at the great age of 93. 

This town has the benefit of the following Schools, viz. a Free-School, situ- 
ated near the Church, endowed in 1616, by the Rev. Robert Chaloner ; a Charity- 
School, for thirty boys and girls, endowed in 1765, by the late Thomas Richard- 
son, E*q. ; and a National-School, on the plan of Dr. Bell, erected in 1814. 

The Old Sulphur Spaw, at Star-beck, between this place and Harrogate, 
which for some years had laid dormant, has recently been re-opened, and a 
square building erected over it, which secures it from external injury, and af- 
fords to the invalid a constant supply of its medicinal water. Its efficacy, as a 
diuretic and mild aperient, has been fully proved in numerous instances of bili- 
ous and cutaneous diseases. 
KNARESBROUGH-FOREST.— The Forest extends from east to 
west, upwards of 20 miles ; and in some places, is 8 miles in breadth. 

By the general survey, completed in the year 1086, we find there were thea 

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oniy four townships, viz. Birstwith, Fusion (Fewston) Beck with, Rosseft, (Piiii* 
nail.) In the year 1368, there appears to have been three principal towns and 
sixteen hamlets, many of which had originated from waste-lands, after the con- 
quest. The general enclosure commenced in 1771. — See ri the ancient customs 
of the Forest of Knaresbrough, h published at Rndresbrough in 1 808. This Forest 
is situate on the west side of Knaresbrough, extending itself to Bolton-Bridge ; it 
has a separate jurisdiction, a prison, and a local court; in which pleas are held : 
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire is Lord and Chief Bailiff. 

ICNOSTROP, ham. in the township, parish* and borough of Leeds ; 
1 mile from L&eds. 

In an old house which formerly belonged to & family of the name of Bayne9> 
iidw converted into dwellings, and probably not older than Capt. Adam Baynesy 
who was burgess for Leeds, in the only Parliament in which it was even repre- 
sented, is perhaps, says Dr. Whitaker, " the. latest specimen of a dels, or raised* 
step for the high table, which is to be found in England/' A few years since it 
was hung rottnd with portraits^ 

In a garden adjoining, are two gravestones, to the memory of two of the 
Stable family, and which appear to have been legible in Thoresby's time, what- 
ever they may be now,— the dates are 1662 and 1692, and the inscriptions arc 
inserted in Thoresby's Leodiensis.— " Mr John Stable, the last of the family 
Who resided here, being tainted with Quakerism/ converted part of his orchard 
into a place of Sepulture.— Thoresby. 

fCNOTTINGLEY, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Os«< 
goldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; I mile from Ferrybridge, 3 from 
Pontefract, 9| from Snaith, 15| from Doncaster. — Pop. 3,753* 
The Church is a perpetual curaey, dedicated to St, Botolph, value. 
p t r. 100/. Patron, the' Vicar of Pontefract. 

A large village on the banks of the Aire, which has been long noted for its 
merchandise in Lime.- A branch Canal from (he Aire and Calder navigation, is 
jiow cutting from this place to Goole> where it will enter into the river Ouse 2 
thtrdistanee is about seventeen miles^ 

KNOW-BANK, /. h. in the township of Hettonwith-Bordley, and 
parish of Bumsall, liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Settle* 

&NOWLES.— See Raven-Knowles* 



LADY-WELL, s. h in the township of Soyland, and parish of 

Halifax i 6 miles from Halifax. 
LAMBCOTE-GRANGE,/. h< in the township and parish of Braith- 

well, liberty of Tiekhill ; 5 miles from Tickhill. 
LAMB-HILL, A«m. in the township and parish of Handsworth, 

liberty of Hallamshire *, 3 miles from Sheffield. 
LANE- ENDS, kam. in the township and parish of Keighley; 3 

miles from Keighley. 
LANE-HEAD, /. k. in the township of Shipley* and parish of 

Kirkburton ; 5 miles from Penistone, 8 from Huddersfield. 
LANE-HEAD, /. h. in the township and parish of Darton ; 3| miles 

from Bamsley. 
LANE-HEAD, /. L in the township atid parish of Rawmarsh; 3 

miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield. 
LANE-HEAD, or LANE-HOUSES, 2 or 3/. h in the fowjiship 

an$ parish of Weston ; 3 miles from OtJey. 
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ef Iikiey, lower-division of Claro; 7| miles from Skipton, S| 
from Otley. — Pop. included in Nesfield. 

LANGCLIFFE, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-division and 
liberty of Staiiiellffe; {Langcliffe-Hall, the seat of Mrs Smiles; 
Langcliffe- Place, the scat of William Clayton, Ksq.) \ mile from 
Settle.— -Pop. 420. 

L ANGER-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, 
liberty of Staiiicliffe ; 9 miles from Settle* 

LANGFIEL.D, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-divi* 
sion of Agbriafir and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from 
Rochdale, (I^inc,) 12 from Halifax,— Pop. 2,069, 

This township originally heloijged to the Langftelds, and passed into the 
family of the Hamertons, about the end of the reign of Edward III. In the time 
of Henry VIII. it was, by attainder of Sir Stephen Haiaerton, forfeited to the 
Crown. 

LANGHILL-HOUSE,/. A. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, 
and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Skipton, 

LANG LEV-BROOK, % or 3 h. hi the township and parish of 
Ecclesfield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. 

LANG OLD, in the township of Letwell, and parish of Saint Joh«, 
upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (a seat of John Galley 
Knight, Esq.) 4 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 5 from Tickbill, 

LANGRICK, or LONG-DRAX.— See Vrax, Long. 

LANGSETT, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Penistone, 10 from Barnstey, 
12 from Sheffield. — Pop. 325. 

LANGTH VVAITE, s. h. in the parish of Doncaster, lower-division 
of Strafforth and Tickbill, liberty of 'Tickhjll ; 4 miles from Don- 
caster, 9 from Thorne.-^-Pop. including Tilts, 21, which being 
united, form a township. 

LAPVVATER, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish ef 
Rotherham ; 1 \ mile from Rotherham. 

LASCELLES-HALL, (the seat of Joseph Walker, Esq.) in the. 
township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 2| miles from 
from Huddersfield, 11 from Wakefield. 

LAUGHTON-EN-LE-MORTHEN, a parish-town, in the upper* 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles 
from Tickhill, 7 from Rotherham, 8 from Worksop, (Notts.) 10 
from Bawtry, 50 from York.-^-Pop. 652. The Church, peculiar, 
is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, 
value, +6/. 13.?. 4d. p. r. fill. Patron, the Chancellor of York, 

LAUND-HOUSE, a. h. in the township and parish of Bingley; £ 
miles from Bradford. 

LAVERICK-HALL, /, h. in the township and parish of Keighley, 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 3 miles from Keighley. 

LAVERTON, in the parish of Kirk by malzeard, lower-division of 
Claro; 5 miles from Masham, 6| from Hipon. — Pop. 430, 

LAWKLAND, in the parish of Claphara, wapentake of Ewcross j 
(Lawkland-Hall, the seat of John Ingilby, Esq.) 3| miles from 
Settle, 13 from Kirby-Lousdale, (Westm*)— Pop, 3ol, 



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Adjoining to Lawkland is an ancient Chapel, called Eldroth-Chapel, the 
rent of the lands belonging to which, go towards the education of six children. 
No service performed at the Chapel. 

LAWKLAND-GREEN, ham. in the township of Lawkland, and 
parish of Clapham ; {the seat of Thomas Ingilby, Esq.) 3 miles 
from Settle. 

LAY COCK, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty 
of Staiurliffe ; 2 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. 

LAYS, (the seat of David Hemsworth, Esq.) in the township and 
parish of Monk-Fryston ; 4 miles from Ferrybridge. 

LAZENCROFT, /. h. in the township and parish of Barwick-in- 
Eimet, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Leeds. 

LEAD, (extraparochial) in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash ; 5 miles 
from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherby, 16 from Pontefract. — Consists 
of 7 farm-houses, and 50 inhabitants. 

LEATHLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro ; 2 
miles from Otley, 11 from Leeds, 12 from Knaresbrough, 27 from 
York. — Pop. 312. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of 
the Ainsty, value, 11. 2s. S^d. Patron, the King. 

Here is a School-house and four Alms-houses, founded in l76P,byMra Anne 
Hitch, who endowed the same with 12/. per annum, for the master, to teach the 
children of the township of Lcathley, reading, writing', English grammar, &c. — 
41. each for the Alms-houses, occupied by indigent persons. The money arises 
out of rents of land at Felliscliffe. The Lord of the Manor, and the Rector 'of 
Leatbley, and the Rector of Addle, are trustees. — Commis. Report. 

LEDSHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Abberford, 
10 from Selby, 20 from York. — Pop. 212. The Church is a vica- 
rage, dedicated to All-Sainfs, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 
%ll. 4s. 2d. Patrons, the Trustees of Lady Elizabeth Hastings. 
This Church is remarkable, as the place of interment of Lady Elizabeth 

. Hastings, of pious and charitable memory. A noble monument, afterwards aug- 
mented by the statues of her two surviving sisters, records, in elegant Latin, the 
character of this ornament to her sex. Her own figure is placed on a sarcopha- 
gus, reclining, and reading a book of devotion ; the countenance, which is a por- 
trait, handsome and spirited ; but the grace of the figure is destroyed by the de- 
formity of a stiff bodice. Lady Frances and Lady Ann Hastings, on pedestals, 
on each side, are. represented with the attributes of piety and prudence. — 
Whitaker. 

LEDSTON, a township, in the parish of Ledsham, wapentake of 
Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract, 
6| from Abberford, 10 from Leeds, — Pop. 243. A part of Led- 
ston is in the parish of Kippax. 

This Hall was formerly the seat of the ancient family of Withams, till Henry 
Witham, Esq. sold it to Sir Thomas Went worth, afterwards Earl of. Strafford, 
who made improvements in the house; his son William sold it to Sir John Lewis, 
Bart, who died here in 1671. Sir John added much to the beauty of the house, 
gardens, and park, which he surrounded with a stone wall. It afterwards be- 
came the seat of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of Theophilus, Earl of 
Huntingdon, by the eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir John Lewis, in 1690 ; and 
thence to that of Rawden, Earl of Mona.— Camden. — Thoresbv. — Whitaker. 

Sir John Lewis erected and endowed an Hospital here, for the maintenance 
of ten aged poor people, who, by his will, are required religiously to observe the 
Sabbath-day, and to be present at Church, in the time of divine service and ser- 
mon. — Caaiden. Lady Elizabeth Hastings added 10/. per annum, for the better 



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support of St. John Baptist's Hospital, founded by her grandfather— present 
revenue 106/. per annum. 

In the same township and parish is 

LEDSTON-LODGE, the seat of Granville William Wheeler, Esq. 
now occupied by Christopher Wilson, Esq. 

LEEDS, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, 
liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Harewood and Dewsbury, 9 
from Wakefield, 10 from Bradford and Otley, 1 1 from Abberford, 
13 from Pontefraet, 15 from Ferrybridge, 16 from Harrogate, 
Wetherby, and Huddersfield, 16 from Tadcaster, 18 from 
Knaresbrougb, 20 from Selby, 2 4 from York. 194 from London. 
— Markets, Tuesday and Saturday, for woollen-cloth, provisions, 
&c. — Fairs, Juiy 10 and 11, for horses and pedlary- ware ; Novem- 
ber 8 and 9, for homed cattle, &c. — Bankers, the Old Bank, 
Messrs. Beckett, Blayds. and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir R. C. 
Glynn, and Co. 12, Birchin-Lane ; New Bank, Messrs. Fields, 
Greenwood, and Co. draw on Messrs. Curtis, Robarts, and Co. 
15, Lombard-Street; Commercial Bank, Messrs. J. & YV. Perfect, 
and G. Smith, draw on Messrs. Sir J. Lubbock, and Co. 11, 
Mansion-house Street ; Union Bank, Messrs. Nicholson, Brown, 
and Co. draw on Messrs. T. & S. Nicholson, Janson, and Co. 
32, Abchurch-Lane. — Principal Inns, Hotel, White Horse, Bull 
and Mouth, Golden-Lion, Rose and Crown, and King's Arras. — 
Pop. 48,603. There are five Churches, the Parish Church, called 
the Old Church, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry 
-of the Ainsty, value, 38/. 05. 2\d. To which there are 25 Patrons. 
St. John's Church, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 120/. Patrons, 
the Vicar of the Old Church, the Mayor, and three senior Aldermen. 
The Holy Trinity is a perpetual curacy. Patrons, the Vicar and 
Curate of St. John's, and the Recorder of Leeds. St. Paul's is a 
perpetual curacy, value, p. r. +120/. It was built by the Rev. 
Milnes Atkinson, who has the Patronage for two turns, then the 

Vicar of St. Peter's. St. James' Chapel, built by the Rev 

King, who possesses the same right to presentation as is given over 
St. Pauls. — There are also two Churches now building, under the 
Million Act. 

St. Peter'* Church is of considerable antiquity, but the name of its founder, 
and the time of its foundation, are unknown. 

The parish and borough of Leeds are nearly co-extensive, extending about 7 
miles from north to south, and "i\ miles from east to west, and containing a popu- 
lation of S'3,746, about 14,000 of which areemployed in manufactures. The town 
of Leeds is situated upon the river Aire, which runs through it, and covers an. 
eminence gently rir-ing from that river to the upper end of the town, and falling 
with an easy slope to the east and west, as well as to the south. The breadth of 
the town from north to south, is nearly a mile, and it extends not less than a 
mile and a half in length, from ea-t to we9t. The river Aire is navigable from. 
the Humber to the town ; which river having a direct communication with the 
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, within a quarter of a mile of the town, now afford* 
an easy communication to both the eastern and western Seas, whilst the various 
branch Canals open immediate access to every place of importance in the island. 
The neighbourhood abounds with coal, the very soul of steam engines ; and 
which has of late years so much tended to the increase of wealth and population. 
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th* King's Mills to the water-works near the bridge. Leeds, uniting the advatt~ 
tages of water and coal, has long been distinguished as one of the fir9t manufac- 
turing towns in the county, particularly in woollens : yet there are but few 
naanufacturers in the town, and these chiefly in the outskirts. Though now only 
considered of importance as a manufacturing town, it is an ancient place ; the 
earliest mention of which is by Bede, above 1,000 years ago. — Leland says, " it 
is a pretty market-town, but not so quick as Bradford." — It once had a Castle, 
probably built by one of the Lacys, who was possessed of extensive lands here, 
about the reign of the Conqueror. This Castle was besieged by King Stephen, 
In his march towards Scotland in 1139 : and in it Richard II, was confined, pre? 
▼ious to his barbarous murder in Pontefract Castle. The site of this Castle, of 
which not a vestige remains, was situated at Mill-Hill. Leeds had its share of 
troubles that took place in the contest between the King and Parliament, during 
the reign of Charles I. when many skirmishes and battles took place hereabouts, 
particulars of which may be seen in Fairfax's Memoirs of himself. The borough 
of Leeds, though not a parliamentary borough, is ancient. It was iucorporate4 
by Charles I. in 1682; a second charter was granted by Charles II.; and a 
third by James II. in 1684. The second was restored by William and Mary, i(\ 
1689, under which the town is now governed : viz. by a mayor, twelve aldermen, 
and twenty-four common-councilmen, assisted by a recorder and town's clerk. 
The. corporation has no peculiar privileges or restrictive laws, as at York, Be- 
verley, Ripon, &c but every man is at liberty to exercise any trade or profesr 
sion he chooses, and in what part of the town he likes. The mayor and alderr 
men have within the borough the same power as is derived by a commission of 
the peace. A Sessions for the borough is held every three months, at which the 
mayor presides ; and a general Sessions for the West- Riding is held here at 
Michaelmas. The town of Leeds is in general well-built, the streets in the 
upper part of the town, towards Kirkgate, are narrow, but in other parts broad 
and spacious, particularly Briggate, which is not only broad, but its length from, 
the bridge to the top of cross parish, is not less than half a mile ; and as soon as 
the old buildings attached to the Moot-Hall are removed, of which there is now 
every appearance, it may vie with almost any street in the kingdom, The west 
part of the town may be considered as the new towQ, where the most respectable 
part of the inhabitants reside, and where there are several open squares, the 
areas of which are in some cases planted, in others used as tenter grounds. 

The first house that was built of brick, in the beginning of the reign of 
Charles I. retains the name of Red-House, to this day ; and in this house that un* 
feappy monarch was lodged, while in t^e hands of the Scots : it is situated near 
to Burlay Bar. 

Amongst the public buildings that claim particular notice, will be found 
the Mixed Cloth Haiti erected by subscription in 1758. It consists of a main 
tody and two wings ; 127 1 yards in length, and 66 in breadth. It is divided into, 
six long streets or aisles, and encloses an open area. Each street contains two, 
lows of stands, the freehold property of separate manufacturers. Each stand is 
22 inches in front, and the whole number is 1770. Tbis building forms the 
principal part of the south side of a square, the west side of which is denominated 
Xast Parade; the north, South Parade ; and the east, Park. Row. In 1810, an 
additional story was erected on the north side of this Hall, and is used principal- 
ly for the sale of Ladies' cUths, in the undyed state t The WhiU Cloth Hall x 
Irailt in 1774, is a large square building, 297 feet in length, and 21Q in breadth ; 
divided into five streets, each containing two rows of stands, the wihole number 
of which is .1,210 Over this building is an elegant suit of Assembly-Rooms, 
The cloth market, at both Halls, is held on Tuesdays and Saturdays ; on which 
days none but merchants arp permitted to buy, or even to look at the pieces, 
The commencement of the market is announced by the ringing of a bell; upon 
which, in a few minutes, without noise, hurry, or the least disorder, the whole 
market is filled, each manufacturer standing behind his own goods, and the sales 
immediately commence ; alter it has continued an hour, a second bell rings, and 
after the expiration of a quarter of an hour, a third bell gives notice that the 
market must be cleared. The last bell continues to ring about five minutes \ 
and should any merchant remain in the Hall after it has done ringing, he is sub- 
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must forfeit the same sum. The Mixed Cloth Hall opens at half-past eight in 
summer ; nine in spring and autumn ; and half-past nine in winter. The 
White Cloth Hall opens when the other closes. Here is also a Cloth Hall, for 
the accommodation of irregulars, who have not served a regular apprenticeship 
to the trade, and arp therefore not permitted to sell their cloth in the other Halls. 

The general Infirmary is a very handsome and spacious edifice* situated in 
a line with the mixed Cloth Hall ; it was built by subscription in 1768, and open 
for the reception of patients in 1771 - 

The Philosophical Hall. — A Literary and Philosophical Institution, for the 
promotion of literature, science, and the arts, situated in Park Row ; a neat 
stone edifice of the Grecian order, containing a spacious Lecture-room, Library, 
and Museum, with Laboratory and other conveniences ; built by subscription, 
from the design, and under the* direction of Mr R. D. Chantrell, in 1820* 

The Free Grammar-School, situated in North-Street, Ava6 originally founded 
and endowed by Sir William Sheafield, by Will, dated 6th March, 1552* The 
original school being in a very inconvenient situation, was removed by the muni- 
ficence of John Harrison, Esq. alderman, the common benefactor tif the town, to 
its present situation, where he erected the present edifice; and in 1692, Godfrey 
Lawson, Esq. added a new apartment. This School has furnished several emi- 
nent men, both to the Church and State. Dr. Samuel Plillam, afterwards Arch- 
bishop of Tuam, was the first master. Since that period* the Madras system has 
been introduced ; and the plan of instruction similar to that which has been Used 
in the Charter-house School. A third master has been added for the instruction 
of two lowest forms, and the salaries of the others made so as to "secure them 
respectable and independent situations, whilst every cMre has been taken to pro 
vide for the due exertions of their duty." It is open for all boys within the bos 
rough, free of expense. 

The new Court-House arid Prison, with Rotation -Office, &c; situated at 
the bottom of Park Row, built in 1812, is one of the handsomest public build- 
ings in the town. The Philosophical and Literary Society's Hall, a modern 
edifice, facing the Park Row, ranks amongst the public buildings of the place* 
The Moot- Hall, in which all the public meetings have for many years been held> 
is situated at the north-end of Briggate, and waserected in 1713, in the 
front of which is a marble statue of Queen Anne, presented to the town by 
Alderman Milner, and executed by Carpenter, of London* 

Near to Buslingthorpe, Horse Barracks are now erecting, for which pur- 
pose, a grant was made by Parliament of 28^000/. The site of the building, with 
the Parade-ground, &e. occupies about eleven acres of ground. To the public! 
institutions already named, we may add the Baths — two Subscription Libraries — 
the Theatre, erected in 1771 — Concert-Room— and Riding-School. 

In 1653, John Harrison, Esq. a native of Leeds, founded and endowed art 
Hospital for forty indigent and aged women. To these, others have been 
erected, pursnant to the. Will of Arthur lkin, Esq. — the former habitations being 
now improved, together, afford a comfortable assylum for sixty-four aged men 
and women — each of whom receives a stipend of 10/. per annum. 

Mr Harrison also built and endowed St. John's Church, built the Free-' 
School, and erected a Cross for the convenience of the market. 

Potter's Alms-Houses, established in 1737, by a widow of that name, fb'r the 
widows of ten decayed tradesmen, who are each allowed an annuity of twelve 
guineas per annum. 

Jenkinson's Alms Houses— founded by Josiah Jenkin*on, about 1643; he 
devised unto Feoffees, d-c. eight dwelling-houses at Mill-Hill, for Alms-houses* 
and endowed the same with a farm at Great Woodhouse. They were re-built at 
the beginning of the pre>ent century ; and each dwelling is now occupied by a 
poor woman, who receives an annnal stipend of 51. 

The Charity-School established in 1 705, and removed to the Chapel in St. John's-* 
yard in 1726 — in which sixty poor girls are taught, in the same manner and subject; 
to the same discipline, as a National School; they are annually furnished with 
clothing, made almost by themselves. — The House of Recovery, Vicar-Lane,- 
built by public subscription in 1802.— The Benevolent, or Stranger's Friend 
Society, for the relief of the distressed of all religious denorainatious.— Two" 

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National Schools, on the plan of Bell and Lancaster.— Three Schools of Industry, 
Sunday Schools, two or three Clothing Societies, &c. — There are not less than 
eighteen Chapels, &c. for dissenters of various denominations. 

Of literary men born at Leeds, we have the following — Ralph Thoresby, 
a very eminent and learned antiquary, born in 1658. He was the sob of a re- 
spectable merchant; and after some education at the Grammar-School of this place, 
he was sent to London for improvement. He was a great master of the antiqui- 
ties of his own country, was skilled in genealogy and heraldry, and possessed 
uncommon knowledge of coins and medals. His great work is " Ducatns Leodi- 
ensis," published in 1715, folio. He died in 1725. 

William Lodge, a spirited and tasteful engraver, was born here in 1649. 
He went abroad with Lord Bellasis, and meeting with Barris's " Vittggio Pit- 
toresco" he translated it, and added heads of the painters, of bis own engraving, 
and a map of Italy. Returning to England, he assisted Dr. Lister, of York, in 
drawing various subjects of natural history. He died at Leeds, in 1689. 

John Berkenhout, a miscellaneous writer, was the son of a Dutch merchant, 
who had settled here. He was educated in the Grammar- School of this place, 
and was intended for the mercantile profession, which he quitted, and entered 
first into the military service of Prussia, and next into that of England. In 
1760, he went to Edinburgh and studied physic, but took his Doctor's degree at 
Ley den, in 1765. — While at Edinburgh, he published his Clavis Angliea Linguae. 
He published several works, in which he has distinguished himself by some 
valuable compendia of natural history. He was a man of lively and versatile 
talents ; and died in 1791, aged 60.— Biog. Diet. 

Newcombe Cappe, a dissenting Divine, was born here in 1752. — He was edu- 
cated under Dr. Doddridge, at Northampton, and finished his studies at Glas- 
gow ; after which, he became minister'of a congregation at York. He published 
some single Sermons; a Selection of Psalms; Remarks in Vindication of Dr. 
Priestley ; and Discourses on the Providence and Government of God, 8vo. In, 
1802, were published, Critical Remarks on many important parts of Scripture ; 
to which were prefixed, Memoirs of his Life, by his widow, Catharine Cappe, 

2 vols. He died at York in 1800. 

Dr. James Scott was born here in 1738 ; his father was minister of Trinity- 
church, and vicar of Bardsey : he was educated at Bradford School, and ad- 
mitted pensioner of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, in 1752, but afterwards removed 
to Trinity-College. In 1771, he was presented to the rectory of Simonburn, in 
Northumberland, and in 1775, took the degree of D. D. Dr. Scottpublished ten 
occasional Sermons ; three Seatonian Prize Poems, &c. aud was the author of 
the Letters signed Anti-Sejanus, which were published in the public Advertiser. 
Nichols' Lit. Anecdotes. 

Christopher Saxton, the chorographer, if not a native of the town, he ap- 
pears to have been born within the parish. 

Mr Benjamin Wilson, an eminent painter, was a native of this place; he 
flourished about the year 1760, and was particularly distinguished for his 
Etchings, in imitation of Rembrandt. 

Leeds produces three weekly Newspapers, the Intelligencer, the Mercury, and 
the Independent; all being decidedly party papers, each has its votaries. 
LEE-FAIR, or GREEN, in the township of West-Ardsley, and 
parish of Woodkirk, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 

3 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Leeds. — No Market. — Fairs, Au- 
gust 24, and September 17, for horses, horned cattle, &c. These 
Fairs are held on a Common adjoining*. 

LEES, or LEYS, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper- 
division of Skyrack ; 6 miles from Bingley, 8 from Bradford. 

LEES-HALL,/, k. in the township and parish of Thornhill ; 2 miles 
from Dewsbury, 7 from Wakefield. 

LEIGHTRIDGE, ham. in the township of Fixby, and parish of 
Huddersfield > 2| miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. 



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LENERTON, fatal, in the township and parish of Sherburn ; 5 miles 
from Pontefract, 7 from Tad caster. 

LENJKER, ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh ; 
4\ miles from Sedbergh, 9 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (IVestm.) 

LEPTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kirkheaton, A gbrigg-di vision 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4| miles from 
Huddersfield, 9 from Wakefield, I0| from Penistone. — Pop. 2,729. 

LEPTON, LITTLK, in the tow nship of Great-Lepton, and parish 
of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbriggand Morley, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 41 miles from Huddersfield. 

LETWELL, in the parish ot St. John's, upper-division of Straffbrth 
and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 5§ miles from 

Tickbill and Worksop, (Notts.) 9 from Rotherfcam Pop. 135. 

The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of 
Doncaster, value, p. r. f40/. Patron, the Chancellor of York 
Cathedral. 

LEVELS, HIGH and LOW, in the township and parish of Hat- 
held, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill. This township is 
named Levels, from the flatness of the country, containing' some 
hundred acres of land divided into farms, situated on the. right 
of the road leading from Hatfield to Thorne, on the borders of 
Lincolnshire. 

LEVENTHORPE-HALL, (the seat of Thomas Ikin, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Swillington; 6 miles from Leeds, 7 from 
Wakefield. 

LEWDEN, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of 
Darfield : 2| miles from Barnsley. 

LIDGET, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 
4^ miles from Huddersfield. 

LIDGATE, ham. in the township of Nether- Hallam, and parish of 
Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Rotherham. 

LYDIATE, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, 
(Lane.) Agbrigg-division of Agbriggand Morley; 8 miles from 
Rochdale, (Lane.) 11 from Manchester, (ditto) 1 4 from Hudders- 
field. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Ann, 
value, p. r. t88/. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. 

LTGHTCLIFFE, ham. in the township of Hipperholme, and parish 
of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Wakefield ; (New-House, the seat of William Priestley, Esq.) 3£ 
miles from Halifax. 6 from Bradford, 7 from Huddersfield. The 
Church built in J 529, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mat- 
thew, value, fll 71. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. 

LILLEY, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-divi- 
sion of Agbrigg and Morley ; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from 
Wakefield. 

LIMLEY, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and 
parish of Kirkbyraalzeard ; 10 miles from Masham. 

LINDERICK, ham. fextraparochial) in the lower-division of Claro ; 
% miles from Ripon. — Pop. 6*2. 



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LINDLEY, in the parish ofOtley, upper-division of Claro, liberty 
of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; 4 miles from Otley, 11 from 
Knaresbrough.— -Pop. 178. 

LINDLEY, ham, in the township of Quarraby-wiih-Lindley, and 
parish of Huddersfield, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, 
liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. 
— Pop. included in Quarmby. 

LINDLEY, OLD, ham. in the township of Stainland, and parish 
of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 \ miles from Huddersfield. 

LINFITS, 3 or 4 h. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roci)- 
dale ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

LINFIT-HALL, cotts. in the township of Linthwaite, and parish 
of Almondbury, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Huddersfield. 

LINFIT-LA.NE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkburton ; 
4f miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Wakefield. 

LINGARDS, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-di vision of 
Agbrigg and Morley ; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 19| from Man- 
chester.— Pop. 809. 

LINGBOB, s. h. in the township of Wilsden, and parish of Brad » 
lord; 3 miles from Bradford. 

LINGODELL, /. h. in the township of Throapham, and parish of 
Saint John ; 5 miles from Tickhill and Worksop, (Notts.) 

LINGILL-BRIDGE, s. k. in the township and parish of Horton; 
1 1 miles from Settle. 

LING WELL-GATE, in the township of Stanley-wjth-Wrenthorpe, 
and parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, 
liberty of Wakefield ; '31 miles from Wakefield, 6| from Leeds. 

' Here " were found in 1697,' certain clay moulds for Roman Coins, all of such 
Emperors in whose reigns the money is known to have been counterfeited* 
This place takes its name from the Lingones, quartered at Olicanq y Ilkley, and 
Wall> a corruption of vallum."— Gough's Camden. 

In March/ 1321, Mr Pitts, of Wakefield, presented a number of clay moulds, 
similar to the above, which were found at Lingwell Gate, i» a field in the occu- 
pation of Mr Spurr ; they were turned up with a ploughshare, as many as 
would fill a wheel-barrow. • Several coins were found in the moulds.' He also 
sent the Society sixteen Roman Copper Coins, found in an earthen vessel, in a 
field about a mile from Lingwell Gate, on the estate of the Marquis of Hertford. 
Mr Pitts alsp sent some to the Society in 1 820, vide his Letter in Archasologia, 
vol. XVII. and Appendix to ditto, vol. XIX. 

LINLANDS, s. h. (the ancient seat of the Rastricks, of Rastrick) in 
the township of Rastrick, and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from 
Halifax. 

LINTHWAITE, in the parish of Almondbury, Aghrigg-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from 
Huddersfield.— Pop. 2,127. 

LINTON, a parish-town, in the east-division and liberty of Stain- 
clifFe ; {the. seat of Mrs Atkinson) 7 miles from Kettlewell, 9 from 
Skipton, 10 from Pateleybridge, 44 from York. — Pop. 313. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of 
Craven, value, in two medieties of 16/. each, p. r. first mediety, 
flOp/. second ditto, flZQl. Patron, the King. 



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Hero is an excellent Hospital, founded and endowed by Richard Fountain, 
Esq. of Enfield, Middlesex, a native of the place, who having acquired a large 
fortune in London, by Will, dated July 15, 1721, ordered an estate to be pur- 
chased, out of which '261- per annum, should be equally divided among six poor 
old women or men, in the parish of Linton. They each now receive upwards of 
twelve guineas per annum, besides the use of a large garden. The founder also 
left 20/. to the minister or ministers of the parish, provided they constantly 
reside in the parish, and read prayers twice in the week to the poor persons 
in the hospital. The building is after the style of Sir John Vanbnrgh, and is 
said to have cost 1,500/. The parish-church is at some distance from the village, 
upon the banks of the Wharfe. 
LINTON, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 1| 

mile from YVetherbv, 7 froia Knuresbrough. — Pop. 167. 
kINTON-SPRING,"cMes«tf o/ William Middleton, Esq.) in the 
township of Linton, and parish of Spofforth ; 2 miles from 
Wetherby, 6\ from Knaresb rough. 
LITTLE-COMMON, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow^ 

and parish of Sheffield ; 4 miles from Sheffield. 
LITTLE-FENTON.— See Fenton, Little. 

L1TTLETHORPE, or THORPE, in the township of Whitciiffe- 

with-Thorpe, and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of 

Claro; (the residence of Major Brooke) [\ mile from Ripon, 6 from 

Boroughbridge.5— Pop. included in Whitcliffe. 

LITTLE-TOWN, ham. in the township of Liversedge, and parish 

ofBirstall; 8 miles from Halifax, Wakefield, and Leeds. 
LITTLE-TOWN, ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sed^ 

bergh ; 3 mjles from Dent, 6§ from Sedbergh. 
LITTLEWORTH, ham. in the township of Monkbretton, and 

parish of Royston ; 2 miles from Barnsley. 
LITTON, in the parish of Amecliffe, west-division and liberty of 
Staincliffe; 8 miles from Kettlewell, 11 from Settle, 18 from 
Skipton.— Pop. 102. 

This is a small village, that gives name to the dale, called Littondate, in 
which the Abbots of Fountains had several estates. These estates, as well as 
those in Longstrothdale, were sold by the Gresbam family to the second Earl of 
Cumberland, The manorial and forest rights of Littondale and Longstrothdale 
are the property of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, as representative of the 
last male line of the Cliffords. — Whitakeu. 
LIVERSEDGE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley. liberty of Pontefract ; 7| miles from Halifax, 8| from 
Wakefield.— Pop. 4,259. 

Here u a Church, which has lately been built by the Rev, Hammond Ro- 
bertson, A. M. called Christ's Church, who endowed it with five acres of land ; 
the patronage of which, by Act of Parliament, is vested in himself and his heirs 
for ever. 

The Neviles, for many descents, had a Manor, Park, and principal Man- 
sion here. Of the last, there are considerable remains, which prove it to have 
been an Hall-house, with a centre, and two wings, about the time of Henry VII. 
— fVhitaker's Loidis et Elmete. It is now only a farm-house. 

In this township, the chief stand was made against Luddism, by Mr William 
Cart* right, April II, 1812, who gallantly and successfully defended his Mill at 
Rawfolds, by a small garrison, consisting only of himself, four of his workmen, 
and five soldiers, against a whole host of Luddites. On the 28th of the same 
month, Mr Horsfall was shot by a party of these misguided men ; and before 
January following, «jixty persons svere apprehended and committed to the cpunty 



348 WEST-RIDING. 

gaol, to take their trial on various charges connected with the disturbances crea- 
ted by General Ludd, and his associates : seventeen of them were executed ; six 
transported ; and the rest were either liberated on bail or acquitted. 

LOBWOOD, /. h. in the township of Draughton, and parish of 
Skipton; 3 1 miles from Skipton. 

LOCK WOOD, in the parish of Almondbury, A gbrigg-di vision of 
Agbrigg and Morley, a part in the liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile 
from Huddersheld.— Pop. 1,881. 

William Lockwood, of Lockwood, Esq. was slain in his own house here, by 
Sir John Elland, of Elland, and his adherents, in the reign of Edward III. — 
Watson's Halifax. 

IX)DGE, ham. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck. and parish of 
Kirkbymalzeard ; 6 miles from Kettlewell. 

LODGE, 2/. k. in the township of Settle, and parish of Giggles- 
wick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 1 mile from Settle. 

LODGE, (the residence of Matthew Thompson, Esq.) in the township 
of Manningham, and parish of Bradford; 1£ mile from Bradford. 

LOFTHOUSE, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Lofthouse-Hall, the seat 
of Benjamin Dealtry, Esq.) 31 miles from Wakefield. 6 from 
Leeds. — Pop. including Carlton, 1,396, which being united, form 
a township. 

LOFTHOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Harewood ; 1 £ 
mile from Harewood. 

LOFTHOUSE-HILL, (the seat of Charles Slingsby, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Staveley, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles 
from Knaresbrough, 4 from Boroughbridge. 

LOFTHOUSES, or LOFTUS, (in Nidderdale) in the township of 
Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower -division of 
Claro ; 8 miles from Pateleybridge, 9 from Masham. 

LONG-DRAX.— See Drax, Long. 

LONGILL, 2f. h. in the township of Wigglesworth, and parish of 
Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Settle. 

LONGLEY, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of 
Sheffield; (the seat of Adamson Parker , Esq.) 3 miles from 
Sheffield. 

LONGLEY-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Almond- 
bury ; 1 mile from Huddersfield. An ancient seatof the ancestors 
of Sir John Ramsden. Bart. 

LONG-MA RSTON, ( Ainsty ) a parish-town ; 6^ miles from Wether- 
by, 7 from York, 8 from Tadeaster.— Pop. 388. The Church is 
a reci-ory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, 24/. 3s. 9d. Patron, 
Paul Bielby Thompson, Esq. 

Near this village is the field, called Marston-Moor : where, on the second 
of July, 1644, Prince Rupert, a third time, by his excess of valour and defect of 
coixiuct, lost the royal army, and had a victory wrested out of his hands, after 
lie had all the advantage he could desire. 

LONG -PRESTON, a parish-town, in the [west-di vision and liberty 
of Staincliffe; 4| miles from Settle, 7 from Cisburn, 1 If from 
Skipton, 15 from Colne, (Lane.) 53 from York.— IVo Market.— 



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Fairs, March 1, and September 4, for horned cattle, &c. — Principal 
Inn, Boar's Head. — Pop. 733. The Church is a vicarage, dedica- 
ted to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value, 10/. ISs, ll^rf. 
Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. 

The Prior and Canons of Bolton appear to have presented to this Church, 
ever since the endowment of the, vicarage, in 1303, to the dissolution of their 
house-; when the rectory and advoweon were granted by Henry VIII. to Christ- 
church, Oxford. Id this Church was a chantry, dedicated taour Lady and St. 
.Anne, founded by Richard Hammerton, Knight, according to the return of 
chantries made by Archbishop Holgate, and valued at 51. 6s, 8d. per annum. — 
Hist. Craven. 

Here are ten Aims-Houses, with a Chapel for reading prayers, founded by 
James Knowles, by Will, dated 1613—14, for ten poor men or women, and en- 
dowed bv him with land, worth, in 1786, 491 15s. per annnm. 

LONGROYD-BRIDGE, in the township and parish of Hudders- 
field, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wake- 
field ; i mile from Huddersheld. 8 from Halifax. 

LONGROYD-BRIDGE HOUSE, {the seat of John Fisher, Esq.) 
in the township of Lock wood, and parish of Almond bury ; 1 mile 
from Huddersfleld. 

LONGSIDE, ham. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parisi 
of Kirkbymalzeard ; 6 miles from Pateley bridge. 

LONGWOOD, in the parish of Huddersheld, Agbrigg-division of 
Agbriggand Morley; 2| miles from Huddersfleld, 8 from Halifax. 
— Pop. 1 ,942. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. 
Mark, value, p. r. fll6/. 8s. Patron, the Vicar of Huddersfleld. 

LONG WOOD-HOUSE,/, h. in the township and parish of Hudders- 
held ; 2 miles from Huddersheld. 

LORDLAND, NORTH and SOUTH, 2 ham. in the township of 
Dent, and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross ; 1 mile from 
Dent, 1 from Sedbergh. 

LOSCOE-GRANGE, 2 h. (the seat of the Rev. Brown) m the 

township of Aikton, and parish of Featherstone ; 3 miles from 
Pontefract. 

LOTHERSDEN, or LOTHERSDALE, in the parish of Carlton, 
east-division and liberty of Staineliffe ; 4 miles from Skipton, 6 
from Colne, (Lane.) 8 from Keighley. 

It is, " "ays Dr. Whitaker, a dreary valley, running up into Pinhow, as far 
as the confines of the parish of Whalley. (Lane) It is a distinct Manor, the 
property of Lord George Cavendish." 

LOTHERTON, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash ; (Lolherton-Hall, the seat of John Raper, Esq.) 1 mile from 
Abberford, .5 from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherby. — Pop. including 
a part of Abberford, 427, which being united, form a township. 

LOYERSALL, in the parish and soke of Doncaster, lower-division 
of StrafTorth and Tickhill ; {the residence of the Rev. Alexander 
Cook) 3 miles from Doncaster, 4 from Tickhill, 10 from Rother- 
hara. — Pop. 131. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 
£3?/. 4s. Patron, the Vicar of Doncaster. 

The Church of Loversall was repaired in I78.'J, by Mr Henry Ovefton, who > 
in pnllinc; down the porch, destroyed a enrion* piece of antiquity ever the door- 
way, bearing an Arabic inscription, (in English, obey the Lord.) 



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In the church-yard is an ancient and singular tomb, probably belonging to 
one of the Knights of St. John, of" Jerusalem 1 . 

About one mile northward of Loversall, near Alverley, is St. Helen's Well, 
a place of considerable resort for the benefit of bathing. A circular Stone Bath 
was built by the late William Dixon Loversall, Esq. and a small house adjoining, 
for the convenience of bathers. The Bath is supplied with water in a few mi- 
nutes, by a strong spring on the spot. A person attends, from Loversall, daily, 
during the summer season, as an assistant to the bathers, who are accommodated 
with dresses gratis. — Hist. Doncaster. 
LOW-LAITHES, (the seat of Mrs Smithson) in the township of 
Ossett-with-Gawthorpe, and parish of Dewsbury; 2 miles from 
Dewsbury. 
LUCAN-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Sharow, and parish of 

Ripon ; 1 \ mile from Ripon. 
LUDDENDEN, in the townships of Warley and Midgeley, and 
parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley , liberty 
of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax, 11 from Keighley. The 
Church, which stands in Midgeley, built about 1 469, and re-built 
in 1 81 6, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. t?S/. 15s. Ad. Patron, 
the Vicar of Halifax. 
LUDDENDEN- FOOT, ham. in the townships of Warley and Midge- 
ley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 4 1 miles from 
Halifax, 7 1 from Todmorden. 
LUMBY, in the township of Huddleston-with-Lumby, and parish 
• of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 7 miles from Pontefract> 

8 from Tadcaster 7 12 from Selby. — Pop. included in Huddleston. 
LUND, ham. m the township of Gateforth, and parish of Bray ton; 

4 miles from Selby. 
LUNDS-GREEN, scat. L in the township and parish of Pannal ; 

5h miles from Knaresbrough. 
LUPSETT-HALL, s. h. in the township of Alverthorpe, and parish 
and liberty of Wakefield ; (the seat of Daniel Gaskill, Esq.) 1 
mile from Wakefield, 4 from Dewsbury. 

M 

MACHON-BANK, ham. m the township of Ecelesall-Bierlow, and 

. parish of Sheffield ; 2 miles from Sheffield. 

This place was once the residence of a family, who bore the name of Machon, 
whom we find in the visitations of the seventeenth century. John Maohon died 
here in 1 602. — Hunter's Hullam. 

M AKIN-PL ACE, /. h. in the township of Soy land, and parish of 
Halifax ; 5 miles from Halifax. 

MALHAM, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division and 
liberty of StaincMe ; 6 miles from Settle, 9 from Kettlewell, 12 
from Skipton.- — Fairs, July 1 and Oct. 15, for sheep. — Pop. 26'2. 

Malhain, situated in a deep and verdant vale, and is chiefly remarkable, on 
account of an immense crag of limestone, called Malham Cove. It is 286 feet 
high, stretching in the shape of the segment of a large circle across the whole 
valley, and forming a termination at once so august and tremendous, that the 
imagination can scarcely figure any form or scale of roeik within the bounds of 
probability that shall go beyond it : at the bottom of the Cove is an outlet for the 
waters of the Lake above. In rainy seasons, however, the overflowings of the 



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Lake spread themselves over the shelving surface of the rocks beloWj and, pre- 
fcipitating from the centre of the Cove, form a tremendous cataract of nearly 300 
feet. "Mai ham Tarn, or Lake, the former word signifying in the dialect of the 
north of England, a small Lake, is of a circular form, and not less than a mile 
in diameter. Its situation is high and bleak : but is inestimable for its fishery of 
Trout and Perch, which grow to an unusual size. . 

This Lake may be considered as the source Of the Aire ; which bursting out 
in an abundant torrent from among the noblest rocks in Britain, instantly de- 
clines into a silent and insignificant stream, but in its course towards the sea, 
becomes, in a mercantile point of view, one of the principal rivers in the county i 

Not far from this village is JetineWs Cave, so called from a' supposed Queen 
Or Governess Of a numerous tribe of Fairies, which tradition assures us, anciently 
resorted here : it is a spacious and gloomy cavern, surrounded with evergreens J 
no place could be more calculated to produce those fanciful ideas, than this ivy- 
circled Mansion, when visited by moonlight, where imagination might gee 
" Aerial forms athwart the solemn gloom, 
" Tremendous sweep, Or seem to sweep along." 

Mr Hurtley, the author of " A Tour to the Caves, " is a native of Malh'attL 

MALHAM-WATER HOUSE, (a seat of Lord Ribblesdale) in the 
township of Malham-Mbor, and parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale ; % 
miles from Malham. . , , , 

MALHAM-MOOR* a township, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale,' 
west-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 5| miles from Settle, 8| 
from KettleWell, 13| from Skipton.— Pop. 88. 

MALON, or MALIN-BRIDGE, in the township of Wadsley, and 
parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of StrarTorth and Tickhill s 
3 miles from Sheffield. 

MALTBY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; {the seat of John Cook, Esq.) -4| 
miles from Tickhill, 1\ from Rotherham, 13 from Sheffield, 47 
from York. — Pop. 679. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
St. Bartholomew, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, $4Z. 13s. 4td, 
p. r. 30/. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. 

Here is a School founded by one of the Earls of Castletpn, and repaired by 
his heirs. Within the communion rails of this Church, lies an infant son of 
George Viscount Castleton, who died in 1655. 

MALSIS-HALL, s. h. in the township of Glusburn, and parish of 
Kildwick ; 5| miles from Skipton and Keigbley. 

This was formerly the seat of a family of the name of Copley, and, accord- 
ing to Dr. Whitaker, was considered as the Manor-house of Sutton, " for/ by 
inquisition taken 34 Henry VIII. it was found that Alvary Copley was seized of 
the Manor of Sutton, orMalseyes, held of William Vavasour, Esq. as of hi6 
Manor of Addinghani." It is now the residence of Mr William Spencer. 

MANINGHAM, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Maningham-Honse, 
the seat of E. X. Lister, Esq.) 1| from Bradford, 8 1 from Halifax 
and Keighley. — Pop. 2,471. 

Here, in the reign of Edward III. John Northorp held, of John cf Gaunt,' 
• Duke of Lancaster, three messuages, and six oxgangs of land, by the service of 
his attending upon the said Duke, or his bailiff, with a lance and a hunting- 
dog, for the space of thirty days, when they should pass by Bradford in their way 
to Pontefract-Castle, having yeoman's board, one penny per day for himselfy 
and a half-penny for his dog. 

MANKINHOLES, ham. in the township of Larigfield, and paristt 
Of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5| miles from Rochdale, (Lane) 

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352 WEST-RIDING. 

MANSTON, /. L in the township of Austhorpe, and parish of Wbit- 

kirk ; 4| miles from Leeds. 
MANTLE- YATE, or GATE, ham. in the township of Quick, and 

parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) 6 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 
MANIWELL-HEIGHTS, ham. in the township of Wilsden, and 

parish of Bradford ; 4 miles from Keighley and Bingley. 
MANN- VILLA, (the seat of Mrs Mann) in the township of Hortpn, 

and parish of Bradford, to which it adjoins. 
M APPLE WELL, in the township and parish of Darton. wapen- 
take of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Barnsley. 
MARLEY, 2 or 3/. h. in the township and parish of Bingley; 2 

miles from Bingley. 
MARKENFIELD-HALL, /. h. (extraparochial) jn the township 

of Markenfield-with- Wallerthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty 
. of Ripon; 3 1 miles from Ripon. 

This was once the seat of a family of that name, of whom, Sir Ninian was 

present at the battle of Flodden- Field, in the year 1513 ; it is now in the hands 

of his successor. 

" Next went Sir Ninian Markenville, 

In armour-coat, of cunning work ; 
The next went Sir John Normanville, 

With him the citizens of York." 

Sir Thomas Markenfield joining in the rebellion against Qneen Elizabeth, in the 
year 1569, his estate was forfeited ; and he, with many others, was obliged to 
take refuge in a foreign country. The estate was granted to Chancellor Egerton, 
and remained in that family till it was purchased of the Duke of Bridgewater, by 
the first Lord Grantley. 

It was moated round, and three-fourths of the moat is still filled with 
water. It is now occupied as a farm-house, the turrets of which are seen from 
the Leeds road, on the left hand, as you pass from Harrogate to Ripon. 

MARKINGTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-divi- 
sion of Claro; 4 miles from Ripley, 4| from Ripon. — Pop. 
including Wallerthwaite, 457, which being united, form a township. 
Here is a School founded by Mary Reynard, in 1795, who directed that the 
master should read a sermon, liturgy, &c. to the inhabitants of the village every 
Sunday afternoon. She endowed it with 50/. by subscriptions and other means. 
The master's salary amounts to 6 or 11. Mrs Lawrence, of Studley-Hall, gives 
41. per annum, for educating twelve children. The master receives six free- 
seholars from Markington and fngerthorpe. — Commis. Report. 

MARR, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tick- 
hill, liberty of Tickhill ; 4 miles from Doncaster, 1 1 from Barnsley, 
40 from York. — Pop. 162. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 4/. 8s, 
4d. p. r. 100/. Patron, Lord Rendlesham. 

In the Church is a monument, with a latin inscription, to the family of 
Lewys, ancestors to Lady Elizabeth Hastings, of charitable memory. 

In this village was born, John Marre, a Carmelite Friar. Hence he went 
to Oxford, where the University bestowed much honour upon him. He wrote 
against the opinions of John Wickliffe. He died March 1407, and Was buried 
in the convent of Carmelites at Doncaster.— Fuller. 

&ARR-G RANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Marf, liberty 
of Tickhill; 3| miles from Doncaster. 

MARSDEN> in the parishes of Aimondbury and Huddersfield, Ag- 
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wiles from Huddersfield, 13 from Manchester. — Pop. in Almond- 
bury, 1,708,-— in Huddersfield, 622,— total, 2.330. The Church 
is a perpetual curacy under Almondbury, value, p. r. 80/. 

MARSH, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield ; 2 miles 
from Huddersfield. 8 from Halifax. 

MARSHA VV-BRIDGE, in the township of Erring-den, and parish 
of Halifax, Morley-divison of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax. 

The Chapel, which was built here in 1814, and consecrated by the present 
Archbishop of York, Oct. 1815, is entitled the Chapel of St. John, in the Wilder- 
ness, and to which the Vicar of Halifax presents. It is situated in a remote and 
obscure valley, not devoid of romantic beauty, called Turvin. 

The native propensity of the inhabitants, and the almost inaccessible nature 
of the place, about half a century ago, rendered this valley, and the adjoining 
wilds, unhappily notorious, and at length attracted the notice of government : 
for here the current gold coin of England and Portugal, was clipped and defaced, 
while the clippings and filings, during several years, were melted down and re- 
struck in dies. They had no screw-presses for the purpose, but fixed their dies 
in heavy blocks. The impression was produced by the stroke of sledge ham- 
mers, which were nightly heard on every side, no one daring-, for some time, to 
interrupt so powerful and desperate a gang. At length, the atrocious murder of 
a poor exciseman, who had boldly done his duty, in attempting to bring some of 
the parties to justice, produced a general alarm ; two of the murderers, and after- 
wards a third, were convicted, and executed. — Whitaker. 

MARSH-FIELD, {the seat of the Rev. Richard Dawson) in the 
township of Settle, and parish of Giggles wick ; adjoins Settle on 
the south-west. 

MARSHALL-HALL, s. h. in the township of Elland-with-Greet- 
land, and parish of Halifax ; 3 miles from Halifax. 

MARSTON. LONG.— -See Long-Mar ston. 

MARTHWAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 
\ a mile from Sedbergh, 6 from Dent. 

MARTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro, liberty of 
St. Peter; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from Knaresbrough, 
] 5 from York. — Pop. including Grafton, 464, which being united, 
form a township. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of 
Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, £2/. 19s. 4d. Patron, 
St. John's College, Cambridge. 

MARION, EAST, or CHURCH, a parish-town, in the east-divi- 
sion and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 7| from 
Colne, (Lane.) 11 from Settle. — Pop. including West- Mar ton, 
382, which being united, form the township, usually denominated 
Martons, both. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, 
in the deanry of Craven, value, 14/. 4s. A\d. p. r. 150/. Patro- 
ness, Mrs Heber. 

MARTON-SCAR, /. h. in the township of Martons, both, and 
parish of East-Marton, liberty of Staincliffe ; 1\ miles from 
Skipton, 8 from Colne, {Lane.) 

MARTON-TOP, /. h. in the township of Rimington, and parish of 
Gisburn; 3 miles from Gisburn. 

MARTON, WEST, in the township of Martons, both, and parish 
of East-Marton, liberty of Staincliffe; (Marton- Hall, the seat of 



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Mrs Heber) 61 miles from Skipton, 7f- from Come, (Lane.) J J 
from Settle. — Pop. included in East-Marton. 

Marton-Hall stands low and warm, and is embossomed in wood. It is a 
Respectable old family Mansion, and has been the residence of the Hebers for 
many generations. 

.Here, in 1728, Reginald Heber, an amiable and learned clergyman, wji» 
born. He published, without his name, "ah Elegy, written among the tombs 
iV/ Westminster-Abbey.'* The lines are moral, plaintive, and religions. He 
died in 1804. 

MASQNGILL, ham. in the township and parish of Thornton-in 
Lonsdale ; 3 miles from Ingleton, 5 from Kirby- Lonsdale. 

MASBROUGH, in the township of Kimberwortb, and parish of 
Rqtherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; i a mile 
from Rotherham. 6| from Sheffield. 

This village is separated from Rotherham only by a bridge ; the inhabitants 
of which are chiefly employed in and about the Iron Works, which were begun 
in this neighbourhood in the year 1746, by Mr Samuel Walker, and his brothers 
Aaron and Jonathan, and have been ever since that period, progressively in- 
creasing.— At these vvorks are manufactured, cannon of the largest calibre, and 
almost all other cast-iron articles; bar, sheet, slit or rod iron, tinned plates, 
teteel of every sort, and many articles of wrought iron. The Iron Bridges 
of Sunderland and Yarm ; also recently, one across the Thames in London, were 
bast at the foundaries of Masbrough. Thd coal and iron-stone for the blast fur- 
naces and foundries are principally supplied from the estates of the Earl of 
Effingham, and some from' those of Earl Eitzw.illiam". — Miller's Hist. Qoncaster. 

The following account Qf that worthy and enlightened character, Mr Samuel 
Walker, is extracted from t>v.' Miller's History of Doncaster : — He was born in 
1716, at Hill-Top, in the parish of Eccleslield : his parents dying when he was 
about twelve years' o^d, he was left without ample means for subsistence, and 
none for education ;' hut by diligence and due application, without any assist- 
ance than from a few books, he qualified himself for keeping a School at Gun- 
npw&ide, where, previous to the .year 1746, he taught reading, writing, and 
arithmetic, and was occasionally employed in surveying, making sun-dials, and 
other things, which shewed genius and a rising character. In the meeting- 
house for dissenters of the independent denomination, built chiefly at his own 
expense, is a monument to his memory, with an inscription composed by the 
•celebrated poet, the Rev, William Mason, his intimate friend. 

• ' Near the Meeting-house, is an Academical Institution for education of Pro- 
testant Dissenters, called the Botheraai Independent Academy. The institution 
was opened in 1795, under the superintendence of the Rev. Dr. Williams, who 
presides as Divinity Tutor. It is calculated to accommodate sixteen students, 
containing twenty-two rooms, with U}dging-rooms and studies, and a library, 
which contains about a thousand volumes. 

MAY, or BAY-HALL,/, h. in the township and parish ofHudders- 
field ; 1 a mile from Huddersfield. 

MAY-ROYD, s. k. in the township of Wadesworth, and parish of 

' Halifax, liberty of Wakeneid ; 7 miles from Halifax. 

' May^Royd formerly belonged to the family of Cockcroft, whose arms were 
gable, an elephant passant, argent, in a chef, azure, three mullets, or. Henry 
Coc^crpft paitj 1£& coinposition money for not receiving the order of Knight- 
hood,' at the Coronation of Charles I. 1630.— Watson's Halifax. 

MAY-THORPE, ham. hi the township and parish of Kirkburton"; 
6 miles from Penistone, 

MEANrWOOD, in the township of Chapel- Allerton, and parish of 

' Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack ; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 from 
Otley. 9 from Bradford. 

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one being in the parish of Long-Preston, the other three in that 
of Giggleswiek ; 2 miles from Settle, 14 from Skipton. 
MKLTHAM, in the parish of Almond bury, Agbrigg-division of 
A^brigg and Morle} 7 , liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Hudders- 
field, 20 from Manchester, (Lanc.J— Pop. 2,000. Here is a Chapel 
of Ease to Almondbury, dedicated to St. Bartholomew. 

Abraham Woodh<\id, whom Dr. Whitby pronounces the most ingenious 
and solid writer of the Roman Catholic party, was a native of this place, and 
horn in 1608, and is supposed by many to be the author of " the Whole Duty of 
Man." He died iu 1678. 

MELTOX-ON-THE-HILL, a parish-town, in the lower-division 

of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (a seat of Richard 
Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) Aj miles from Doncaster, 10$ from 
Barnsley, 41 from York. — Pop. 137. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 
p, r. t80/. Patron, Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq. 

In this Church is a chantry of our Lady, founded by John Melton ; and in a 
Chapel enclosed, there are several monuments of the Fountayne family.— Hist, 
Doncaster. 

MELTON, WEST, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and 
parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tick- 
hill, liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Barnsley, 
1 1 from Doncaster. 

MENSTHORPE, ham. in the township of North-El msall, and parish 
of South- Kirkby, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract. 

JMENSTON, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack, 
liberty of Cawood, Weetow, and Otley; 3 miles from Otley, 9 
from Keighley, 10 from Leeds.— Pop. 257. 

MENWITff, in the parish of Hampswaite, lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough ; 5 miles from Pateleybridge, 6| from 
Ripley, 111 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. including Darley, 648, 
winch being united, form a township. 

At Menwith-Hill is a School, called Hookstone's School, founded in 1748, by 
Francis Day, E?q. and endowed by him with lands at Hampsthwaite, (1.8/.) 
Thresbfield, and Sldrethornes, (22/.) and Starbottom, 11. per annum. The School 
premises consist of a school-room and turf-house, erected upon the waste, with 
about Jialf an acre of land adjoining. The Master's salary, out of rents, is 36/. 
per annum, for which he teaches the poor of Menwith-Hill, Thornethwaite- 
with-Padside, and Darley, likewise the tenants, holding land under the relations 
of the founder. — Com?nissio7iers' Report. 

METHLEY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6| from 
Leeds and Pontefract. — Pop. 1,499. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Pontefract, value. 25/. 
8s. 6id. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. 

Methley is situated on the banks of the Calder, not far distant from Castle- 
ford ; and in the reign of Henry IV. was the seat of Robert Waterton, master of 
horse, to that King; and afterwards of the famous Sir John Saville. — Camden. 

From Doomsday, it appears that Osulph and Cnut, the two Saxon proprie- 
tors, before the conquest, had been expelled from it, to make way for the great 
Norman Lord, Ilbert de Lacy. Subsequently the Manor wa9 granted to the Hos- 
pital of St. Nicholas, of Pontefract, in the reign of Henry TV. by the master or 
warden of which house, it was exchanged with Sir John Waterton for certain 
advowsons. By this exchange, the Watertonj became seized of Methley, and 



356 WEST-RIDING. 

probably built the Manor-house, which was afterwards completely and uni- 
formly re-bnilt by Baron Saville. 

The Church of Methley was in existence at the time of Doomsday, but has been 
wholly re-built, and in the present fabric is nothing peculiar, except the chantry 
on the south-side of the choir, founded and endowed by Robert Waterton, in 
1424, and which contains many monuments of exquisite workmanship. The 
greatest piece of antiquity abont the Church, is a statue of King Oswald, the 
Patron Saint, over the south door, far more ancient than any part of the present 
edifice, and probably contemporary with the foundation of the church and parish. 
The figure is that of an aged man in robes, with crown and sceptre, somewhat 
decayed, but yet expressive and majestic in decay. A more detailed and interest- 
ing account of the monuments, &c. in this Church, is to be found iu '* Whitaker's 
Loidis et Elmete." The parish and township of Methley are co-extensive. 
In the same township and parish is 
METHLEY-PARK, {the seat of the Earl of Mexborougb) 6| miles 
from Wakefield. 

This ancient Mansion is situated between Wakefieldand Leeds, in a.beautiful 
and verdant Park, well stocked with deer. It was originally built in the reign oj 
James I. but many alterations have subsequently been made, giving the house, 
in appearance, a modern character. The Savilles are a very ancient family in 
this county, Where thev have constantly resided, even prior to the year 1300. 
John Saville, Esq. in 1753, was created Lord Pollington, of Longford, and in 
1765, was advanced in the Peerage as Viscount Pollington, and Earl of Mexborougb, 
of Lifibrd, in the county of Donegal. He died 12th Feb. 1778, and was succeed- 
ed by his eldest son, John, second and present Earl of Mexborougb.. — Nettle's Views. 
ME WITH, in the township and parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake 
of Ewcross; 11 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, {JVestm.) 13 from 
Settle, 14 from Lancaster. This is a district, and a quarter 
of the township of Low-Bentham. 
MERRYBENTHILL, /. k. in the township and parish of Slaid- 

burn ; 3 miles from Settle. 
MEXBROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 5| miles from 
Rotherham, 8 from Doncaster, 44 from York. — Pop. 865. The 
Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 
p. r. f60L — Bacon styles it a curacy, certified value, 20/. 

The Church of Mexbrough is only a perpetual curacy, so far as respects the 
incumbents ;' but is described as a vicarage in the roll of livings, subject to the 
Dean and'Chapter of York, and is required to pay procurations and synodalsas a 
Vicar. In the Church are several ancient monuments to the Savilles,a branch of 
which family, has furnished the title of Earl. 

The tenants of the lauds of Roger Bacon did fealty and acknowledge, that 
they held in Mekesburgh (Mexbrough) 4 oxgangs of land, and paid every two 
years for keeping the Castle, (Tickhill) in each year, 2s. Ad. and the third year, 
nothing. May not this have been the famous Fryer Roger Bacon ? for there is 
a tradition that he was a native of this part of Yorkshire, and that his brazen 
head was set up in a field at Roth well, near Leeds'^ — Blount's FmgmentaAntiq. 
MICKLEHOVV-HILL, or MICHAEL- HOW-HILL, in thetown- 
ship of Markington-with- Wallerthwaite, and parish of Ripon, low- 
er division of Glaro ; 5 miles from Ripon, 9 from Knaresbrough. 
This is a lofty eminence, partly covered with wood, which formerly be* 
-longed to the monastery of Fountains. Upon the summit of this hill was a 
Chapel, called St. Michael's els Monte, erected by the Abbot and Convent of 
Fettntaias, probably about the year 120.0, and dedicated to St. Michael. The 
Chapel, after the dissolution of the naonastery, was taken down, anda.gothic 
tower erected on the-site, from which is a fine prospect of the surrQundTngrocr/itTy. 

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division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5\ miles from Rotherham, 9 
from Doncaster. 

MICKLEFIELD, m the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash; *2\ miles from Abberford, 6 \ from Ferrybridge, 14|from 
Selby. — Pop. 1 96. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Sherburn. 

MICK LETH VT AITE, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper- 
di vision of Skyrack ; 3| miles from Keighley, 9 from Otley. 

MICKLETHWAITE, in the parish of Collingham, wapentake of 
Barkston-Ash ; \ of a mile from Wetherby. — Pop. 83. 

MICKLETHVVAITE-GRANGE, (extraparochial) a seat of Paul 
Beilby Thompson, Esq. in the township of Micklethwaite ; 1 mile 
from Wetherby. 

MTCKLKY, in the township of Azerley, and parish of Kirkbymal- 
zeard, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Masham, 6 from 
Ripon. 

MIDDLESMOOR, in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish 
of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro ; 9 miles from Pateley- 
bridge and Kettlewell, 10 from Masham, 16 from Ripon. 

Here is a Chapel under Kirkbymalzeard, of which the Vicar is Patron, the 
present annual value, about 140?. In 1743, John Lazenby founded a School, for 
ten poor boys of the townships of Stonebecks-upper, and down, and Fountains- 
Earth. He' endowed it with land, which now lets for LSI. per annum, which is 
paid to the Master as his salary. Simon Horner, by indenture, dated 1809, gran- 
ted 20/. per annum, out of an estate at Stonebeck, to be paid to a School -Master 
at Middlesmoor, for teaching the poor children of Stonebeck, he afterwards 
built a School-House, of which they have the use. — Commissioners 7 Report. 

M1DDLETHORPE, fAinstyj in the parish of St. Mary, Bishop- 
Hill, the Elder, York, (the seat of Andrew Barlow, Esq.) 1| 
mile from York, 8 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 44. 

MIDDLETON, in the parish of Ilkley, upper -division of Claro ; 
JMiddUlon- Lodge, the seat of William Middleton, Esq.) 6| miles 
from Otley, 9 from Skipton. — Pop. 205. 

MIDDLETON, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of William 
Waller. Esq.) \\ miles from Leeds, 5 from Wakefield. — Pop. 10S6. 

MIDDLETON-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Eceles- 
field ; 4 \ miles from Sheffield, 8 from Rotherham. 

MIDDLEWOOD-HALL, (the seat of the Hon. H. Saville,) in the 
township and parish of Darfield, lower-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill ; 5 1 miles from Barnsley, 10 from Doncaster. 

MIDGLEY, in the parish of Halifax, Morley division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax, 12 from 
Keighlev.— -Pop. 2,207. 

MIDGLEY, NETHER, ham. in the township of Shitlington, and 
parish of Thornhill ; 6 miles from Wakefield. 

MIDGLEY, OVER, ham. in the township of Shitlington, and parish 
of Thornhill; 6| miles from Wakefield. 

MIDHOPE, a township, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and 
liberty of Staineliffe • 3 miles from Gisburn, 9 from Colne, (Lanc.J 
II from Burnley, (Lane.) 12 from Skipton. — Pop. 100. 



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MIDHOPE, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfielcf f 
upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 4 1 niiles from Penistone* 
12 from Sheffield. The Chapel, dedicated to St. James, is a per- 
petual curacy, value, p. r. 40/. Patron, William Bosville, Esq. as 
Lord of the Manor, 

This place gave name to a family, called De Midhope, several of which 
were knighted. They were Lords of the Manor, and had their residence within 
the village. From De Midhopes, the manor passed to the De Barnbys, of 
which family Edmund was lord in temp. Edward III. One Henry Hall sold 
the same in 1690, to Godfrey Bosville of Gunthwaite, Esq. in which family it 
appears to have remained ever since, — Hunter's Hallamshirei 

MIDHOPE, LITTLE, /. h. in the township of Midhope, and parish 
of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Gisburn, 8| from 
Colne, {Lane.) 

MIDHOPE, OVER, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 
Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from 
Penistone, 13 from Sheffield. 

MlLFORTH, NORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkby- 
Wharfe, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Tadcaster. 

MlLFORTH, SOUTH, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of 
Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract ; 6 miles from 
Pontefract, 8 from Selby, 8| from Tadcaster. — Pop. 631. 

MILLBANK, in the township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, 
Morley -division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5 
miles from Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield. 

MILLSHA W, ham. in the township of Beeston, and parish of Leeds; 
3 miles from Leeds. 

MILLWOOD, ham. in the township Stansfield, and parish of Hali- 
fax, liberty of Wakefield ; 10 miles from Halifax, 12 from Roch- 
dale. 

MILN-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and 
parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. 

MILNSBRIDGE-HOUSE, (the seat of Joseph Armitage, Esq.) in 
the township of Longwood, and parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg- 
division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 7 
from Halifax. 

MILNTHORPE, in the township and parish of Sandal-Magna, 
Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 
2 y miles from Wakefield, 7f from Barnsley. 

MILTHORPE, in the township and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake 
of Ewcross ; I mile from Sedbergb, 4 from Dentr 

MILTON-FURNACE, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and 
parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tick- 
hill ; 6f miles from Barnsley, 8| from Sheffield. — A newly erected 
set of buildings for the purpose of converting iron-stone into Iron. 

MINSK IP, in the parish of Aldborough, lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of St. Peter ; 1| mile from Boroughbridge, 5| from Khares- 
brough, 7 from Ripon.— Pop, 243. 

MIRFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg And 
Modey, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Dewsbury* 4\ Horn 



from ttuddersfieM, 8 from Wakefield, 35 from York.— Pop. 5,041. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanfy of 
Pontefract, value, £6/. Is. 0%d t p. r. 1501. Patron, Sir George 
Armttage, Bart. The rectory of Mirfield, nearly fifty years agft, was 
let for 210/. per aimum, — though estimated in 1540, at no more 
than 61. 6s. 8d. 

Mirfield appears to have formed part of the great Saxon parish of Devvsbtiry, 
till the year 1261, when the following curious and well authenticated account 
caused its separation : It happened, says this ancient document, that as the Lady 
of Sir John Heton, of Mirfield* was going to mass, very early in the morning o? 
Christmas-day, to the parish-church of Dewsbnry, that she was robbedy and her 
principal attendants murdered, at a place called Ravensbrook-Lane. On the 
same day, while she was af dinner, at nine o'clock in the morning, (at that time 
the usual hour) two Mendicant Ecclesiastics came to solicit charity,' at the same 
time informing her that they were going to Rome, where her hiisband, Sir John/ 
then resided. On this intelligence, she wrote a letter to her husband, and told 
him of the horrid scene she had just witnessed, and reqiiest&d of him to make 
interest with the Pope to erect the Chapel of Mirfield into a parochial Church; 
that the inhabitants might no longer be exposed to the dangers she had expe-^ 
rienced, on the way to their parish-church. This letter the priests delivered to' 
Sir John, who prevailed on his holiness to elevate Mirfield into a rectory/ and 
bestowed the patronage 6n Sir John and his posterity, who immediately con~ 
ferred the living on his younger brother, who built the rectory-house about the 
year 1300. The original is given in Latin by Hopkinson, amongst fiis MSS. at 
copy of which is inserted in Loidiskt Ehnete. _„,:.... ., 

The Church of Mirfield was appropriated to the Nunnery of Klrklees'/ arid 
constituted the best part of the endowment of that house, on the dissolution of 
which, it was granted to Thomas Savile of Clifton. Sir George Armitage,' Uttrt, 
is now impropriator and patron. At the west-end of the Church is a conical 
mount, intended as a place Of defence to the nianor*house of its Saxon Lords,' 
Immediately adjoining to this, was the Mansion successively of the Mfrfields,' 
Hetons, and Beaumonts, still called Castle-Hall / an antique, and very pictu- 
resque Timber-house, built by Thomas Beaumont, in the reign of Henry VIIL 
though a mistake in the reading of some obscure numerals, has carried ft up to 
a much higher antiquity. They have now wholly disappeared ; but enough' 
remained forty years ago, to enable Mr Beaumont to read them 1522 ; but not 
long before that time, some smatterer having read them 1022, the circumstance 
was seized with avidity by the neighbourhood, and the house was exhibited to 
strangers as an entire and genuine relic of Canute's time* — WmTAKEa. 

The parish and township are co-extensive, and stretch about two mile's on 
both sides of the Calder. 

Here is a School, founded in 1667, by Richard Thorpe, of Heptou, gentle- 
man, for the education of fifteen poor children — present endowment, upwards 
of 60/. per annum. 

&1IRYSHAW, /. h. m the township and parish of Bradford, to' 
which it nearly adjoins. 

This house was for many generations, the paternal residence of the Jsm'yths, 
now divided into two branches, and represented by John Henry Smyth, Esq 
M. P. for Cambridge, and John Smyth, Esq. of Bramham, (1816.) It is now 
occupied as a farm-house, a view of which, as a vignette, is given in JVhitaker's 
Loidys et Elmete. ; . 

MITTON, a parish-town, fn the west-division 1 of Staincliffe, liberty 
of Boiland ; 3 miles from Clitheroe, (Ixnic.) 1 from Blackburn, 
(Lane.) 12 from Gisburn.— Pop. 324. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Craven, value, + 14/. 1$, 
8i</. p. r. tl40/. 

MOAT-HOUSE^/, h. in the township and parish of Wickejfsley 5 
5 miles from Rotherham. 1 

2 7/ 



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MOAT-HOUSE, (Ainsty)/. k. in the township of Walton, and parish 
of Wi^hill ; "\J miles from Tadcaster. 

MONKTON, BISHOP.— See Bishop-Monkton. 

MOMK-BRETTON, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Stain- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Barnsley, 8| from Wake- 
field, 10 from Rotherham. — Pop. 916. Here is a private Chapel* 
but no Chapelry attached. 

An Hospital was founded at this place in 1654, in pursuance of the Will o£ 
Dame Mary Talbot, for six poor widows, who have each an allowance of 40s. and a' 
gown of 10s. value, peT annum. 

Adam Fitz-Swain founded a Monastery here, early in the teign of Henry II. 
of the Cluniac order, to the honour of St. Mary Magdalen. It was at first sub- 
ordinate to the Priory of St. John r at Pontefract. It was situated on the north 
side of the river Dearn ; the Church was gone long previous to Burton's time, 
but the gate remained with some part of the rains. It was dissolved in 1537. 
William Brown, the last Prior, had a pension of 40/. per annum, assigned him, 
which he enjoyed in 1553. — Burton. — Dodsworth. 

MONK-BRETTON-GRANGE, ham. in the township of Monk- 
Bretton, and parish of Royston, liberty of Pontefract; 2| miles 
from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield. 

MONK-FRYSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from Ferrybridge. 
6\ from Pontefract, 7| from Selby, 13|from Leeds, 19 from York, 
Pop. 409, "It is a parochial Chapelry, in thedeanry of the Ainsty, 
value, p. r. f60L Patron, the Prebendary of Wistow. 

MONK-HILL, (extraparochial) in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract, which it adjoins. — Pop. 40. 

Here stood the Priory of St. John, founded by Robert de Lacy, in the year 
1090, for Monks of the order of St. Benedict. The rule of this order was princi- 
pally founded on silence', solitude, prayer, humility, and obedience t the Monks 
were enjoined a total abstinence from all animal food, and wine was wholly 
prohibitedr the priory was surrendered, by James- Twa?ytes r fhe last Prior, 
Nov. 24th, 1S39, 

MONKTON, NUN.— See Nun-Monldon. 

MONYBENT, /. h. in the township of Gisb urn- Forest, and parish 
of Cisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Gisburn, 9 from 
Settle. 

MOOR-ALLERTON, him. in the township of Chapel-Allerton, and 
parish of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract ; 
SI miles from Leeds. The north part of the borough of Leeds 
terminates here. 

MOOR-ENDS^ scat. f. h. in the township and parish of Thome; 
1 1 mile from Thome, 13 from Howden. 

MOOR-GATE, s. h. in the township and parish of Rotherham ; 1 \ 
mile from Rotherham. 

MOOR-GRANGE, s. h. in the township of Heddingley, and parish 
of Leeds ; 3 miles from Leeds. 

MOOR-HALLOWS, % or 3 scat. Ji. in the township of Thurlston^ 
and parish of Penistone ; 1 mile frona Penistone. 

MOORHOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Hooton-Pag- 
nel ; 6 miles from Don caster, i> from Barnsley. 

MOORHOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Badswortfe, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 41 miles from Pontefract, 



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MOOR-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 1 

mile from Tickhill. 
MOOR-HOUSE, {the seat of John Maude, Esq.) in the township of 
Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield ; 4 miles from 
Wakefield . 
JMOOR-HOUSES, in the township of Middleton, and parish of ILIf- 

ley : 7 miles from Otley. Four or five houses. 
MOOR-MONKTON, (Ainstyj a parish-town ; 8 miles from York, 
9 from Knaresbrough, 10* from Wetherby. — Pop. 269. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, \6l, 19*. 7d, 
Patron, the King. 
.MORE-HALL, f. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 
Ecclesfield ; 7 miles from Sheffield. 

This was anciently the seat of a family of the name of More, who appear in 
have resided here from the reign of Henry VII. till the first of Edward VI. 
More, of More-Hall, cuts a conspicuous figure in the famous ballad of the Dragon 
of Wantley. There are no remains of the old house.— Hunter's Hallamshire . 
MOREWOOD, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 
Sheffield ; 6 miles from Sheffield. 

This place, like More-Hall, also gave name to a family of the name of More- 
wood, several of whom appear at different times, to have been High Sheriffs for 
the county of Derby.— Hunter's Hallamshire . 
MORLEY, in the parish of Batley, Agbrigg-divisjon of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Dewsbury, 4£ 
from Leeds, 7 from Wakefield.— Pop. 3,031. It is a perpetual 
curacy, without Church or Chapel. 

In the time of Doomsday, Morley had a parish-church ; but it seems to have 
been reduced to the dependant state of a Chapel to Batley, by Robert de Lacy, 
the founder of the latter Church, and so to have continued till the great rebellion, 
when it was leased out, by Saville, Earl of Sussex, to certain presbyterian trus-r 
tees, for the term of 500 years, and ever since that time it has been used as a place 
of worship for Dissenters ; and is said to be the only instance throughout Eng- 
land and Wales, of an ancient established place of worship, which was not re- 
stored to the established Church, at the restoration. Tt retains much of the form 
of a Church, and has a choir and two side aisles, supported upon woodden pasterns 
instead of columns, but marking the hands into which it has fallen, by sectarian 
• frugality and inelegance. — Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. It was sqme time back 
used by the Unitarians, now by the Calvanists. 

Morley, although situated in Agbri^division, appears to give name to that 
portion of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley, called Morley -division. — See 
slgbrigg, p. 214. 
MORTHEN. ham. in the township of Winston, and parishes of 
Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 
(Morthen-Hallj the seat of Nicholas Timm, Esq.) 4 miles from. 
Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield, 1 1 from Tickhill. 
MORTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of South-Kirkby ; 

8 miles from Pontefract, 12 from Wakefield. 
MORTOMLEY, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, uppejr-r 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham, 6| 
from Sheffield, 8 from Barnsley. 
MORTON-BANKS, in the township of East-Morton, and pari gh of 
Bingley* upper-division of Skyrack; 2 miles from Keighley, 3 
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About thirty years, ago, was discovered near Morton, one of the most valuable 
deposits of Roman Coins, ever turned up iu Britain. It consisted of a very large 
quantity of Denarii in excellent preservation ; for the most part of Septimius 
Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta, contained in tjje' remains of a brass 
chest, which frad probably been the military chest of a Roman legion, and de- 
posited^ upon 'some sudden alarm, in a situation which it had quietly occupied 
during a period of almost sixteen centuries. — Hist. Craven. 

PORTON, EAST, in the parish of Bingley, upper-di vision of 
Sky rack, liberty of Clifford 's-Fee ; 3 miles frqin Keighley, 3§ 
from Bingley, 10 frqm Skipton. — Pop. 1,199. 

MORTO&, WEST, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper- 
division of Skyrack ; 3 miles from Keighley, 4 from Bingley. 

MORWICK, /. h. in the township and parish of Barwiek in Elmet, 
liberty pf Pontefract ; 6 miles from Leeds. 

$IOSELEY-WOOD. in the township of Addje-with-Eccup, and 
parish of Addle, upper-division of Skyrack ; 4 miles from Otley ? 
6'| from Leeds. 

^|OSS, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake pf Osgoldcross, liberty 
of Pontefract; 6 miles from Thorne, 9 from Dpncaster ? J 3 fron^ 
Pontefract.— Pop. 242. 

Jf OSSON-GREEN, /. h. in the township of Sykehouse, and parish 
of Fishlake ; 4 miles from Thorne. 

MOSS- WOOD HOUSES, 2 /. h. in the township of Fountains- 
Earth, and parish qf Kirkbymal^eard ; 3 miles from Pateley bridge. 

MOULD-GREEN, ham. in the township of Dalton ? and parish of 
Kirkheatqn. Agbrigg-divisipn of Agbrigg and Mqriey ; (the seats 
of William Walker Battye, and Abraham Dixon, Esqrs.) 1 mile 
from Hud4ersfield, 9 from Halifax. 

^'OU NT-PLEASANT, (the seat of Samuel Broomhead Ward, Esq.); 
m the township of Eeplesall-Bieriow, and parish qf Sheffield; I 
mile from Sheffield. S 

JHULWJTH, /. h. in the township of Newby-with-Mulwith, am} 
parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-di vision of Claro; 3 miles, 
from Boroughbridge, 4 from Ripon.^-Pop. included in Newby. 

l^iYTHOLM, a few h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of 
Halifax ; 8 miles from Halifax^ 

ftfYTHOLM-kOYD BHIDGE, ham. at the junction of the town, 
ships qf Wadesworth, Erringden, Sowerby, and Midgley, an<} 
parish of Halifax ; 6 miles from Halifax. 

|ll YRTLE-G ROVE, (the seat of Lieut. General Twiss) in tjie town.- 

'' ship and parish of Bingley ; \ a mile from Bindley. 

w 

!£AB-HILL, ham. in the township of Dalton, and parish pf Kirk- 

heaton ; 2 miles from Huddersheld. 
J^APP^., in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Stain- 

cliffe ; 3| miles frqm £}J £DU, W? 3- from Settle, 1 1 from Sikipton.^- 

Pop. 44. '"" ' 
NAPPA-FLAfTS, /. $. m the township of Paythprne, and parish 

j|f Gisburn, liberty of Sfaincliffe ; $\ miles from Gisburn, 



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NEEPSEND, ham. in the township of Brightside-ftierlow, and 

parish of Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. 
NES FIELD, in the township of Nesfield-with-Langber, and parish 
of Ilkley, upper-division of Claro ; 4 miles from Otley, 8 from 
Skipton.—Pop. including Langber, 210. 

At Ne*field, Robert, the son of Nigel Plumpton, wh6 died 55 Henry III. ob- 
tained a license to have a Chapel in his Manor-House of Nesfield, on condition 
of offering annually a pound of Frankincense on the high altar of the parish? 
church of Ilkley. 

NETHER-BANK, scat. h. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 
4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. 

NETHKRB Y, in the township of Kereby-with-Netberby, and parish 
of Kirkby-Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 4|- miles from 
Wetherby, 8 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Kereby. 

NETHER-GREEN, ham, in the township of Upper- Hallara, and 
parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. 

NETHER-HALL, (the seat of Mrs Copley) in the township and 
parish of Doncaster ; ^ of a mile from Doncaster. 

NETHERSIDE, (the seat of Alexander Nowell, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Thresbfielcf, and parish of Linton; 5\ miles from Kettle* 
well, 10| from Skipton. 

NETHERTHORPE, ham. in the township of Aston- with- Aug^ton, 
and parish of Aston ; 6 mifes from Rotherham. 

NETHER-LODGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Horton; 
10 miles from Settle. 

NETHER-SHIRE, ham- in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 
(Shire- House, the seat of Hugh Metier, Esq.) 4 miles from Shef- 
field, 5 from Rotherham. 

NETHERTON, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of 
Agbrigffand Morley ; 5 miles from Wakefield, 9 § from Huddersfield. 

NETHERTON, or NETHER-SHITLINGTON.— See Shitlington, 
Nether. 

NETHERTON, ham. in the township of South-Crosland, and 
parish of Almondbury, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Hud- 
dersfield, 11 from Halifax. 

NETHER-THONG.— See Thong, Nether. 

NEW-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Fountains- Earth, and 
parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 2 miles from Pateleybridge. 

NEW-BRIDGE, an Inn, in the township of Cowick, and parish of 
Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles 
from Snaith, 5 from Thome. 

NEWBY, ham. \n the township of Rimington, and parish of Gis- 
burn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Gisburn. 

NEWBY, 2 h. in the township of Weeton, and parish of Harewood ; 
4 \ miles from Otley. 

NEWBY, in the township of Olapham-with-Newby, and parish of 
Clapham, wapentake of Ewcross ; 7 miles from Settle, 10 from 
Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) — Pop. included in Clapham. 

NEWBY-COTE, ham. in the township qflngleton, and parish of 
Clapham ; 8 miles from Settle, 



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NEWBY-HALL, (the seal of the Right Hon. Lord Grantham) in 
the township of Mulvvith-with-Newby, and parish and liberty of 
Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 3 miles from Ripon and Borough 
bridge, 10 from Knaresbiough. — Pop. including Mulwith, 52, 
which being united, form a township. 

It is situated on the north bank of the river Ure ; and usually said, but on 
what authority we cannot learn, to have been built after a design of Sir Christopher 
Wren, in 1705. The late Mr Weddell built the wings, one of which contains 
the statue gallery. The dining-room was built by his present Lordship. The 
two dogs, in Portland^stone, on either side of the portico, were copied from 
Alcibiades' dog at Duncombe^Park. The house contains several good rooms, 
a valuable library, and many excellent paintings : but it is most admired for its 
statuary, the gallery of which contains the best private collection of ancient 
sculpture in the kingdom, collected by the late Mr Weddell The statue most 
esteemed, is that of Venus, 5 feet 1 J inch high, purchased at Rome, and formerly 
well known by the name of the Barberini Venus, as it was originally in the 
possession of that family. The garden and pleasure-grounds are laid out with 
much taste ; and in the former are excellent hot-houses. 

Thomas Phillip Weddell Robinson, the present Right Hon. Lord Grantham, 
is the third Lord, having succeeded his father, Thomas, the late Lord, in July, 
1786, he married, 1805, Henrietta-Frances Cole, youngest daughter of William 
Willoughby, first Earl of Etmiskillen, and has issue, Frederick William William, 
born April, 1810, heir-apparent, and several daughters. 

Sir Metcalf Robinson, of Newby, near Topclilfe, ancestor of the present 
family, was created Baronet in 166U, and died 1689, when the title became ex- 
tinct, which was revived in the person of his nephew, Sir William Robinson, who 
married Mary, the daughter of George Aislabif!, Esq. of Studley-Roya!, and 
had issue : Thomas, his fourth son, was created Baron Grantham, of Grantham, 
April 7, 1761 ; Thomas, the second Lord, was appointed Secretary to the Em- 
bassy to the Congress of Augsburgh, 1761 ; Ambassador to the Court of Madrid, 
J771 5 and 1779, appointed first Lord of Trade ; July, 1782, Secretary of State 
for the Foreign Department ; and January, 1783, his Lordship concluded the 
preliminaries of peace : he married 1780, Mary Jemima, daughter of Phillip, the 
second Earl of Hardwick, sister and heiress-presumptive to Amabel, Countess 
de Grey, by whom he had three sons, Thomas Phillip, the present Lord, &c. — 
Pbbrett* 

In the time of Edward I. Alexander de Nubie, held this territory ; who 
was succeeded therein, by Roger, his son and heir. In the reign of Charles II, 
Sir John Crosland, Knight, was seated here ; he died in 1670, and was buried 
at Ripon, at the south end of the transept, where a brass plate commemorates 
his memory. He was succeeded by Sir Walter Blackett, Bart, who also lies 
juried at Ripon \ the Blacketts sold it to Richard Weddell, Esq. and was suc- 
ceeded by his son William, by whose death, in April, 1792, this, with other 
^states, devolved to the present noble proprietor. 

JJEW-CHAPEL, /. h. in the township and parish of Penistone; 

\ a mile from Penistone. 
NEWFIELD-GREEN, ham. m the township of Nether-Hallam, 

and pariah of Sheffield ; 2\ miles from Sheffield. 
.Jf'EW-GRANQE, (the seat of fhoynas Benyon, Esq t ) in the town- 
ship of Heddingley, a^uj parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds, 
7 from Harewood. 

This place belonged to Kirkstall-Abbey. At the dissolution of the house 
1540, it was granted by King Henry yill. with the site of the Monastery, <fec. 
to Robert Pakeham, gent, of the King's Hausehould. It is now the seat of 
Benjamin Wade, Esq, The h«use was built by a predecessor of both his names, 
in 1626, who placed tins inscription upon the front ; " Except the Lord build the 
House \ thy labour is vain that builds it, it is the Lord that keeps thee going out (f,n\d 
in. B. IV. 1626." Over the north door, where the poor received their alius, 
jj» engraved;, " If thou shaltjind a house to, thy mind, withwt thy cQst t serve tfm 



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the more, God and the Poor, my labour is not lost." This family of the Wades 
derive their pedigree from the famous Saxon Duke Wada, who died in 79&~ 
Thoresbv. The house was re-built in 1752, by Walter Wade, Esq. — WhiYaKer. 
NEW HALL, in the township of Newhall-with-Clifton, and parish 
of Otley, upper-division of Claro, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, 
and Otiey ; 1 mile from Otley% 1 1 from Leeds. — Pop. including 
Clifton, 208, which being united, form a township. 

Newhall, now in a decayed state, was formerly the seat of Edward Fairfax* 
Esq. a celebrated Poet, who flourished in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. 
He had a liberal education, but led a retired life at his favourite seat here, where 
he devoted himself to the muses, and died at Newhall, about the year 1632. He 
published a work on Dremonology, entitled " A discourse of Witchcraft, as it 
was acted in the family of Mr Edward Fairfax, of Friestone, in the county of 
York, in the year 1621," but his great work is a translation of Tasso's Poem of 
" Godfrey of Boulogne," which was once very popular.— Biog. Dint. 
NEW-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Pontefract; 1 
mile from Pontefract. 

The style of this building is decidedly that which prevailed in the reign of 
Henry VIII. or near to that time. — The date on the arms is 1591, but it must 
have been erected prior to that period. It is supposed to have been erected by a 
branch of the Talbot family, though it does not appear that any of the family re* 
sided in 'it : it afterwards came into the Harewood family, the preseut possessor. 
It was occupied as a farm-house till within a late period. — Hist. Pontefract* It 
is now little more than a ruin. 
NEW-HALL, (the residence of IF, W. Walker, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Middleton, and parish of Rothwell, Morley-division of 
Agbriggand Morley ; 3£ miles from Leeds, 6 from Wakefield. 
NEW-HALL,/.^, in the township of Shitlington, and parish of 

Thornhill ; 4 miles from Dewsbury. 
NEW-HALL, (the seat of Richard S wall otv, Esq.) in the township of 
Brightsidc-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 1 \ mile from Sheffield, 
NEW- HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Darfield ; 3 miles 

from Barnsley. 
NEW HAY, /. h. in the township and parish of Drax; 5 miles from 

Selby, 7 from Howden and Snaith. 
NEW-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Bashalleaves, and parish of 

Mitton; 4 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 
NEW-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 6| 

miles from Settle. 
NEW-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Easington, and parish of 
Slaidburn : 8 miles from Settle. This farm belongs to the school 
at Benthatu. 
NEW-HOUSES, 3fh. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and 

parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 10 miles from Pateley bridge. 

NEWHILL, in the township of Brampton -Bierlow, and parish of 

Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty 

of Tickhill ; (the seat of John Naylor, Esq.) 5 miles from Rotherham. 

NEW-INN, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 6 \ miles 

from Settle, on the road to Hawes. 
NEWLAND, /. h. in the township of Warley, and parish of Hali- 
fax; %\ miles from Halifax. 
NEWLAND, in the parish of Drax, wapentake of Barkston-Asb ; 
5 miles from Snaith, 9 from Serby, 16 from Pontefract. — Pop. 269. 



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NEYVLAND-PARK, (the seat of Sir Edward Smith Dodswortfi, 
Bart) in the township and parish of Normanton, Agbrigg-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley ; 4| miles from Wakefield, 6| from Pon- 
tefract. 

Sir Edward Smith, the second and present Baronet, was born in 1768, and 

yin 1789, succeeded his father, Sir John Silvester, to the Baronetage, who married 
a daughter of the late John Dodswortb, Esq. of Watlass, in this county. He 
took the name of Dodsworth in 182L 

NE W-LAITHS, s. h. in the township of Horseforth, atnd parish of 
Guiseley ; 5 miles from Leeds. 

NEW-LAITHES, s. h. in the township of Carlton, and parish of 
Royston ; 2 miles from Barnslev. 

NEWMARKET, in the parish" of Wbitkirk, lower-division of 
Skyrack ; 3| miles from Leeds. 

NEW MILLER DAM, in the townships of Sandal-Magna and 
Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3| miles from Wake- 
field, 6 1 from Barnslev. 

NEWSAME, /. h. in the township and parish of SpoiFortb ; 3f miles 
from Wetherby, 5 from Knaresbrough. 

NEWSHOLME, in the township and parish of Keighley, east-divi- 
sion and liberty of Staincliffe ; %\ miles from Keighley, 8 from 
Skipton, 10 from Colne, (Lane.) 

NEWSHOLME, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty 
of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Gisburn, 9 from Settle, L0 from 
Skipton.— Pop. 75. 

NEWSOME, ham, in the township and parish of Almondbnry, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. 

NEWSOME-GREEN.— See Temple-Newsome. 

NEWSTEAD-HALL, (a seat of John Naylor, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Hemsworth, wapentake of Staincross ; 5 miles 
from Pontefract, 6 from Wakefield, 9 from Barnsley. 

NEWTHORPE, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash, liberty of St. Peter ; 3 miles from Abberford. 7 from Ferry- 
bridge, 1 1 from Selby.— Pop. 83. 

NEWTON, in the parish of Slaidburn, west-division of Staincliffe, 
liberty of Boliand ; (Newton-Hall, the seat of Thomas Parker, Esq.) 
7 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 13 from Settle, 18 from Lancaster, 
22 from Skipton. — No Market. — Fairs, March 14, April 14, and 
September 16, for horned cattle.— Pop. 581. 

Here is a School, founded by John Brabbin, of Newton in Boliand, by Will,; 
dated 23d March, 1768, and endowed it with twenty guineas, for the purpose of 
instructing all the people called Quakers, male and female, and six children of 
the poor inhabitants of the township of Newton ; and a house and school-room, 
which he erected, and a garden adjoining. By a lapse of several years, the 
salary has accumulated to forty guineas per annum. It is managed by trustees, 
elected, according to the tenure of his Will, on the recommendation of the 
Quakers, who assemble at their monthly-meetings, held at Settle. The present 
master, James Noddle, was elected in 1813, and the number of scholars average 
about thirty. Other children, not Quakers, can be admitted, provided there is 
not above a certain number of that sect. 

NEWTON, in the township and parish of Sprotbrough, lower-divi- 



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sion of Strafforth and Tickhill* liberty of Tickhili; 1J mile from 
Doncaster, 1 1 from Rotherham. 

NEWTON, ham. in the township of Alverthorpe-with-Thorns, and 
parish of Wakefield, liberty of Wakefield ;T mile from Wakefield, 

NEWTON, BANK.—^ee Bank-Newton. 

The Mansion of the Cattertons, who had lands here in the 3lst of EaVard" 
III. remains nearly entire ; and immediately adjoining to it> on the north-easty 
is a little Chantry, now an out-house in the garden, adjoining to which, many 
bones are said to have been dug np. From the shape of one of the windows, 
yet remaining, one would conjecture this humble foundation to be as old as the 
Cafterton*. 

Bank-Newton, has its name from the family of Banks, who held the manol? 
more than three centuries, but more anciently Cold Newton, from its exposed 
situation. -fVhitaker's Craven. 

NEWTON-HALL, f.h.in the township and parish of Ripley ^ 
1 mile from Ripley. 

This was formerly a seat of the ancient family of the. Vavasours, a branch 
of which resided here, before the year 1570, and after the year 1610, as appears 
by the parish aegister. The situation is on a small eminence* commanding a 
fine view of the surrounding country. Over the front door, is a shield of arms, 
containing those of Vavasour, Ingilby, and several others. The estate, consist 
ting of upwards of 404 acres of land, was lately pnrchased by Matthew Thack-< 
w ray of Harrogate, Esq. and is now, by purchase of the late Sir John Ingilby * 
the property of the present Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart. 

NEWTON-KYME, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash; (Newton-Hall, the seat of Thomas Lodderton Fairfax, Esq.) 
\\ mile from Tadcaster, 5 from Wetherby, 11| from York, 13 
from Ferrybridge. — Pop. including Towlston, 184. The Church i& 
a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of the Ainsty, 
value, 14/. Patron, Thomas Lodderton Fairfax, Esq. 

This place takes its name from being formerly in the possession of the 
Barons de Kime ; though it has since long been in the ancient family of Fairfax.' 

— DRAKE. 

Here some antiquaries place the Roman Calcaria, in the field* near St.< 
Helen's-Ford, there being no argument to fix it at Tadcaster, but what will 
equally agree to this place. Many Roman coins have been ploughed np here, 
particularly some of Constantius, Helena, and Constantine j also, an alabaster 
urn, containing ashes, melted lead, rings, &c— CAMnEN. 

Dr. Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle, who crowned Queen Elizabeth, 
was a native of this place.— Camoen. 

Here is a School, founded in 1787, by the late Thomas Fairfax, Esq< 
NEWTON, LITTLE, s. h. in the township of Hellifield, and 
parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Settle* 
NEWTON, POTTER.— See Potter- Newton. 
NEWTON- WILLOWS, /. h. in the township of Ledston, and 
parish of Ledsame, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract. 
NIDD, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of 
Ripon % (Nidd-Hall, the seat of Francis Trapps, Esq.) Z miles from 
Ripley, S\ from Knaresbrougb, 21 \ from York. — Pop. 86. The 
Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Borough bridge, diocese of 
(Chester, value, $3/. 6s, 10£d. p.r. fllOZ. Patron, the King, as 
Duke of Lancaster. 
NO~BLETHORPE, *. h. in the township and parish of Silkstort ; 3f 
miles from Periston e. 

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368 WEST-RIDING. 

NORLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3^ miles from Halifax, 7 from 
Huddersfield.— Pop. 1,665. 

On the edge of Norland-Moor, amongst a large ridge of rocks, i* a very 
ponderous stone, which projects over the side of the hill, and has a very un- 
common appearance ; it is called the Lad-stone, but, for what reason, no inha- 
bitant of the place can tell. Mr Watson observes, that if the name is British, 
it may come from Llad, to kill or slay, and might be the place for the execution 
of criminals, in the time of the Druids, who were extremely lavish of human 
blood— not only criminals, captives, and strangers, were slain at their sacrifices, 
but their very disciples were put to death, without mercy, if they were wilfully 
tardy in coming to their assemblies.' — Watson's Halifax. 

NORMANTON, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbriggand 
Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 4? miles from Wakefield, 5 from 
Pontefract, 25 from York.— Pop. 250. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, %"ll. 
p. r. 150/. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. 

In thi9 Church is buried the celebrated James Torre, Esq. whose Manu- 
script collections of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of this county stand unrivalled. 
He died at Snydall, in this parish, July 31, 1699. — Drake's Eb&r. Preface. 

Here is a Grammar School, founded and endowed with 10/. per annum, by 
John Fraston, Esq. in the year 1591, for all scholars of his sir-name, and thirty 
others, out of the parishes of Normanton and Warmfield. — The money is paid 
out of the University of Oxford. 

NORTH-BIERLEY, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division 

of Agbrigaf and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2§ miles from 

Bradford, ^8 from Halifax, 12| from Wakefield.— Pop. 6,070. 

Here is a Chapel, but not consecrated. 
NORTH-COTE, /. h. in the township of Coniston-wifb-Kilnsey, 

and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2| miles from Kettle- 
well, 13 from Skipton. 
NORTH-CROFTS, /. L in the township and parish of Silkston; 

3| miles from Penistone. 
NORTH-CROSLAND, in the township of South-Crosland, and 

parish of Almondbury ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. 
NORTH-LANE HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Long-Drax. and 

parish of Drax ; 5 miles from Snaith. 
NORTH-DEIGHTON, (the seat of John Breiein, Esq.)— See 

Deighton, North. 
NORTH-LEYS, ham. in the township of North-Stainley-with-Slen- 

ningford, and parish and liberty of Ripon ; 2 miles from Ripon. 
NORTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield ; &| 

miles from Dewsbury, 5 from Wakefield. 
NORTHORPE, /. h. in the township of Wortley, and parish of 

Tankersley; 4| miles from Penistone. 
NORTHOWRAM, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of 

Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; (Northowram-Hall, 

the seat of J. F. Dyson, Esq.) 2| miles from Halifax, 5| from 

Bradford.— Pop. 6,841. 
NORTH-PASTURE, 4 /. h. in the township of Sawley, and parish 

of Ripon ; 3 miles from Pateley bridge, 9 from Ripon. 
NORTH-SIDE HEAD, fh. in the township of Upper-Stonebeek, 

and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 9 miles from Pateley bridge. 



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NORTON, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract; 1\ miles from Pontefract, 8| from Doncaster 
and Ferrybridge.— Pop. 668. 

NORTON-PRIORY, ham. situated as above. 

NORWOOD, in the township of Clifton-with-Norwood, and parish 
of Fewston, lower-division of Claro ; 6 miles from Otley, 1 1 from 
Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Clifton. 

NORWOOD-HALL, (the seat of James Wheat, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 2^miles from 
Sheffield. 

NOSTAL-PRIORY, (the seed of Charles Winn, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Purston-Jaglin, and parish of Wragby, wapentake of 
Osgoldcross ; 5 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Ferrybridge. 

In the reign of Henry I. Ralph Adlave, that King's Chaplain, founded a 
Priory here, for Canons regular of the order of St. Austin, in the year J 121 ; 
the situation was very woody, and had previously been chosen by a few Her- 
mits, where they had built themselves a little Hall, and an Oratory or Church, 
dedicated to Sf . James. The Priory founded by Adlave, was dedicated to St. 
Oswald, the King and Martyr, to which were granted many privileges. Robert 
de Laci granted the Monks the wood in which it was built, with two exgangs 
of Land, in Hardwic ; for which reason, the Lacies family looked upon them- 
selves, and were alwavs deemed, as founders. At the suppression its revenues 
were valued at 606/. 9*. 3d. Speed, —492/. 18*. 2d. Dugdale. The site was 
given in the 31st Henry VIII. to Thomas Leigh, Doctor of Laws, one of the 
visitors of religious houses ; it afterwards became the property of Sir Richard 

Gargrave, Knight, who sold it to Ireland, Esq. by him it was sold to George 

Winn, Esq. who was afterwards created a Baronet by King Charles II.— Burton 
— Leland. 

The present house was built by Sir Rowland Winn, Bart, in the beginning 
of the last century, near the site of the old Priory. Tt stands on an eminence 
in the midst of a fertile and well cultivated tract of country. The family of 
Winn is descended from the House of Gwydir, who left Wales in the sixteenth 
century and settled in London. The immediate ancestor of this branch was 
George Winn, Diaper to Queen Elizabeth ; whose grand-son George was created 
a Bart, by King Charles II., 1660, at which time he resided at Nostall. On the 
death of Sir Rowland Winn, in 1805, the title devolved upon his cousin Ed- 
mund Mark Wynn. Esq. of Ackton, and the family estates to his nephew, John 
Williamson, Esq. who, on coming of age, obtained his Majesty's license to bear 
the name and arms of Winn. He died in 1817, and was succeeded by his 
only brother, Charles, the present possessor. — Betham's Bar.— Neai/s Views. 

NOTION, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, li- 
berty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Barnsley, 6i from Wakefield, 
10 from Pontefract.— Pop. 339. 

NUN-APPLETON.— See Appleton, Nun. 

NUNBROOK, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield ; 41 miles 
from Huddersfield, 8| from Wakefield, 11 irom Leeds. 

NUN-MONKTON, a parish-town in the upper-division of Claro; 8 
miles from York, 1 1 from Knaresbrough and Boroughbridge.— - 
Pop. 344. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of 
Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. f45/. but by the 
addition of lands since, it is 81/. 

In ihe time of King Stephen, William de Arches and Ivetta, his wife, 
founded here a Nunnery, and dedicated it to the Blessed Virgin, for Beae« 
dictmes, and endowed it'with divers lands, afterwards confirmed to the Nun- 



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nery by Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York. — Valued at the dissolution at 
1§l. 12*. Ad.— Dugdale. — Burton. 

The site was granted 29th Henry VIII. to John Nevil, Lord Latimer \ the 

v, ; present owner is Payler Tufnal Jolliff, Esq. 

STUN WICK, 4 /. h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-divi- 
sion of Clare ;2| miles from Ripon, 1\ from Boroughbridge, ]0| 
from Bed ale. — Pop, 28. One house and farm at Howgrave, in 
the parish of Kirkiington, belong to this township. 

o 

OAKENSHAW, ./. k. in the township and parish of Crofton; 1 § 

mile from Wakefield, 7 from Pontefract. 
OAKS,/, h. in the township and parish of Darton; 3 miles from 

Barnsley, 1\ from Penistone. 
OAKS-GREEN, s. h. in the township of Rastrick, and parish of 

Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Huddersfield. 
OAKWELL-HALL, s.h, in the township of Gomersall, and parish 

of Birstall ; 6 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. 
OAK WORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty 

of StainclifFe ; 3 miles from Keighley, 10 from Skipton. 
OCKENE Y, f. h, in the township of Walkingham-with-Ockeney, 

and parish of Knaresbrough, lower-division of ClaroJ; 3§ miles 

from Knaresbrough, 5 from Ripley .—Pop. included in Walkingharo, 
OGLETHORPE, in the township of Bramham-with-Oglethorpe, 

and parish of Bramham, wapentake of Earkston-Ash ; 4 miles 

from Tadcaster, 

This place was formerly the residence of the ancient family of Oglethorpe, 
pne of whom was fteve of the county at the time of the Norman Conquest : they 
continued seated here till the civil wars, when their estates here were lo&t for 
Jheir loyalty. Of this family was James Edward Oglethorpe, born in 1698, 
founder of the Colony of Georgia, General of the Forces of South Carolina, 

&c— He died June 30, 1785. A monument is erected in the church of Cran- 
ham, to the memory of the General and his Wife, written by Mr Caper Loft. He 
was author of f* An apcount of the Colony in Georgia, " and <* An Essay on 
Plantantions, or tracts relating to the Colonies, 1732." Nichols 1 Anecdotes, 

Vol;%. where a detailed account of this respectable family is given, 
QKENSHAW, in the township of Cleck-Heaton, and parish of 

Birstall, Morley -division of A gbri gg and Mor ley ; 6" miles from 

Bradford and Halifax. 
OLD-BOOTH, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 

Ecelesfield ; 6 mjles from Penistone, 12 from Sheffield. 
OLDCOTES, /. h. in the township of Hawkeswick, and parish of 

Arnecliffe; 5 miles from Kettlewell, 1 1 \ from Settle. 
OLD-HALL,/, h. in the township and parish of Emley; 1\ miles 

from Huddersfield and Wakefield. 
OLDftAM-MILL, a Mill, in the township of Wombwell, and parish 

of Darfield ; 3 miles from Barnsley, T| from Rotherham. 
OLD-TOWN, ham. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of 

Halifax; 9 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lane.) 
OLERS, and OLERS, NETHER, ham. in the township of Slaith, 

w^jte, and parish of Huddersfield j 8 miles from Huddersfield. 



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ONE'S-ACRE, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 

Ecclesfield ; 5 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. 
ORG R AVE, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham,. o from 
Sheffield.— Pop. 47. 
OSGOLDCROSS, a wapentake, bounded on the east by part of the 
county of Lincoln ; on the south, by the wapentake of Strafforth 
and Tickhill; on the west, by the wapentakes of Staincross, and 
Agbrigg and Morley; and on the north, by that of Barkston-Ash. 
In this wapentake are the market-towns of Pontefract and Snaith. 
It contains 63 townships, 19 of which are parish-towns, 5,927 
inhabited houses, and 30,199 inhabitants. 
OSSENDIKE, in the township of Ryther-with-Ossendike, and 
parish of Ryther, wapentake ol Barkston-Ash, liberty of Ponte- 
fr.ct ; 4i miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby. — Pop. included in 
Ryther. 
OSSETT, in the parish of Dewsbury, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; %\ miles from Wakefield, 3 
from Dewsbury. — Pop. 4,775. The Church is a perpetual curacy^ 
value, p. r. 115/. 5s. Patron, the Vicar of Dewsbury. 
OSWINTHORPE, or OSMONDTHORPE, in the township of 
Halton, parish and borough of Leeds ; 2 miles from Leeds. 

Osvrinthorpe, or Oesinthorpe, the villa regia of Bede, is said to have been 
the residence of Osw yn, King of Northumberland. Certain remains of old works, 
which the late Alderman Skelton levelled, filling up several trenches, &c. which 
had continued to the time of Charles I. when the present fabric was built. In 
one of the windows, is a piece of stained glass, which was preserved when the 
old hall was demolished. — It represents a King, with a very antique Crow,n, a 
Sword, and a Shield, bearing the arms of the East- Angles, for here Edwin 
was relieved when an Exiie. Here have been also pavements and causeways, 
found under ground, when ploughing. The third King from this Edwin, was 
Oswin, a virtuous prince, but more devout than brave, and who was murdered 
in 651, from whom, most probably, the place received its name. His remains 
were interred in Whitby*Abbey, by order of his daughter, Edelfelda. Several 
hundred years after this, a family of the Osmunds resided here, and shewd a 
strong inclination to have it called Osmundthorp, — THoafiSBY. 
OTLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Sky- 
rack, liberty of Cawood, VVistow, and Otley ; (Manor- House ', the 
residence of Matthew Wilson, Esq.) 8 miles from Harewood, 10 
from Leeds, Bingley and Bradford, 1 2 from Keighley, and Ripley, 
13 from Kuaresbrough, 15 from Skipton, 16 from Wetherby, 28 
from York, 205 from London. — Market. Friday. — Fairs, first 
Monday after August 2, for horses and horned cattle; Friday 
between new and old Martinmas-day for hiring servants ; Fortnight 
Fairs on Fridays, for horned cattle and sheep. — Principal Inns, 
White Horse, Black Horse, and New Inn.— Pop. 3,065. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the 
Ainsty, value, *13/. \s. Sd.ip. r. +128/. 

Otley is awellrhuilt tou-n, delightfully situated on the banks of the Wharf. 

. It i=, according to Dr. Whitaker, the OtheUii of Domesday, the field of Otht, 

or Otho, a personal appellation, not uncommon in England before, or after the 

conquest. It is one of the great Saxon Parishes, the parent of several others, 

which were separated in the universal spirit of chprch building, *fttr the con- 



372 WEST-RIDING. 

quest. At this time it was of great extent, and contained 81 square miles, com- 
prehending the present parish of Otley, part of Wistow, Guiseley, and a part 
of Ilkley, including Middleton and Stubham. — It now contains, besides the 
pari6h-church, six chapels. The manor of Otley was given to the See of York; 
by King Athelstan; and in Kirkby's Inquest, 1287, it was returned, that the 
Archbishop of York held in Otley, half a fee. — In the Nomina Villarum, 1316, 
the Archbishop is also returned as lord, as his successors have been to the pre- 
sent day ; and who have a civil, as well as spiritual jurisdiction within the 
place, where justice is administered by Magistrates, holding their commission 
under the metropolitan, for the liberty of " Cawood, Wistow, and Otley. " 
The site of the ancient Mansion of the Archbishop of York, at the north-end of 
the town, is still denominated the Manor-House ; and when the present house, 
which occupies the site, was erected, some ancient and strong foundations were 
taken up. This, with " the Gallows, " in the vicinity of the town, and the 
peculiar jurisdiction within it, are all the relics now remaining of this ancient 
place, once inhabited by the metropolitans. The Kitchens of the manor-house 
here, were built, Drake informs us, by the munificent Archbishop Bowet, who, 
in consequence consumed at Otley, some portion of the four-score tuns of claret, 
I with a proportionate quantity of other elements of hospitality, which he is said 
to have annually expended. But whether it was ever honoured by the residence 
of any of his successors, is uncertain. 

Here is a Grammar School, founded in 1611, by Thomas Cave, who made 
; the Feoffees a body corporate. Their seal is a Rod, on one side, with a Palm 
Branch on the other ; motto, — Deum Pave, tomacave — Fear God, and mind thy 
book ; being a pun upon the founder's names In the Church, which is a spa- 
cious building, are several ancient monuments, especially of the families of Fair- 
fax, Fawkes, Vavasour, Palmes, and Pulleyn. Nothing of the original Saxon 
church remains, excepting, perhaps, the north door, which has a circular 
* arch. The fortnight fairs in Otley, have long been famous for fat cattle ; and 
large quantities of corn are sold in this market weekly, and sent into the manu- 
facturing districts, south-west of Otley. 

At the south-east of the town, on a craggy cliife, is the hill, called " Otley 
Cheviity " which rises high over the road to Leeds, and together with Romalds- 
moor and Pool Bank, forms a mountainous range, extending to the River Wharf. 
OTTERBURN, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale ; 8 miles from 

Settle, 9 from Skiplon. 
OUGHTERSHAW, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish 

of Arnecliffe ; 8| miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle. 
QUGHTY-BRIDGE, in The township of Bradfield, and parish of 

Ecclesfield ; 5 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. 
OULTON, in the township of Woodlesford-with-Oulton, and parish 
of Rothwell, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Pontefract; (Oulton- House, the seat of John Blaydes, Esq) 5 miles 
from Wakefield and Leeds. — Pop. included in Vfoodlesford. 

Here was born, 1661, the celebrated Critic, Mr Richard Bentley, who wa9 
Chaplain to Bishop Stillingfleet. He was the first who preached the lecture, 
founded by Mr Boyle. He is advantageously known as a Critic, by his editions 
of Horace, Terence, Phaedrus, &c. He died in 1742.— Biog. Brit. 
OUSEBURN, GREAT, a parish-town, in the lower-division of 
Claro, liberty of the Forest of Knaresbrough ; 4 miles from Bo- 
roughbridge, 7 from Knaresbrough, 14 from York.— Pop. 437. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, inthedeanry 
of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, +3/, 10s. Patron, 
the King. 
OUSEBURN, LITTLE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of 
tGka-o, liberty of St Peter ; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from 
Knaresbrough, 13 from York.-— Pop. 293. The Church, peculiar, 



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WEST-RIDING. 373 

is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of 
Boroughbridge, value, 3/. 85. 4d. p. r. 96/. Patron, the Pre- 
centor of York. 

OUSEFLEET, in the parish of Whitgift, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 
7 miles from Howden and Crowle, (Line.) 14 from Snaith.— 
Pop. 253. 

OUSEFLEET-GRANGE, /, h. in the township of Ousefleet, and 
parish of Whitgift ; 7 miles from Howden and Crowle, {Line.) 

O USE-HEAD, (Obelisk) in the parish of Great-Ouseburn ; 3| miles 
from Boroughbridge, 7| from Knaresbrough. 

Here stands a neat little pillar, which marks the head of the River Ouse, 
This celebrated head, whose waters would scarcely wet your shoe-soles, is a 
burlesque upon two noble rivers, the Ure and the Swale, by depriving them of 
their names, and usurping a dignitv in favour of a dirty pnddle. — Hutton. 

OUSLETHWAITE, {the seat of William Elmhirst, Esq.) in the 
township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield; l^mile from 
Barnsley. 

OVENDEN, in the parish of Halifax, Morley -division of Agbrigg' 
and Morley. liberty of Wakefield; If mile from Halifax, 10| 
from Keighley. — Pop. 6,360. 

One Anthony Bentley ofOvenden, Gent, paid in 1630, ten pounds com- 
position money, for not receiving the order of Knigthood at the coronation of 
Charles I. — Watson'. 

OVVLCOATS. ham. in the township ofPudsey, and parish of Cal- 
verley; 3 miles from Bradford, 7 \ from Leeds. 

OYVLERTON, in the township of Nether- Hallam, and parish of 
. Sheffield; 2 \ miles from Sheffield 

OWLSHAW, s. h. in the township of G isburn- Forest ; 4 miles 
from Settle, 16 from Skipton. 

OVVRAM, NORTH.— See Northowram, 

OWRAM, SOUTH.— See Southowram. 

OVVSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty 
of Pontefract, (Owston-Hall, the seat of Phillip Davis Cook, Esq.) 
6 miles from Doncaster, 10 from Pontefract, 31 from York. — 
Pop. 306. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in 
the deanry of Doncaster, value, £7/. Qs. "Z\d. p. r. 100/. Patron, 
Phillip Davis Cook, Esq. 

OXNOP-FAR, and NEAR. 2 h. in the township of Thornton, 
and parish of Bradford ; 5 miles from Keighley, 8 fiom Halifax. 

OXSPRING, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Penistone, 6 from Barnsley, 
12 from Sheffield.— Pop. 247. 

OXTON, (Ainsty) in the parish of Tadcaster; {the seat of John 
William Clough, Esq.) 1 mile from Tadcaster, 9| from York.-— 
Pop. 66. 

P 

PACEGATE, /. h. in the township of Beamsley, and parish of 

Skipton ; G miles from Skipton. 
PADDOCK, and >in the township and parish of Huddersfield, 
PADDOCK-FOOT, 5 Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; 1 



374: west-riding. 

mile from Huddersfield, 8| from Halifax. 
PAPSIDE, in the township of Hampsthwaite-with-Padside, and 
parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro; 4| miles from 
Pateleybridge, 6\ from Ripley. — Pop. included in Hampsthwaite. 
PAGE-FOLD, s. h. in the township of Bastmlleaves, and parish of 
/Mitton; 4 miles from Clitheroe, {Lane.) 

PAGE-HALL, {the seat of George Bustard Greaves, Esq.) in the 
township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Stratforth and 
Tickhill-, 3 miles from Sheffield, 4§ from Rotherham. 

PAINSLE Y, /. h. in the township of Horton, and parish of Gisburn, 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 § mile from Gisburn. 

PAINTHORPE, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-divisien 
of Agbrigg' and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; (Painthorpe- House, 
the seat of William Brown. Esq.} 4 miles from Wakefield. 

PANNALL, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro ; 2| miles 
from Harrogate, 5§ from Knaresbrough, 6 from Ripley, 8 from 
Otley, 23| from York.-^-Pop. 1,314. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Robert^ Knaresbrough, in the deanry of the Ainsty, 
value, %5l. 5s. Patron, the Rev. R. B. Hunter. 

The first Minister that occurs, is John Brown, one of the brethren of the 
house of St. Robert, Knaresbrough, 1348 : and in the following year, the church 
was given, by the Earl of Cornwall, to the brethren of the said' Priory. 

■ Pannall was anciently called Rosehurst, by contraction, Rossett. — History 
of Knaresbrough. 

PARADISE, /. h. in the township of Horton, and parish of Gisburn; 
9 miles from Settle, 1 1 from Skipton. 
^PARK-GATE, ham. in the township and parish of Aimondbury ; 
2 miles from Huddersfield. 

PARK-GATE, s. h. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of 
Rotherham; 3| miles from Rotherham. 

PARK-GATE HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Guiseley ; 
2 1 miles from Otley, 10 from Leeds. 

PAftK-GATE, and PARK-HOUSE, 2 or 3 h. in the township and 
parish of Emley ; 8 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. 

PARK-GRANGE, (the seat of Samuel Roberts, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Sheffield ; 1 \ mile from Sheffield. 

PARK-HILL, {the seat of A.B. St. Ledger, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Firbeck, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 
4 miles from Tickhill, ft from Worksop, {Notts.) 

PARl^LANE, ham. in the township and parish of Hatfield; (the 
seat of William Pilkington, Esq.) 5\ miles from Doncaster. 

PARK-LODGE, (the seat of William Hepwortk, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Idle, and parish of Calverley ; 3| miles from Bradford. 

PAriLINGTON, a township, in the parish of Abberford, lower- 
division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Richard 
Oliver Gascoigne, Esq.) 1 mile from Abberford. — Pop. 226. 

Thishas long been a seat of a branch of the ancient family of Gascoignes. of 
Gawthorbe, the baronetage of which became extinct, on the death of the late 
Sir Thomas Gascoigne, whenRichard Oliver Esq. of Parlington, succeeded him in 
hi»iStates,*and in compliance with his will, assumed the name of Gascoigne, 
A pedigree of the Gascoignes is given in Thoresby's Leodiensis. 



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PATELEYBRIDGE, in the township of High and Low-Bishopside, 
and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon ; 
9 miles from Ripley, 10 from Grassington, 11 from Ripon, 14 
from Knaresbrough and Harrogate, 15 from Skipton, Masham, 
and Otley, 1 6 from Kettlewell, 32 from York, 224 from London. 
— Market, Saturday. — Fairs, Easter and Whitsun-Eve; May 11 ; 
September 1 7, (if on a Saturday J if not, on the first Saturday after ; 
Monday after October 10; and Christmas-Eve; for cattle, wool- 
len cloth, pedlary-ware, <&c. — Principal Inns, the Crown, and 
George. — Pop. included in High and Low Bishopside. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry 
of Ripon, value, p. r. -fS7l. 1 1*. Ad. Patrons, the Dean and 
Chapter of Ripon. 

This is a small market-town, situated npon the banks of the river Nidd, 
and may be considered as the capital of Nidderdale. It derives considerable 
wealth from the lead-mines ou the opposite side of the river, at Greenhow-Hill, 
&e. A little above the town, there is a lead-mill, where the manufacture of 
sheet-lead, and lead-pipes is carried on to a great extent. The market was 
granted to the Archbishop of York, in the 18th Edward II. when the King was 
at York. The town, consisting of one street, is tolerably well-built. 

PAW-HILL, or WELL, /. h. in the township of Langsett, and 
parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Penistone. 

PALEY-GREEN, HIGH and LOW, 2f. h. in the township and 
parish of Giggleswick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Settle. 

PAYTHORNE, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty 
of Staincliffe, 9 miles from Settle, 11 from Skipton and Colne, 
(Lane.)— Pop. 242. 

FECKFIELD-HOUSE, s. h. in the township and parish of Garforth ; 
4 miles from Abberford, 7 from Pontefract. It is on the edge of 
the Roman Road, from Castletord to Abberford. 

PENISTONE, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 8 miles from Bamsley, 121 from 
Huddersfield, 13} from Sheffield, 14 from Wakefield, 15 from 
Rotherham, 26 from Stockport, (Chesh.) 45 from York, 176 
from London. — Market, Thursday.- — Fairs, last Thursday in Febru- 
ary ; last Thursday in March ; first Thursday in May ; and Thurs- 
day after old Michaelmas-day, for horses and horned cattle. — 
Principal Inn, Rose and Crown. — Pop. 645. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of 
Doncaster, value, +16/. 1 is. *Zd. p. r. 146/. 18s. Ad. Patron, 
the Right Hon. Major General Godfrey Bosville. 

This is a small market-town, little superior to a village, as the population 
will evince. It is chiefly noted for the number of moor sheep sold at its markets 
ar.d fairs. 

Here, is a Free Grammar-School, endowed with 100/. per annum, — and 
also the interest of 200/. for the education <\i eight poor girls. 

PENNIGENT-HILL, in the parish of Horton, wapentake of 
Ewcross; 6j miles from Settle. 

This is a towering mountain, whose height Mr Jeffries found to be 3,220 
feet above the level of the sea. On the base of this mountain are two awful 

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376 WEST-RIDING. 

orifices, called Hulpit and Huntpit- Holes : the former looks like the ruins of an 
enormous Castle, with the walls standing and the roof fallen in ; the latter re- 
sembles a deep funnel, dangerous to approach. Horton-Beck runs through one 
of these pits, and Bransil-Beck through the other J each of these brooks passes 
under-ground for about a mile: Horton-Beck emerging again at Dowgill-Scar, 
and Bransil-Beck at Bransil-Head ; but, what is more extraordinary, these sub- 
terraneous brooks cross each other in the bowels of the earth, without mixing 
their waters ; the bed of the one being one stratum above the other, which cir- 
cumstance was discovered by the muddy water, after a sheep washing, going 
down the one passage, and the husks of oats down the other. On the west side 
of the base of this mountain, are the remains of many ancient places of inter- 
ment, called Giants' Graves ; some of which have been opened, and found to 
contain skeletons, bedded in peat earth, none of which appeared to be larger 
than the ordinary size. — Tour tothe Caves. 

PHILADELPHIA, in the township of Nether-Hal lam, and parish 
of Sheffield ; ] \ mile from Sheffield. Near this place are the 
Horse Barracks, built in 1794. 

PIGBURN, in the township and parish of Brodsworth, lower-divi- 
sion of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhiil ; 4 miles from 
Doncaster, 1 1 from Barnsley. 

PILLKY, in the township and parish of Tankersley, wapentake of 
Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Barnsley, 7 from 
Penistone and Rotherham. 

PISSM IRK- HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury ; 
J | mile from Dewsbury. 

PITTS-MOOR, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish 
of Sheffield, which it adjoins on the north. 

PLEDWICK, s. h. in the township and parish of Sandal-Magna, 
liberty of Wakefield ; 2^ miles from Wakefield. 

PLUMPTON, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 
3 miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Wetherby.— -Pop. 208. 

This was formerly the seat of the ancient family of Plumpton, who held it 
of the Percies as " Mesne Lords ;" and which lands they have held ever since 
the 20th of William the Conqueror, in one regular and uninterrupted course of 
descent, in the male-line, till it at last ended in Robert Plumpton, Esq. who died 
in France, about the year 1749, from whom the estate went to his aunt, Aune, 
who sold it to the late Daniel Lascelles, Esq. 

The pleasure grounds comprise about twenty-three acres, are laid out with 
much taste, and diversified with large rocks, flowers, shrubs, and evergreens, 
and at the foot of the rocks is a beautiful Lake, covering about seven acres of 
ground. There is one rock, surrounded with water of immense magnitude, and 
of the same grit as the Devil's Arrows at Boroughbridge ; it is about fifty feet in 
length, and near the water's edge, without a joint. The singularity and beauty 
of the situation of these grounds, cause numbers of people to resort here during 
the summer months, which are always open for public inspection on Tuesdays, 
and occasionally on Fridays. 

POG-MOOR, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston ; 1 \ mile 
from Barnsley, 6| from Penistone. 

POLL1NGTON, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Cowick and Snaith; 2 miles from Snaith, 7 from Thorne, 
8 \ from Feny bridge. — Pop. 483. 

The Manor of this place is copyhold, and the custom is there, that if acopy- 
Tiolder dies seized of lands, having no issue male ; but daughters, and does not 
surrender to them in his life-time, the same shall escheat to the Lord of the 
said Manor, and the daughters shall not inherit. Sir Henry Saville, of Methley, 



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Bart, purchased this Manor of Sir Thomas Metham, Knight ; and John Saville, 

Esq. of Methley aforesaid, now enjoys the same, 16/4. — Blount's Ancient Tenures. 

POND. /. h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone ; 

2 miles from Penistone. 
PONTEFRACT, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of 
Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract . ; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 
11 from Abberford, 9 from Wakefield, 13 from Leeds, 14 from 
Snaith, Bamsley. and Selby, 15 from Doncaster and Tadcaster, 
17 from Wetherby, 20 from Rotherham and Thorne, 24 from 
York, 177 from London. — Market. Saturday. — Fairs, first Satur- 
day after January 13; first Saturday before February 2; first 
Saturday after February 13 ; Saturday before Palm-Sunday, Low- 
Sunday, and Trinity-Sunday; Saturday after September 12; and 
the first Saturday in December, for horses, horned cattle, and 
sheep : the Fortnight Fairs are on Saturday next after the York 
Fortnight Fairs. — Bankers, Messrs. Leathams, Tew, Trueman, 
and Co. draw on Messrs. Dennison and Co. 106, Fenchurch- 
Street; Messrs. Perfect, Hardcastle, and Co. draw on Sir J. W. 
Lubbock, Bart, and Co. 11, Mansion-House Street. — Principal 
Inns, Star, Red Lion, and New Elephant. — Pop. 4,447. The 
Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of 
Pontefract, value, £13/. 6s. 8d. Patron, the King:. 

The situation of this place is extremely pleasant, as the town, crowning a 
fine eminence, is approached on all sides by a considerable ascent. The houses 
are handsome, the streets open, spacious, and clean, and the country about it 
adorned with many elegant Mansions. 

According to Leland and Drake, this place rose out of the ruins of Legeo- 
leum, which, in Saxon times, was called Kirkby, but changed by the Normans 
to Pontefract, from a broken bridge that was here. 

Here Ilbertde Lacy, in the time of the Conqueror, built a very strong Castle : 
which devolved, by marriage, to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, one of the chief 
opponents of Gaveston, who, being taken in arms against Edward II. was con- 
demned in his own Castle, and beheaded near this place. Here, Richard II. 
was confined a close prisoner by order of Henry IV. who, " by indirect and 
crooked paths, had met the crown," and therefore wished for the death of 
Richard ; and one of those assassins, to be found in every corrupt court, 
ready to commit the most horrid crimes for reward, came to the place 
of this unfortunate monarch's confinement, and with eight of bis followers, 
rnshed into his apartment. The King, concluding their design was to take 
away his life, resolved not to fall unrevenged, bnt to sell it as dear as he could ; 
wherefore, wresting a pole-axe from one of the murderers, he soon laid four of 
their number dead at his feet. But he was at length over-powered, and struck 
dead with a blow of a pole-axe. Froisard, who had been secretary to his grand- 
father, says that he died in the tower, and that his body was placed on a litter, 
his head on a black cushion, and bis face uncovered and carried through 
Cheapside, where the procession halted two hours. In the year 1417, the Duke 
of Orleans was a prisoner in this Castle, by order of Henry V ; and, in the year 
1461, the innocent Anthony, Earl of River9, Richard Lord Grey, Sir Thomas 
Vaughan, and Sir Richard Hawse, were all murdered here, by the tyrannic order 
of Richard III. In the civil war9 of Charles I. this Castle several times changed 
its masters ; bnt, the la-t and most remarkable siege was in the year 1647, when 
it surrendered to General Lambert; and, in 1649, was, by a resolution of Par- 
liament, ordered to be dismantled : all the ammunition being first removed, con- 
veyed to York, and lodged in Clifford's-Tower, a great number of people were 
«fliployed, with pick-axes, iron-crows, spades, and shovels, to demolish this uoble 



378 WEST-RiDING, 

fortress, which they fully accomplished in about (en weeks: the charge for 
which amounted to the sum of 777/. 4*. 6d, an enormous sum in those days. 

O Pomfret, Pomfret, O thou bloody prison ! 
Fatal and ominous to noble Peers ! 
Within the guilty closure of thy walls,. 
Richard the second here was hack'd to death. 

Shakspeare's Richard III. 

Some fragments of mouldering ruins mark the place where this strong 
Castle stood, which serve to shew the infelicity of former times, when domestic 
broils convulsed and desolated the land. 

The Church of All-Saints was formerly the parish-church, but at what time 
built, or by whom, is not known. There appears to have been a Church here at 
the time of the survey, but Mr Boothroyd, the historian of Pontefract, observes, 
this Church cannot be referred to a period so remote : the erection of this struc- 
ture, from the style of its architecture, may, with greater probability, be referred 
to the time of Henry III. It was so much damaged during the siege of the 
Castle, that the inhabitants have ever since assembled for the celebration of di- 
vine service in the Chapel of St- Giles, now the parish-church. 

Here was a Benedictine Priory, founded by Robert de Lacy, in 1090, dedi- 
cated to St. John ; a house of Dominicans, or preaching Friars ; a house of Car- 
melites, or white Friars, built by Edmund de Lacy ; a house of Austin Friars, 
and several Hospitals. 

This borough was incorporated by Richard ITI. ; and sends two Members 
to Parliament; the right of Election is in the inhabitant house-holders, of 
which there are about 700. 

The town is governed by a Mayor, Recorder, twelve Aldermen, with a Com- 
mon Council, consisting of twenty-four Burgesses. 

Poniefract has been long celebrated for its gardens and nurseries, and the 
finest liquorice in the kingdom, for which it is thus noticed by Drunken Barnaby 

Veni Pomfret, ubi miram 
Arcem, Angus r-egibus dirara \ 
Laseris ortu celebrandam, 
Variis gestis memoranda m : 
Nee in Pomfret repens certior, 
Quam paupercqlus inertior. 

Lun, the author of the Newcastle Rider, and some other poems, was a native 
pf this place. Though bred to the humble profession of a barber, and without 
the advantage of a literary education, some of his pieces, for keeness of satire, 
and justness of sentiment, would not disgrace the pen of Churchill. 

John Bramhall, Archbishop of Armagh, in 17th century, was born at Pon- 
tefract. He had the living of (rectory) St. Martini, Micklegate, York. In 
1623, he had two public disputations at Northallerton, with a secular priest and 
a Jesuit, which gained him great reputation. — Magna Brit. 

PON TEFR ACT-PARK, a township, (extraparochial) in the wa, 
pentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 1£ mile from 
Pontefract.— Pop. 47. 

POOL, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack, liberty 
of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; 3 miles from Otley, 5 from 
Harewood, 10 from Leeds and Bradford, 1 1 from Ripley.-trPop. 
294. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p f r. t?l/. !*$♦ 
Patron, the Vicar of Otley. 

POOLE, in the township of Byram-with-Poole, and parish of Bro- 
therton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and 
Pontefract ; 3 miles from Ferrybridge, £ from Pontefraet>-*Pop, 
included in Byram. 

PQPpi^ETQN, UPPER, or l*ANL), (Ainsty) in the parish of 



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Bishop Hill, Jun. York, liberty of St Peter; 4 miles from York, 
12 from Wetherby and Easing wold. — Pop. 346. The Church is 
a curacy, of which the Archbishop of York is Patron. 

The lands here formerly belonged to the Abbot of St. Mary's, York ; given 
by Osbern de Arehis to this Abbey, almost at its first institution. At South or 
Land Poppleton, the Church or Prebend of York, had seven carucates of land ; 
and the Abbot of St. Mary's two carucates and a half. 

Sir Thomas Widdrington writes that there was a Mayor of York, killed at 
Poppleton in the reign of King Richard II. as he conjectured, in some contro- 
vert betwixt the AbNrt and citizen?,— Drake. 

POPPLETON, NETHER, or WATER, (Ainsty) a parish-town ; 
4 miles from York, 11 from Easingwokl, 13 from Wetherby, 14 
from Boroughbridge. — Pop. 254. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p. r. 
74/. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. 

PORTO BELLO, in the township and parish of Sheffield, upper- 
division of Straftbrth and Tickhill ; \ a mile from Sheffield, 6| 
from Rotherham. 

POTTER- NEW TON, in the parish of Leeds, lower-division of 
Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Leeds, 6 from Hare- 
wood, 9 from Otley. 

Potter-Newton, which, Dr. Whitaker says, with Chapel Allerton and Gled- 
how, constitutes the most beautiful portion of the parish of Leeds, was anciently 
a seat cf the Maulevercrs, who came over with the Conqueror, and which family 
was seated here at leaet eight generations.— Thoresby. 

POTTEHTON, ham, in the township and parish of Barwick-in- 
Elmet, liberty of Pontefract; (Potterton- Lodge, the seat of Edward 
Wilkinson, Esq.) 6 miles from Wetherby, T from Tadcaster. 

POTGATE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of North-Stainley-with- 
Slenningford, and parish of Ripon ; 4 miles from Ripon. 

PRESTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kippax, lower-division of 
Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Pontefract, 8 from 
Wakefisld and Leeds. — Pop. 478. 

PRESTON, LITTLE, in the township of Great-Preston, and parish 
of Kippax, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 7 
miles from Leeds, 8 from Pontefract and Wakefield. 

PRESTON, LONG.— See Long- Preston. 

PRIESTHORPE, ham. in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, 
and parish of Calverley.; 3\ miles from Bradford. 

PRIESTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 6 
miles from Keighlev and Bradford. 

PROVIDENCE-GREEN, 5. h. in the township of Green-Hammer- 
ton, and parish of Whixley ; 7 miles from Knaresbrough. 

PUDDING-HGLE, /. h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and 
parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 9 miles from Pateleybridge. 

PUDSEY, in the parish of Calverley, Morley -division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Bradford, 6 from 
Leeds. — Pop. 6,229. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Lawrence, value, * 109/. 15*. Patron, the Vicar of Calverley. 
This is a populous village, inhabited by persons connected with the woollen- 
manufa:Tcry, ••vhich may in fact be considered as three villages, under the names 



380 WEST-RIDING. 

of High, how, and Chapel-Pudsey, being nearly a quarter of a mile distant from 
each other. 
PURSTON-JACKLING, in the parish of Featherstone, wapentake 

of Qsgoldgcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 i miles from Pontefract, 

7 from Wakefield, 1 1 from Barnsley. — Pop. 244. 
PURL WELL-HALL, (the seat of Mrs Taylor) in the township and 

parish of Batley ; 1 § mile from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield, 
PYE-NEST, (the seat of Henry Lees Edwards, Esq.) in the township 

of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles 

from Halifax. 

QUARMBY, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-di vision of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of W 7 akefield ; 2 miles from Hudders- 
field, 8 from Halifax. — Pop. including Lindley, 2,040, which 
being united, form a township. 

Quarmby, anciently the seat of a family of that name. In the reign of King 
Edward III. 1341, Sir John Elland, being High-Sheriff of Yorkshire, a quarrel 
took place between him and three neighbouring gentlemen — John de Lockwood, 
Sir Robert Beaumont, and Sir Hugh Quarmby ; what occasioned the dispute 
does not appear, but it arose to such a dreadful height, as to cause the death of 
all the three, who were murdered in one night, by the Sheriff and his men: a 
circumstance that strongly marks the ferocious manners of the times. — Watson. 
The fate of Sir Hugh Quarmby is thus related by a poet of those days : — 

" He rais'd the country round about, 

His friends and tenants all, 
And for his purpose picked out 

Stout sturdy men, and tall ; 

To Quarmby- Hall they came by night, 

And there the Lord they slew ; 
At that time Hugh of Quarmby hight, 

Before the country knew." 

QUARRY-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 2| 
miles from Dewsbury, 5| from Huddersfield. 

QUARRY-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury ; 
2 miles from Huddersfield. 

QUARRY-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Northowram, and 
parish of Halifax ; 2 miles from Halifax. 

QUEEN'S HEAD, ham. in the township of Northowram, and 
parish of Halifax ; 3§ miles from Halifax, 5| from Bradford. 

QUICK, in the parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) Agbrigg-division of 
Agbri gg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 9 miles from Roch- 
dale, {Lane.) 11 from Manchester, (ditto) 15 from Huddersfield. — 
Pop. 13,902. 

Quick is a township, comprehending the whole district of Saddles worth,— for 
particulars, see Saddles-worth. 

R 

RAISGILL, 2/. k. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arne- 

cliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Kettleweil. 
RAINBROW-PARK, /. h. in the township of Brampton- Bierlow, 



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and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn ; 5 miles from Rotherham, 7 from 

Barnsley. This old Mansion was formerly a seat of the Fitzwilliams. 
RAKES, or WREAKS, ham. in the township of Birstwith, and 

parish of Hampsthwaite ; 3| miles from Ripley, 8| from Knares- 

brough. 

Mrs Alice Shepherd, by Will, dated June 14, 1806, directed that 1000/. 
stock, navy five per cent, be transferred, after her death, to Trustees therein 
named, the interest of which to be paid to the minister and churchwardens of 
Patcleybridge, for the purpose of educating and clothing twenty poor children of 
the chapelry of Pateleybridge, by the master of Bakes School. Dr. William 
Craven, by Indenture, dated August 24, 1812, gave 800/. navy five percent, stock 
to the same, for the like purpose, and repairing the school. — A new School- 
House was built in 1816, for which purpose, the Archbishop of York granted a 
piece of ground upon the waste. The master's salary, who also teaches a Sun- 
day-School, is twenty-eight guineas, and about thirty guineas is expended in 
clothing.— Co/nmis. lieport. 

RAMSGILL, in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of 
Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro ; 5 miles from Pateley- 
bridge, 10 from Masham, 12 from Ripon. 

Here was born, in 1704, Eugene Aram, who was tried and convicted at 
York, in 1759, for the murder of Daniel Clarke. On his trial he delivered a 
written defence, so admirable for its ingenuity, and so replete with erudition and 
antiquarian knowledge, that it astonished the whole court. Though he derived 
but little advantage from education, yet from the acuteness of his understanding, 
and his intensely studious dispositiou, he had acquired considerable knowledge 
of the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Celtic and other languages, and had, besides, made 
great progress in the higher branches of Mathematics, Heraldry, Antiquities, Sec 

RAMSGILL, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Ilkley, upper- 
division of Skvrack ; 5 miles from Otley, 7 from Bingley. 

RAND-MOOR," or STOCKWELL-GREEN, ham. in the township 
of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 

RASTRICK, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg' 
and Morley, libert}? of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Halifax, 5 from 
Huddersfield. — Pop. 2,796. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
value, *118/. 7s. Patron, the Vicar. 

Here was a Chapel, as early as 1411, which was taken down and hand- 
somely re-built, about six and thirty years ago. — Whitaker. 

By an inquest, taken in 1284, it appears that the village of Rastrick wa9 rated 
at thirteen shillings, and contained only six freemen ; the rest were, according 
to that inquest, " Nativi tenentes villains, or bondsmen:" such as were at the 
arbitrary pleasure of the Lord, both in their persons, children, and goods. — 
Watsox. 

RATH M ELL, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-division and 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 3{ miles from Settle, 15 from Skipton, 16 
from Colne. (Lane.)— Pop. 328. 

RAWSTONSTALL, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of 
Halifax. Morley-division of A gbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wake- 
field ; 9 miles from Halifax and Rochdale, (Lane.) 

RAVENFIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill ; (the Hall, the seat of the Rev. William Hedges) 4 
miles from Rotherham, 8 from Tickhill, 9 from Doncaster, 45 from 
York. — Pop. 187. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. James, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, fll7/. Patron, 
the Archdeacon of York. — It was formerly a Chapel to Mexbrough. 



382 WEST-RIDING. 

RAVENTOFTS-HALL,/. k. in the township of Bishop-Thornton, 

and parish of Ripon ; 4 miles from Ripley, 6 from Ripon. 
RAVENS' KNOWLES,/. h. in the township of Dalton, and parish 

of Kirkheaton ; 1 mile from Huddersfield. 
RAW, in the parish of Horton, wapentake of Ewcross; 6| miles 

from Settle, ]5| from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 
RAWCLIFFE, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith ; (the seat of Ralph 
Creyke, Esq.) 3 miles from Snaith, 7 from Howden and Thome. — 
Pop. 1,496. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Snaith, dedicated to St. 
James. 
RAWCLIFFE-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Rawcliffe, and 

parish of Snaith, liberty of Pontefract ; 4| miles from Snaith. 
RAWDEN, in the parish of Guiseley, upper-di vision of Skyrack ; 
5 miles from Otley and Bradford, 7 from Leeds. — Pop. J, 759 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. * 1 09/. 

This was the ancient seat of the noble family of Rawden, Earls of Moira. 
Paulinus de Rawden commanded a body of archers, under William the Con- 
queror, and had this estate, amongst others, granted to him for his services. In 
Rawden-Hall, are several vestiges, that have a peculiar air of antiquity, which 
bespeak the dignity and wealth of its ancient owners. Of this family, was Sir 
George Rawden, who, with 200 Englishmen, repulsed Sir Philem O'Neal, and 
2,000 Irish, in 1641, at Lisburne, in Ireland, where they had massacred 40,000 
Protestants.— Camden.— Thoresby. 
RAWMARSH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill ; 2 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield, 10 from 
Barnsley, 46 from York. — Pop. 1,259. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 
8/. 7s. S\d. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. 

Here is a small Charity School, founded early in 1600, by one Thomas 
Wilson, and Edward Goodwin. 
RAWTHORPE-HALL, in the township of Dalton, and parish of 
Kirkheaton; 1 \ mile from Huddersfield. An old Mansion, divi- 
ded into dwellings. 
RED-HALL, /. h. in the township of Shad well, and parishes of 

Thorner and Barwick-in-Elmet; 5 miles from Leeds. 
RED-HOUSE, s. h, (Ainsty) in the township and parish of Moor- 
Monkton ; 8 miles from York, 11 from Boroughbridge. 

Red- House, situated upon the river Ouse. is an ancient seat of the honour* 
/" able family of Slingsby. The house was built by Sir Henry Slingsby, in the 

ieign of Charles I. except the Chapel, built by his father. About the year 1562, 
Francis Slingsby, Esq. purchased Red-House, and Scagglethorpe of Robert 
Oughtre, Esq. whose ancestors had resided here from the time of Edward IN. 
the site of whose Mansion is at a small distance from the west front of the pre- 
sent edifice. Upon the south front of Red-House, is inscribed : 
PRO TERMINO YITM, 
SIC NOS NON NOBIS. 

On the west front : 

PAULISPER ET RELUCEBIS : 
ET IPSE, M. R. 29, 1652. 

This old Mansion is going to decay, yet there are apartments in this house, 
sttch as the Star Chamber, Chapel, the Servants' Hall, and the Staircase, still 
retaining some of its grandeur, which cannot but be interesting to the carious. 



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The Staircase is thus described by Sir Henry Slingsby himself in his memoirs : 
" The staircase is above five feet, within the rails, in width : the posts, eight 
inches square ; upon every post a crest is set, of some one of my especial friendsy 
and my brothers-in-law : and, upon that post that bears up the half-pace, that 
leads into the painted chamber, there sits a blackamoor, (cast in lead, by Andrew 
Kame.) with a candlestick in each hand to set a candle in, to give light to the! 
staircase." These crests and other interesting particulars will be found fully 
described in the History of Knaresbrough. 

From the terrace is a fine view of York, its Cathedral, and neighbourhood \ 
and through the avenues of the Park^Beningbrough and Allerton Parks. 
RED-HOUSE, p. A. in the township and parish of Adwieke-in-the= 

Street; 5 miles from Doneaster, 10 from Pontefract. 
RED-MIRES, 2 f.h* in the township ofGrautley, and parish of 

Kirkbymalzeard ; 5 miles from Ripon. 
REEDHOLME, s. h. in the township of Thorpe-in-Balne, and parish 

of Barnby-Don ; 4| miles from Doneaster. 
REEDNESS, in the parish of Whitgift, wapentake of Osgoldeross$ 
liberty of Pontefract ; 6| miles from Howden, 1\ from Crow le^ 
( Line 'j— Pop. 683. 
REGILL-HOUSES, 2/. h. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and 

parish of Kirkbymalzearri ; 5 miles from Pateleybridge. 
RENHOLE, s. h. in the township of Long-Drax, and parish of 

Drax ; 4 miles from Snaith. 
RAYNAH, or RANAH, /. h. in the township of Thurlston, and 

parish of Penretone ; 3 miles from Penistone. 
RIBSTONE, GREAT, in the parish of Hunsingore, upper-division 
of Clare : (Ribstone- Hall, the seat of Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart.J 
3 miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Wetherby. — Pop. including 
Waishfoid, 155, which being united, form a township. 

After the conquest the manor of Ribstone was in the possession of Williant 
de Percy, and Ralph Pagnel. Robert Lord Ross became possessed of it in the 
reign of Henry 111. and in 1224, he settled this estate upon the Knights Temp- 
lar.-, where they had a preceptory, and which they enjoyed till the dissolution 
of their order; whpn it was granted to the renowned Charles Brandon, Duke 
of Suffolk ; of whom it was purchased by Henry Goodricke, Esq. in 1542 : and 
here this ancient family, which previously flourished for several generations at 
2\"ortingIey, in Somersetshire, have been settled eversince. — The present Baro- 
net is the seventh : Sir Henry Goodricke, Knight, who took arm9 in the cause 
of Charles I. being the first Baronet, created August 14, 1641. 

Ribstone-Hafl is situated upon an eminence, almost encompassed by the 1 
River Nidd, and commanding an extensive and beautiful prospect. The house' 
ie well finished, convenient, and elegant. In the Drawing Room are several 
good family Portraits; and in the Saloon is a number of excellent Pictures, co- 
pied by eminent artists, from the best originals in the churches, chapels, and 
palaces of Rome. In the Chapel are some monuments in memory of the Good^ 
ricke family ; and in the chapel-yard is that sepulchral monument of the standard- 
bearer to the ninth Roman Legion, which was dug up in Trinity-Gardens, near 
Micklegate, in York, in the year 1688; and is described by Drake in his Ebor* 
amort. 

Ribstone is remarkable for being the place where that delicious apple, called 
the " Ribstone Pippin, " was first cultivated in this kingdom. — The original tree* 
was raised from a pippin, brought from France; from which tree, such numbers 
have been propagated, that they are now to be met with in alnio9t every orchard 
in this, and manv other counties. — Hist. Knarerfrrough. 

RIBSTONE, LITTLE, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-divisiori 

3 c 



BB-i WEST-RIDINO. 

of Claro; 3£ miles from Knaresbrough, 3| from Wetherby.-* 
Pop. 195. 

RICHMOND, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth ; 4 
miles from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherham. 

RIDDLESDEN, EAST and WEST, 2 h. in the township of East- 
Morton, and parish of Bingley, tipper-division of Sky rack, liberty 
of CliffordVFee ; (Riddlesden-Hall, the seat of Thomas Leach i 
Esq,) 2 miles from Keighley, 12 from Otley. 

RIDGE-CROSS, /. h. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish 
of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Come, (Lane) 

RIGGE, and RIGGE-COTE, 2 ham, in the township of A rmley^ 
and parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds, 9 from Bradford. 

RIGTON, m the parish of Kirkby -Overblow, upper-division of 
Claro; 6| miles from Otley, 8 from Knaresbrough.— Pop. 429. 

Near to Rigton, on a high hill, is that group of rooks, called " Ahnias 
Cliffy " i. e. Altar Cliff. At a distance they appear like a stupendous fabric,. 
tumbled into ruins. On the summit of this enormous pile, are several basins, 
hollowed in the stone ; one of which is fourteen inches deep, and two feet four" 
inches in diameter. — Hist. Knaresbrough, 

RIGTON, in the township of Rjo-ton-with-Bardsey, »n4 parish of 
Bardsey, lower-division of Skyraek ; 4 miles from Wetherby, 5 
from Harewood, 8 from Leeds. — Pop. included in Bardsey. 

RILSTON, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe,. 
liberty of CliffordVFee ; (the seat of Richard Waddilove, Esq.) 4 
miles from Gargrave, 5 from Skipton, 10 from Kettlewett, 14 from* 
Settle. — Pop. 145. Here is a Chapel of Ease to BwrnsaH, dedica- 
ted to Saint Peter. 

Rilston, or Rilliston, gave name and habitation fo a family, perhaps of the? 
first antiquity of Craven ; as there is reason to suppose that William de Risle-' 
tona, who occurs in the first charters of Cecelia de Romille, was the William, son 
of Clavenbald, mentioned in the black book of the exchequer, and undoubtedly 
a Saxon. The manor continued in the bands of the Rilstones, till Isabella, 
daughter and heiress of John Rillestone, married Miles, son of Walkin Rad- 
cliffe of Todmorden, a descendant of whom married John Norton, father of 
Richard Norton, who was attainted for high treason. Among the old tenants on 
this estate, mention is made of one " Richard Kitchen, butler to Mr Norton, who 
rose in rebellion with his master, and was executed at Ripon. " 

Mr Wordsworth lately published a poem, entitled " The White Doe of 
Rilston. " It relates to a white Doe, which tradition says, tor a long time 
" made a weekly pilgrimage from hence, over the fells of Bolton, and was con- 
stantly found in the Abbey chuich-yard, during divine service ; after which she 
returned home as regularly as the rest of the congregation. ** 

RIMINGTON, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty 
of Staincliffe ; 3 miles f.om Gisburn, 5 from CMtheroe, {Lane.) 10 
irom Colne, {ditto) 12 from Skipton.— Pop, 698. 

This Mansion has long been remarkable for a rich vein of Lead-Ore, whi.ch 
yielded a considerable proportion of Silver ; and it is not more than fifty years 
since a person was convicted and executed at York, lor counterfeiting tl>e silver^ 
coin, in metal supposed to be procured from the Lead of Rimington. William 
Pudsey, Esq. who held the estate from 1577 to i62(?, is reported in the tradi- 
tions of the neighbourhood, nearly to have forfeited his life lor coining shillings* 
from Silver-Ore, obtained here. They were marked with an escalop, which 
the country people called Pudsey shillings. — Whitakkr. 
JUNG- BECK, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkbymalzeard * 
6 miles from Mashain, 8 from Ripon. 



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RINGSTON-HILL, /, k. in the township of Brierley, and parish of 
Felkirk; 51 miles from Barnsley. 

RIPLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro? 
{Ripley- Castle, the seal of Sir William Amcolts Ingilby, Bart.) 
31 miles from Harrogate, 5 from Knaresbrough, 7| from Ripon, 

9 from Pateleybridge, i 2 from Otley, 23 from York, 205 from 
JUmdon. — Market. Monday. — Fairs, Easter- Monday, for [horned 
cattle and sheep; August 25, for sheep, and 26 for horses and 
horned cattle.— Principal Inn, Star. — Pop. 251. The Church is a 
rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of BorOughbridge, 
diocese of Chester, value, 23/. 85. 9c/. Patron, Sir William 
Amcotts Ingilby, Bar*. 

This is a small market-town, situated about half a mile south of the river 
Nidd, on an advantageous bank, and well wooded. — The market has fallen into 
disuse. 

In the Church, are several monuments of the Ingilby family ; and in the 
church-yard is a very uncommon pedestal of an ancient Cross, with eight 
niches, intended, probably, for kneeling in. 

Here is a Free-School, built and endowed by Catherine and Mary Ingilby, 
in 1702 ; of which Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart, is Trustee. It is endow- 
ed with an estate at Sproatley, (E. R.J containing- messuages or tenements, and 
about 153 A. i R. 24 P. subject to a payment of 12/. 8s. 6(1. for tithes , It was 
let under lease dated Sept. 1800, for thirty years, at the yearly'rent of 40/.. to 
Thomas Hewitt and his wife, which sum he pays to the schoolmaster — -Mr 
Hewitt has under-let it for 120/. per ann. The School-premises consist of a 
spacious School -room, with a house and yard for the master, and a garden in. 
front. The School is free for the whole parish ,— Comms. Report. 

Adjoining the town, on the west, is Ripley Castle, the seat of the ancient 
family of the Ingilbys; which from an inscription carved on the frieze of the 
waimscot, in one of the chambers of the tower, was built by Sir William Ingilby, 
Bart, in 1555. In the civil wars of Charles I. it was a garrison for the King, 
which surrendered to Cromwell a few days after the battle of Marston. It has 
been much enlarged of late years ; and appears now a spacious and commodious 
Mansion, embattled only for ornament, except the lodge, and the great tower, 
which still retain their original traces of caution, strength, and security. In 
the Library is a valuable collection of books i and in the great Staircase, is an 
elegant Venetian window ; in the divisions of which on stained glass, are a series 
of escutcheons, displaying the principal quarterings, and intermarriages of the 
Ingilby family, since their settling at Ripley, <jluring a course of 430 years. 

Here, are preserved, one of the two pigs at lead, found in 1731, on Hayshaw* 
Moor; op these are inscribed, Imperatore (loesare Dmnitiano Augusta Consuls 
Septimum; and on one side is the word Brig, signifying it had been cast in the 
country of the Brig antes. 

The owners of Ripley have been in possession ever since the time of Richard 

II.; when Sir Thomas de Ingilby had it in right of his Lady, daughter of 

Ripley, of this place. From one of his children, was descended, Sir William 
Ingilby, Knight and Baronet, so created, May 17, 1642. The present Sir 
William is the sixth Baronet, and was High Sheriff of the county in 1820 ; and 
who h&s been very recently authorised by his Majesty, to use the name and arms 
of Amcotts, in addition to those of Ingilby. His father, the late Sir John, hav- 
ing married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Wharton Amcotts, Bart. — Hist, 
Knaresbrough , — Pennant. 

The gardens, which are extensive, and ornamented with greenhouses and 

hothouses, excelled by none in the north of England, are, by the liberality of the 

present Baronet, open for the public inspection every Friday. 

JIIPON, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro„ 

liberty of Ripon ; 6 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Riphuy, 

10 from Mashara and Oak-Tree Inn. Leeming Lane, \\ from 



386 WEST-RIDING, 

Harrogate and Thirsk, 12 from Knaresbrough, 13 from Bedale, 
17 from Northallerton, 17£ from Hopper-Lane Inn, 20 from 
Leyburn and Otley, 23 from York, 212 from London. -^Market, 
Thursday. — Fairs, Thursday after January 13; May 13 and 14; 
and first Thursday and Friday in June, for horned cattle, sheep, 
woollen cloth, &c. first Thursday after August 2 ; first Thursday 
in November ; and November 23, for horned cattle, &c. — Bankers, 
Old Bank, Messrs. Harrisons and Terrys, draw on Messrs. Willis, 
Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard Street; Ripon and Nidderdale 
Bank, Messrs. Coates and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir James Esdaile 
and Co. 21, Lombard Street; Ripon Bank, Messrs. Brittains and 
Thackwray, draw on Sir Richard Carr Glynn, Bart, and Co. 12, 
Birchin-Lane. — Principal Inns^ Unicorn, and Black Bull. — Pop, 
4,563. The Church is both parochial and collegiate, dedicated to 
£>t. Peter and St. Wilfrid, and is built in the form of a cross. 
Patron, the King. 

Ripon is situated between the river Lire and the Skell, and stands on an, 
eminence with declivities on every side. It derives its name from the lati# 
jvprd Ripa, vvhieh refers to the situation of the town. 

Here was a Monastery, founded by Eata, Abbot of Melross ; but before the 
building was completed, the Scottish Monks retired from the Monastery, and St, 
Wilfred was appointed Abbot in 663. By him it was built new from the ground, 
and when completed, was consecrated with great solemnity by himself, to the 
"honour of St. Peter. He died at the Monastery of Oundle, in 71 1, aged 76, and 
was interred here; but in .040 his remains were removed to Canterbury, by 
Qdo, Archbishop of that See. The town continues to this day to honour the 
memory of its benefactor, by an Annual Feast on Saturday following Lammas- 
Day, when the effigy of St. Wilfred is brought into the town with great cere- 
mony, preceded by a band of music. 

King Athelstan, in the year 924, granted to the Church of Ripon the privi-: 
> Jege of sanctuary, which extended a mite on either side the Church. The boun- 
daries yet remain in the names of Kan \g el- Cross ; S/tarow- Cross ; and Athph 
stan- Cross. 

In the year 950, this town and Monastery were burnt by the Danes. The 
Monastery was afterwards rebuilt by Odo, Archbishop of Canterbury. The 
town was soon after rebuilt, and began to flourish ; but, in the year 1069, it 
shared in the misery inflicted on the Northumbrians, by the Norman Conqueror, 
and remained in a state of devastation for sixteen years ; after which it again 
revived, and remained undisturbed till the year 1319 ; when the Scots entering 
England, laid waste the country with fire and sword, and the town and Monastery 
pf Ripon were again reduced to ashes; but, by the liberal donations of the 
Archbishop of York, and the neighbouring gentry, it was again restored to its 
former flourishing condition. 

The Church was preserved from the general ruin of religious houses ; 
pnd" 'the revenues re-granted, by James I. for the support of a Dean and six 
prebendaries, besides petit canons and singing-men. It is a large, handsome, 
add venerable gothic pile. 

In 1604, Ring James gave a new Charter to the town, constituting it to be 
governed by a mayor, recorder, and twelve aldermen, with twenty-four common- 
councilman, and a town-cjerk. 

Here is an Hospital, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, founded by Thurston, 
Archbishop of York, who died in 1144,— another to St. John Baptist, founded 
in the 9th year of King John, by one of the Archbishops of York, — a third to St. 
Anne, founded by one of the Nevils, in the reign of Edward IV.— and a fourth, 
called Jepsou's Hospital, founded and endowed by Zacbarias Jepson, of York, a 
native of Ripon. In the Minster-yard is this modest inscription to the memory 
pf its benefactor, — Hie Jacet Zacfoarius Jepson, cujus cetas fecit 49. Perpaur 
cos tantum Annas Vixit. 



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The town was first incorporated in the time of King Alfred, and its govern- 
ment originally vested in a chief magistrate, called Vigilarius, which duty, it 
was to cause a horn to he blown every night at nine o'clock, and if any inhabitant 
after that, sustained any loss by his house or shop being robbed, the community 
was compelled to render him an adequate consideration for the injury, by an 
annual tax on every inhabitant. 

In 1767, an Act of Parliament was obtained, for making navigable the river 
Ure, from its juntion with the Swale, to Bondgate-Green ; on which a number 
.of vessels are employed, to the great convenience and benefit of the town and 
neighbourhood. These vessels generally bring coals, groceries, and other mer- 
chandise ; and take back lead, butter, <fcc. &c. 

Henry T. granted a Charter for a Fair of four days ; another by King 
gtephen ; and a third by Henry V. At one of these fairs we find Drunken 
Barnaby : — 

Ad forensem Rippon tendo, 

Equi si sint cari, vendo, 

Si minore pretio dempti, 

Equi a me erunt empti ; 

Ut alacrior fiat ille, 

Ilia mordicant anguillae. 

A very elegant Town-Hall was erected, in 1798, being a present to this 
Corporation, from Mis A'.lanson, of Studley. It comprises Assembly-rooms, a 
Committee-room for public meetings, and business of Magistrates. 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, situated in Agnesgate, founded in 1546, 
by Edward V. with an allowance for head master and usher; and finished 
in \5o3, by King Philip and Queen Mary. Its revenues are under the manage- 
ment of Trustees. 

The Market-place is very spacious, and nearly square, measuring 104 yards 
by 6$, and has a fine Obelisk in the centre, 90 feet high, on the top of which'are 
fixed the Arms of Ripon, i. e.a Bugle-horn and a Spur-Rowel, erected by William 
Aislabie, Esq. 

Not far from the Minster, is a large tumulus composed of gravel andhjimaa 
bones, called Ells/taw or Ailrey Hill, which, in Camden's time, appears to have 
been called Hillshaw. " There apperith by est north est, at the toune end of 
Ripon," says Leland, " a great hill of yerth, cast up in a playn close bering now 
the name of Illshow Hille, where be al likelihod hath been sum great Fortress 
in the Britons tyme." 

Ripon sends two Members to Parliament : the right of election is in the 
burgage-holders, 146 in number. The borough is chiefly the property of Mrs 
Laurence, of Studley-Royal, who possesses by far the major-part of the burgage- 
tenures. The situation of Ripon is pleasant, and the surrounding country rich 
and fertile, and in a high state of cultivation. — For more particular account, see 
Tourist's Companion) published at Ripon. 
JRIPPONDEN, in the township oi Barkisland, and parish of Halifax, 
Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5 
miles from Halifax, 9 from Huddersfield, 1 1 from Rochdale, {Lane.) 
The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, 
value, p. r. 1111/. 10s. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. 

The Chap- 1 of Ilipponden is of great antiquity, and was rebuilt in 1610, and 
afterwards renewed in 17.57. The Minister's manse, a very good square house, 
is the work of the industrious and faithful antiquary, Mr Watson, the historian 
of this parish, then Minister of the place, and afterwards Rector of Stockport, 
Ripponden is situated upon the Riburn, and is memorable on accountof the im- 
mense flood that took place, on the sudden swelling of the River, on the 18th of 
of May, 1722, called the Ripponden Flood, which commenced between the hours 
of three and five in the afternoon; the water rose seven yards perpendicular, 
and bore down, in its course, several bridges, mills, and a number of houses ; 
many persons also lost their lives on this melancholy occasion. The Church, at 
Ripponden, was very much damaged, part of the church-yard washed away, 



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the graves laid open, and a coffin was lodged in a tree, at a considerable 

distance. — Watson. — Whitaker. 
RISHFORTH.HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 

4 miles from Keigbley. 
RISH WORTH, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg 

and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Halifax, 5 from 

JIuddersfield, 12 from Bradford.— Pop. 1,588. 

At this place, is a group of stones, laid, seemingly, one above another, to the 

lieight of several yards , and called the Rocking Stone. Tradition says, that it 

/once woujd rocls, but that quality is lost. The form of it is not very unlike the 

Wring-Cheese in Cornwall, described by Borlase, and perhaps might serve for 

the same purposes as that. — Watson. 
JIISPLITH, ham. in the township of Sawley, and parish and liberty 

of Ripon ; 5 miles from Pateley bridge, 6 from Ripon. 
JIYTHER, a parish-town, jn the wapentake of Barkston-Asb, liberty 

of Pontefract; 5 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby, 12 from 

York, 13 from Pontefract.-r-Pop. including Ossendike, 335, 

which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, 

dedicated to All-Saints, in the deaury of the Ainsty, value, 61, 

lis. \0y f Patron, the King. 
ROACH-GRANGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Kippax ; 5 

miles from Abberford. 
ROADS-MOOR HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Winston, and 

parish of Rotherham ; 3 miles from Rotherham. 
ROBERT TOWN, in the township of Ljversedge, and parish of 

Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 5| miles from 

Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. J0§ from Leeds. 
ROBIN HOQD'S WELL, ham. east-side in the township of 

Burghwallis, and parish of Owton, west-side in the township and 

parish of Skellbrook; 6| miles from Doncaster. 

Robin Hood's Well is a square building, nine feet high, and joins the turn? 

pike road. A mile and a half from this place, Robin Hood is said to have rob-: 

bed the Bishop of Hereford ; and about a qaarter of a mile from the Well, 19 

Bishop-Tree-Root On this spot stood the Tree, round which Robin made the 

Bishop dance in his boots, after he had robbed him, 

Nescit sitis artem modi, 
Puteum Roberti Hoodi 
Veni, et liquente vena 
Vincto catino catena, 
Tollens sitim, parcum odi, 
Solvens obolum custodi. 

ROCARR, /. h. m the township and parish of Selby ; 2 miles from 
Selby, 9 from Snaith. 

ROCHE-ABBEY, in the township and parish of Maltby, upper- 
division of Strahorth ar + d Tickbill; 4 miles from Tiekhiil, 6 from 
Bawtry, 9 from liotherham. 

Richard de Buijliand Richard^Fitzturgis, founded an Abbey here, in 1147, 
and dedicated it to the blessed Virgin. The revenues were rated at 224/. 2a. 5d. 
according to Dugdale— and 271/. 19*. Ad. Speed. The site was granted 35th 
Henry VIII. to William Ratnsden and Thomas Vavasour. It is now the pro- 
perty of the Earl of Scarborough. One side of the nave of the church, under 
the middle tower, and some odd arches, are all that remain of this venerable 
structure, except a few small fragments which are scattered to a. considerable 
jdj$$gH|{$ around, 



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This spot certaiuly presents a most luxuriant and fascinating landscape ; 
yet we cannot suffer onr enthusiasm so far to run away with our senses, as to 
say with Mr Dayes, that here u every thing a traveller can wish, to render a 
place delightful, will be found concentrated in this most enchanting spot; ma- 
jestic woods, expansive water, romantic rocks, an agreeable ruin, and withal, 
most commodious walks, for the convenience of viewing its various beauties. 

ftOCKING-STONE H4LL, (a Shooting-Box of Mr Nicholson) in 
the township of Thurscross, and parish of Fewston ; 7 miles from 
Pateleybridge, 11 from Ski pton, 12fromOtley. 

&OCKLEY-ABBEY, /. k. in the township of WoTsbrotigh, and 
parish of Darfieid, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Barnsley 
Anciently a seat of the Rockleys ; now belongs to the Wentworths. 

RODLEY, ham. in the township of Calverley-with-Bf&rnley, and 
parish of Calverley ; 6 miles from Bradford, 6| from Leeds. 

ROECLIFFE, in the parish of Alborough, lower-division of Oaro$ 
li miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 248. 

ROGERTHORPE-HALL, /. h. in the township of Thorpe-Audlin, 
and parish of Bads worth ; 4 miles from Pontefract. 

ROME, /. h. in the township and parish of Giggleswick; 2 miles 
from Settle. 

ROOKES, ham. in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Hali- 
fax i 4 miles from Halifax. 

ROSE-HILL, {the seat of Robert Leighton, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Raw marsh ; 3 miles from Rotherham. 

ROSSINGTON, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Straffortb 
and Tickhill, soke of Doneaster; (the seat of the Rev, James 
Stovin, D. D.) 5 miles from Doneaster, 6 § from Bawtry, 42 from 
York.— Pop. 383. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. 
Michael, in the deanry of Doneaster, value, 11/. Is. 5\d. Patrons, 
the Mayor and Burgesses of Doneaster. 

The Manor of Doneaster, with an estate of 2,000 acres of land, belongs to 
the Corporation, who, some time back, built twelve Alms-houses for the aged of 
both sexe*. 

In the chuich-yard, was a stone, the two ends of which are now remaining, 
where was interred the body of James Bosvill, the King of the Gypsies, who died 
January 30, 1708. For a number of years, it was a custom of Gypsies from the 
south, to visit his tomb annually, and there perform some of their accustomed 
rites ; one of which was to pour a fiaggon of ale upon the grave. — Miller's Don. 
Here is a Free-School, founded as early as 1652- 

ROSS1NGTON-BRIDGE, an Inn, in the township and parish of 
Rossington ; 4| miles from Doneaster and Bawtry. 

ROTHERHAM, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of 
Straffortb and Tickhill ; 6 miles from Sheffield, 1 1 from Tickhill, 
12 from Doneaster and Barnsley, 15 from Penistone, 16 from 
Worksop, (Notts.) 49 from York, 160 from London. — Market, 
Monday. — Fairs, Whit- Monday ; December 1, for horses, horned 
cattle, sheep, &c. and Fortnight Fairs on Monday, for horned 
cattle, &c. — Bankers, Messrs. Walkers, Eyer, and Stanley, draw 
on Messrs. Everett, Walker, and Co. 9, Mansion-House Street.— 
Principal Inns, Crown, and Red Lion. — Pop. 3,648* The Church 
is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Ann, in the deanry of Doneaster, 
value, *16/. 85. 6d. Patron, Lord Howard. 



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Rotherham is situated near the conflux of the rivers Rotnei* and Don { the 
latter of which being navigable to Sheffield, and communicating with canals and 
rivers, opens a water communication with all the principal towns in the county j 
as well as Lincolnshire and Lancashire. The town is far from elegant ; the 
streets are narrow, and irregular; andthe houses have, in general, a dull ancf 
dingy appearance. However, a considerable trade is here carried on in coals* 
and in other articles, by means of the river Don. 

This place is rendered famous by the birth o f Thomas Scott, Archbishop of 
York, usually called Thomas of Rotherham, who founded in this place Jesus 
College, for a provost, five priests, six choristers, and three schoolmasters, which 
was valued at the dissolution, at the yearly rent of 58^. 5s, 9\d. He died of the 
plague at Cawood, in 1500.— Drake. 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded in J 584, by Lau rence Wbodnett, 
and Anthony Collins, Esqrs. formerly of London. The School is open to the 
boys of the town indefinitely free of expense, for classics only. This School has 
a claim in its' turn to the fellowship and two scholarships at Emanuel College, 
Cambridge, founded by Mr Frieston, in case the same are not occupied from 
the Free-School at Normanton. There is a fellowship also at Lincoln College/ 
Oxford. To this School there is a crown payment of 10/. 15s. 4d. per annum, 
to the master. The master's salary, including house rent, &c. 30/. a year; be- 
sides which, he has a gratuity from the Feoffees or Trustees. The present 
master is the Rev. Benjamin Birkitt. — For an account of the Iron Works, see 
Marsorougk. 

ROTHWELL, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4| miles from Leeds, 5| from 
Wakefield, 28 from York. — Pop. including' Rothweil-Haigh, and 
Roydes-Green, 2,155. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to 
the Holy-Trinity, in the dean ry of Pontefract, value, £19/. 12s, 
lid. Patron, Charles John Brandling, Esq. 

"This place," says Dr. Whitaker, "appears to have been named when 
first planted by the Saxons, from a rapid and copious Well near the Church." 
It was distinguished among the numerous Manors of the Lacies, dependent on 
the Castle of Pontefract, by having a Castletor Manor-house near the Church, 
of which a mass of strong grout work yet remains. 

The Church of Rothwell was appropriated to the Priory of Nostel, to which 
it was given, according to Burton, by Robert de Lacy. Here is a Charity-School,' 
founded by the late John Bromlev, gentleman, of Wakefield, in 1722. 

ROTHWELL-HAIGH, in the township and parish of Rothwell, 
Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract g 4 
miles from Leeds, 5| from Wakefield. — Pop. included in Rothwell* 
This place adjoins to Rothwell, and had been an ancient Park of the Lacies ; 
and given by Henry VIII. to Thomas Lord Darcy. It afterwards relapsed into 
a state of nature, and became a mere common. It contains about 543 acres, and 
is now become a fertile and productive tract. 

ROUGH-BIRCH WORTH, ham. in the township of Oxspring, and 
parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Penistone. 

ROUND HAY*,- ham. in the parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, lower-divi- 
sion of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Leeds, 1 
from Wetherby.— Pop. 186. 

Here the ancient family of the Lacies, from the earliest period, after they 
became possessed of Pontefract with its dependencies, had a Park ; hence the" 
name Roundhay, or 'the circular Pale. It was granted by Robert de Lacy to the 
Monks of Kirkstall. — Whitaker. 

ROUNDHAY-GRANGE, f.k. in the township of Shad well, and 1 
parish of Thorner, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Leeds. 

ROUND-GREEN, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parisk 
ofDarfield; 2 \ , miles from Barasley. 



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ROUND- WOOD* /. h. in the township and parish of Rawmarsh* 

2 1 miles from Rotherham. 
ROWLE-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Kellington* 

liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Snaith. 
ROWLEY, in the township of LeptOn, and parish of Kirkheaton^ 

Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morleyj liberty of Pontefract $ 

3 miles from Huddersneld, 10 from Wakefield. 
ROYD, (the seat of Mrs Hoyle) in the township of Soy land, and 

parish of Halifax ; 6 miles from Halifax. 
ROYD-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Famle'y-Tyas, and parish 

of Almondbury ; 4 miles from Huddersfield. 
RO YD-BRIDGE, /. h. and Tan Yard, in the township of Stansfield, 

and parish of Halifax ; 9 miles from Halifax. 
ROYD-FIELDS, s.h. in the township and parish of Penistone} 1 

mile from Penistone. 
ROYD-HOUSE, ham. in the township of Shelley, and parish of 

Kirkburton, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Huddersfield* 
ROYD-MOOR, /. h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish ot 

Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. 
ROYD-MOOR, f.h. in the township and parish of Hemsworth; 5 

miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. 
ROYDES-GREEN, in the township and parish of Rothweil, Ag- 

brigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4| 

miles from Wakefield, 5\ from Leeds. — Pop. included in Rothweil j 
ROYDS, s. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eeelesfield 3 

5 miles from Sheffield. 

Tbis house, with eleven others, formerly belonged to the dissolved Priory 

or Hospital of St. John, of Jerusalem ; and was distinguished by an iron or 

wooden cross, fixed in some conspicuous part of the building. — Hunter's Hallann 
ROYDS, afewf. h. in the township of BramptOn-Bierlow, and 

parish of Wath-upon-Dearn; 6 miles from Rotherham. 
ROYDS, ham. in the township of Beeston, and parish of Leeds; 

21 miles from Leeds. 
ROYDS-HALLj (the seat of C. Dawson, Esq.) in the township of 

North-Bierley, and parish of Bradford ; 4 miles from Bradford. 
ROYSTON, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty 

of Pontefract; 4§ miles from Barnsley, 6 from Wakefield, 9| 

from Pontefract, 34 from York.— Pop. 549. The Church, at 

spacious and well-built structure, is a vicarage, dedicated to St 

John the Baptist, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £17/. 3s. 4rf. 

p. r. f!07/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded by letters patent, in the 5th of 

James L The endowment consists of a house, garden, and tweuty-four acres 

of land, amounting to about 70/. per ann. and the interest of 13/. is paid to the; 

master, who also receives 41. 6s. lid. from the Dutchy Court of Lancaster. The< 

School is open to the boys of the parish indefinitely, free of expence. — Carlisle. 

Here is also a Charity of the LadyBolles, for the apprenticing of children, 

RUDDING-HALL, (the seat of the Hort. William Got don) in the* 

township of Follyfoot, and parish of SpofForth, upper-division of 

Claro i 3 miles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Welherby* 

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392 WEST-RIDING. 

This place formerly belonged to Mr James Collins, who added much to 
the building, laid out the pleasure grounds, and built a very curious rustic 
gate- way, consisting of three arches, large and lofty, which unfortunately was 

blown down in 179Q. The present proprietor took down the old house, and 

began the present elegant Mansion in 1807- 
RUFF-HOLME, /. h. in the township of Newland, and parish of 

Drax ; 3 miles from Howden, 6 from Snaith. 
RUFFORTH, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 5\ miles from York, 9£ 

from Wetherby. — Pop. 295. The Church is a vicarage, value, +4/. 

13.?. id. p. r. t80/. Patron, Mrs Grace Thompson. 
RUSH-PARK, /. h. in the township and parish of Sherburn ; 7 miles 

from Tadcaster and Ferrybridge. 
RYE-CROFT, /. h. in the township and parish of Rawmarsh ; 3 miles 

from Rotherham. 
RYHILL, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Staincross, 

liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6| from Barnsley, 

9 from Pontefract. — Pop. 147. 

S 

SADDLETHORPE, (Ainsty; ham. in the township and parish of 

Moor-Monkton ; 7 miles from York, 1 1 from Boroughbridge. 
SADDLE WORTH, in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) Agbrigg-division of Agbriggand Morley, liberty of 
Pontefract; 2 miles from Dobeross, 9 from Rochdale, (Lane.) 12 
from Huddersfield and Manchester, (Lane.) The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p. r. fl08/. 
Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. 

This place gives name to a large valley, about seven miles long, and five 
broad, in the broadest part, situated in an angle of the county, between Lan- 
cashire and the north-eastern projection of Cheshire. It is a wild bleak region, 
of which a part only is under cultivation ; but industry has accumulated in it % 
large number of inhabitants, who gain a comfortable subsistence by the manu- 
facture of woollen cloth, for which the place is peculiarly famous ; indeed, many 
of the superfine broads made here, vie with those of the west of England. The. 
cutting of several turnpike roads within the last fifty years, through this vale, 
and the Huddersfield canal, which passes through the heart of Saddleworth, 
have tended very materially towards reclaiming large tracts of land for the pur- 
pose of cultivation, and giving facility to trade. This place is divided into four 
hamlets or quarters, called Meres, viz. Quick-mere, Lord's-mere, Shaw-mere, 
and Friar-mere. The latter was once an estate belonging to the Black Friars, 
who had a house or grange near Delph. Saddleworth, though in this county, is 
in the parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) on account of Hugo de Stapleton, Lord of 
the Manor of Saddleworth, having applied to Hugh, Earl of Chester, for leave 
to erect a Chapel for the use of his tenants ; to his permission, the Earl made 
it a condition that the Chapel should be annexed to the Abbey of Whalley. 
On the dissolution of Monasteries, this was annexed to Rochdale. 

The Roman road from Mancunium, passed through a part of this vale ; and 
at Castleshaw is the remains of an ancient fortification, supposed, by Mr Whit- 
aker, to have been a fortress of the Primeval Briton9, which he thinks is pretty 
plainly eviuced by the few relics which have been accidentally discovered at it. 

In this neighbourhood are the much frequented and celebrated Rocks of 
Greenfield, as well as several Druidical remains, a Rocking-stone, &c. of which, 
would our limits allow it, a particular description should be given. Mr Bot- 
tom] ey has written a poem descriptive of the romantic and almost uninhabited 
part of this country. 



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SAIL-HILL, /. h. in tbe township of Carnblesforth, and parish of 

Drax ; 4 miles from Selbv and Snaitb. 
SAINT ANN'S CUAPEL-IX-THE-GROVE, see Chcipe!-le-Grove. 
SAINT HELEN'S WELL, /. h. in the township of Carlton, and 
parish of Royston ; 2 miles from Barnsley. 

Helen's Ford, or St. Helen's Ford, a Ford over the river Wharf, on the 
great Roman road near to Tadcaster. Jt take its name from a Chapel dedicated 
to St. Helen, the mother ot Constantine the great ; which stood, in Leland's 
time, on the east hanks of the river. Heve is still St. Helen's Well. — Drake. 
SAINT-IVES, (the seat. of Edward Ferrand, Esq.) in tbe township 
and parish of Bingley, upper-division of Skyrack ; 1 mile from 
Bingley, 2 from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. 

" Jn point ot extensive view, richness of scenery, and wild rockey distan- 
ces, " says Dr. Whitaker, " every situation in Airdale, northward, must yield 
the palm to St. Ives. " 
SAINT JOHN'S, a parish-town, in the township of Throapham, 
upper-division of Straftorth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 6 
miles from Tickhill, 8 from Rotherham, 50 from York. — Pop. 
included in Throapham. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual 
curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 33/. 85. 6d. 
Patron, the Lord Chancellor. 
SAINT JOHN'S, IN-THE- WILDERNESS, in the parish of Hali- 
fax. — See Marshaw Bridge, 
SALLAY-ABBEY, or SAWLEY, (extraparochial) west-division 
and liberty of StainclifFe : 3 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 1 2 from 
Colne, {ditto) \5\ from Skipton. — Pop. including* Tosside, 56 J, 
which being united, form a township. 

Here was an Abbey of the Cistercian Order, founded by William de Percy, 
in 1147, at wbich time, Abbot Benedict, with twelve Monks and ten Conversi, 
removed to Sallay from Fountains. It was valued at the dissolution, at 14&. 
per ann. Tbe site, with all its appendages, was granted by King Henry VIII. 
to Sir Arthur Darcy, to be held in capite, by Knight's service. Great part of 
the nave and transept are standing: the choir aud chapter-house are yet trace- 
able by their foundations : the gateway is converted into a cottage : in the walls 
of the adjoining houses, are several well-cut shields, exhibiting the arms of 
Percy, Lacy, Tempest, Hammerton, &c. The Manor and Demesnes belong at 
present to the Right Hon. Lord Grantham. — Grose. 
SALTERFORTH, in the parish of Barnoldswick, east-division and 
liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 10 from Skipton 
and Burnley, (Lane.)— Pop. 6S6. 
SALTERHEBBLE, ham. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of 

Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; II mile from Halifax. 
SALTERSBROOK, p. h. m the township of Thurlstone, and parish 

of Penistone; 7| miles from Penistone, 14 from Barnsley. 
SALTONSTALL, NETHER, and OVER, 2 A. in the township of 
Warley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; I miles 
from Halifax. 

Here was born in 1572, Dr. Edmund Deane, brother to the Bishop of 
Ossory, author of " Spadacrene Anglica, or the English Spaw-Fountain," being 
a brief treatise on the Mineral Waters in the Forest of Knaresbrough ; also, 
M Admiranda Chymica." Some of these tracts, Wood says, were written by Samuel 
Norton. Dr. Deane wai of Morton-College, Oxford, and died about the begin- 
ning of the civil wars, having practised in York, a3 a physician, till that period. 
— Watson's Halifax, 



394 West-riding, 

£4NDAL-MAGNA, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg 
and Mdrley, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Wakefield, 8 
from Barnsley, 9 from Pontefract, 30 from York.— Pop. 888. 
The Church is a viparage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of 
Pontefract, value, $13/, 7s. 8d. p. r. 122/. 17 s. 2d. Patron, 
the King. 

The Castle here, was built by John, Earl of Warren, about the year 
J320, In the reign of Edward III, Edward Baiiol resided here, while an army 
was raising to establish him on the throne of Scotland. This Castle afters 
wards became the property of Richard Piantagenet, Duke of York, who was 
plain in a great battle, fought near this place, in the year 146Q. The last siege 
it sustained was in the civil wars of Charles I. ; Col, Bonivant held it for the 
King, and surrendered to the arnjs of Parliament, in the month of October, 
1 645. In the following year it was dismantled, by the order of Parliament. 

Thomas Zouch, D. D. a man of considerable erudition, was horn here in 
J 737. A collection of his works, with a memoir by the Rev. Thomas Wranghara, 
was published in 1820. 

Here is a Free-School for eight Boys, founded by the late Rev. Doctor 
Zoucbj who endowed it with 10/. per annum, and a House and Garden. 
RANDAL, KIRK, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth 
and Tipkhill; (the seat of George Martin, Esq.) 4| miles from 
Bonpaster, 6| from Thorne, 37 from York.-^Pop. 192. The 
Churph is a rectory, dedicate4 to St. Oswald, in the deanry of 
Poncaster, value, %$L 0a. 3 id Patron, the King. 

Here was anciently a seat of the family of Rokeby ; of which John was 

rector of this parish; he was afterwards Archbishop of Dublin, where dyiog, he 

ordered his bowels tq be buried at Dublin, his heart at Halifax, and his body 

at this place ; and over each of his remains, a Chapel to be built, which wai 

accordingly done. In the chancel of the Church, is a marble monument to the 

Archbishop ; and another to Sir Thomas Rokeby, Knight, who died Nov. 1689. 

In 1626, the Rev. Robert Wood, rector of Kirk-Saudal, by his Will, devised 

all his freehold estate at Kirk-Sandal, Fishlake, and Barnby-uponrDon, in trust 

for ever, to the use of a Schoolmaster, who shall teach a Grammar -School iq 

Kirfc-S^ndal. 

pANDAL-PARVA, or LONG.SANDAL, in the township of 

Wheatley-with-Sandal, an4 parishes of Kirk-Sandal and Doncas-? 

ter, loweMivision of Strafforth and Tickhill, soke of Dqncaster \ 

3 miles from Doncaster, S | from Thorne. 

PANDAL-THREE- HOUSHJSI. in the township and parish of Sandal* 

Magna, Agbrigg-cji vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 

WakefielcJ ; 2| miles from Wakefield, 7| from Barnsley. 

William Nevison, the renowned Highwayman, was apprehended in the ale- 
house here, by Capt. Hardcastle, in the year 1684. 
SANDBECK, s. h. in the township of Wetberljy, and parish of 

Spoiforth ; 1 mile from Wetherby. 
SSANDBECK, (the seat of the Earl of Scarborough) in the township. 
and parish of Maltby, upper-division of Strajfortb and Tickhill, 
liberty of Tickhill; 2| miles from Tickhill, 6 from Bawtry, IQ 
from Rotherbam. 

This elegant Mansion, which was built by Richard, the fourth Earl of Scar-. 
borough, is a magnificent and commodious residence. The south front is in, 
the pure 6tyle of Grecian architecture } and the interior, corresponds with th,e 
exterior in elegance. Amongst a fine collection of pictures in, this house, a de- 
scription of which may be seen in Young's Northern Tour, is one, in the draw- 
ing-roonr, by Wilson,, of " that true, incprriiptibje, and never to be forgotten 



WEST-RIDING. 393 

|>atriot, Sir George Savile, in a sitting posture, with a map of the river Caider 
before him." — Hist. Doneaster. 

This ancient family of the Luroleys, says Camden and Dngdale, is descended 
from Liulph, a person of great nobility in the time of Edward the Confessor, who 
married Algitha, daughter to Aldred, Earl of Northumberland; and that they 
took the name from their lordship of Lumley, on the banks of the river Wear, 
near Chestcr-le-Street. 

The first Earl of Scarborough, was Richard, Viscount Lumley, created an 
English Peer, by the title of Baron Lumley, 1681. He had a principal com- 
mand of the troops that gained the victory at Sedgemoor, over the Duke of 
Monmouth; but concurring in the revolution, was, in 1689, created Viscount 
Lumley, and in 1650, Earl of Scarborough; he died in 1721. The present is 
the sixth Earl. — Biog. Peerage. 

SAND-GATE, ham. in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish 
of Sheffield, liberty of Hallamshire ; 3 miles from Sheffield. 

SAND-HALL. /. h. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of 
Kellington; 4 miles from Snaith. 

SANTJNLEY, /. k. in the township of Wintersett, and parish of 
Wragby, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Wakefield. 

SAVILLE-HOUSE, s. h. in the township and parish of Penistone ; 
4 miles from Penistone. 

SAYVLEY. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of 
Claro ; (Saivley-Hall, the seat of Airs Norton) 6 miles from Ripon 
and Pateleybridge. — Pop. 490. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
in the deanry of Ripon, value, p. r. fill. Patrons, the Dean 
and Chapter of Ripon. 

In the time of Henry If I. this estate was the property of Thomas de Sawley, 
whose heiress married Robert de Brereton : it afterwards passed into the ancient 
and honourable family of Norton. 

SAW-WOOD, ham. m the township of Stainland, and parish of 
Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Huddersfield. 

SAXTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Tadcaster, 9 from Ferrybridge, 1 1 
from Pontefract, 14 from York. — Pop. including Scarthingwell, 
378, which being united, form a township. The Church is a per- 
petual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, 
value, p. r. f72/. 10s. Patron, Richard O. Gascoigne, Esq. 

In the church-yard of this village were interred, the bodies of many of 
those unfortunate people, slain in the memorable battle of Towton, March 29, 
1461 ; the Earl of Northumberland, it is said, reached York to die. Leland 
says, Westmorland was interred in the Church of Saxton, where, however, he 
has no distinguishable memorials. Clifford, according to the tradition of his 
family, was tumbled into a pit with a promiscuous heap of dead bodies. Lord 
Dacre, it appears, had a more honourable burial, as Leland says, he lay in a 
(< meane tumb." This tomb is on the north side of the church-yard, now much 
broken and defaced, and the inscription illegible. When Glover made his visi- 
tation in 1585, 124 years after the battle, he was told that " Lord Dacres was 
slayne by a boy at Towton Field, which boy shot him out of abnrtree, when he 
hadunclapsed his helmet to drink a cup of wyne,in revenge of his father, whom 
the said Lord had eiayne before, which tree hath beene remarkable ever since 
by the inhabitants, and decayed within this few years. The place where he 
was slayne is called the North Awes, whereupon they have this rhyme :— 

The Lord of Dacres 

Was slayne in the North Acres. w 

On a part of the field, most remote from Saxton, Richard III. began a Chapel, 
in order to pray for the slain, but the completion was prevented by his death. 



396 WEST-RIDING, 

At a very small distance from the field of battle, and on the bank of the Cock; 
stands the antique and diminutive Chapel of Leod or Lede. This was one of the 
seats of the ancient family DeTyas, styling themselves in Latin, Teutonici, five 
of whose tombs still remain in the Chapel, engravings of which are given in 
Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. — Drake. 
SCALES, /. h. in the township of Askwith, and parish of Weston ; 

5 miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresbrough. 

SCALES, s. h. in the township o e West- Hal ton, and parish of Long- 
Pi -eston, liberty of StainclifFe ; 6 1 miles from Settle. 

SCAMMONDEN, or DEAN-HEAD, in the parish of Huddersfield, 
Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 

6 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Halifax. — Pop. 855. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy under Huddersfield. 

SCARCROFT, in the parish of Thorner, lower-division of Sky rack, 
liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Wetherby, 8| from Leeds. — ■ 
Pop. 105. 

SCAR-HILL, (the seat of William Pollard, Esq.) in tbe township 
and parish of Bradford ; 1 mile from Bradford. 

SCARO, 2 or 3 cotts. in the township and parish of Ripley ; \ a 
mile from Ripley, 6| from Ripon. 

SCARTHINGWELL, (the seat of the Hon. Lord Hawke) in the 
township and parish of Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from Ferrybridge, 
10 from Pontefract. — Pop. included in Saxton. 

SCAUSB Y-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Brods worth ; 
3 miles from Doncaster, 12 from Bamsley. 

Scausby Lees are noted for being the place, according to the records of the 
corporation of Doncaster, where the famous Aske was encamped with 40,000 
men, duringhis rebellion in the reign of Henry VUl.—Hist. Doncaster. 

SCHOLES. ham. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Leeds, 9 from Wetherby. 

SCHOLES, in the township of Cleck-Heaton, and parish of Birstall, 
Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 
5 miles from Halifax, 1 1 from Leeds and Wakefield. 

SCHOLES, ham. in the township of Stainland, and parish of Hali- 
fax; 4 1 miles from Halifax, 5^ from Bradford. 

SCHOLES, in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rother- 
ham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhiil, liberty of Tickhili; 
3| miles from Rotherham, 9 § from Barnsley. 

SCHOLES, ham. in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirk- 
burton, liberty of Wakeiield ; 6 miles from Huddersfield. 
SCHOLE'S PLAIN, s.h. in the township and parish of Barwick- 
in-Elmet: 5 miles from Leeds. 
SCHOLE'S MOOR, ham. in the township of Horton, and parish of 

Bradford ; 2 miles from Bradford, 6 from Halifax. 
SCHOLE-HILL, 2 or 3 cotts. in the township and parish of Peni- 

stone ; \ a mile from Penistone. 
SCOSTHROP, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division 
of Stainclitfe, liberty of Clifford V Fee ; 6 miles from Settle, 83 
from Skipton, 1 1 \ from Kettlewell.— Pop.. 102, 



WEST-RIDING. 397 

SCOTLAND, ham, in the township of Horsforth, and parish of 
Guiseley ; 4 miles from Otley, 6 from Leeds. 

SCOTTON, in the parish of Farnham, lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough; 2 miles from Knaresbrough, 3 from 
Ripley, 1 from Ripon.— Pop. 297. 

This was anciently the residence of the Percies and Pulleyn9, whose Man- 
sions, still remaining, are convened into farm-houses. Percys' is now the 
property of the Rev. William Roundell, and retains many marks of antiquity. 
The house where the Pulleyns resided, is now the property of Sir Thomas 
Turner Slingsby, Bart, it is a very large building, but hath undergone so 
thorough a repair, that scarcely any marks of antiquity remain about it. — 
Hargrove. 

SCOUT-HALL, s. h. in the township of North owram, and parish 
of Halifax ; 2 miles from Halifax. 

SCRAITH, /. h. and Wood, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, 
and parish of Sheffield , 3 miles from Sheffield. 

SCRIVEN, in the parish of Knaresbrough, lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough ; (Scriven-Park, the seat of Sir Thomas 
Turner Slingsby, Bart.) 1 mile from Knaresbrough, 6 from Bo- 
roughbridge, 1 1 from Ripon. — Pop. including Tentergate, 1 ,373, 
which being united, form a township. 

This was anciently a seat of a family of that name, who were Foresters of 
the forest and parks of Knaresbrough, from the conquest, to the reign of King 
Edward III. when William de Slingsby married the heiress ; from which time, 
it hath continued in the possession of that ancient and honourable family. — 
Sir Thomas Slingsby, Bart, being the present owner. — Hargrove. 

SCURF-HALL, s. h. in the township of Newland, and parish of 
Drax *, 5 miles from Snaith, 8 from Selby. 

SEACROFT, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division of Skyrack, 
liberty of Pontefract; 4* miles from Leeds, 10 from Wetherby, 
1 1 from Tadcaster.— Pop. 886. 

A famous battle was fought near this place, 'in the year 655 , betwixt Penda, 
King of the Mercians, andOswy, King of Northumberland : the Mercians, though 
far superior in number, were defeated, and a great part of their army cut in 
pieces, amongst which was Penda, and near thirty of his principal officers. In 
the year 1643, here happened an engagement between a detachment of the par- 
liament's army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax, and a large body of the 
king's horse, commanded by Lord Goring, in which the latter gained a complete 
victory. — Hargrove. 

SEDBERGH, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Ew- 
cross; 5 miles from Dent, 11 from Kendal and Kirby-Lonsdale, 
(Westm.) 13 from Kirby-Stephen, {ditto) 141 from Hawes, 22 
from Askrigg, 25 from Lancaster, (Lane.) 77 from York, 265 
from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, March 20 ; October 
29, for horned cattle, &c. — Principal Inns, King's Arms, and 
Old Black Bull.— Pop. 2,022. The Church is a vicarage, dedica- 
ted to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, diocese of 
Chester, value, £12/. Ss. Patron, Trinity-College, Cambridge. 
Sedbergh is pleasantly situated in a secluded vale, among rugged moun- 
tains, at the N. W. extremity of the county, upon the small river Rother. The 
township of Sedbergh is divided into four parts, called hamlets, via. Frostow and 
Soolbank, Marthicaite, Cautley and Doughbicgin y and Howgill and Bland. 

The town of Sedbergh doe? not contain any thing of particular interest, 
except the Grammar-School, founded by Edward III. of which the Masters and 



398 WfcSt-RIDING. 

Fellows o£ St. Jolm'g College, Cambridge, are Patrons, Value, aboat 600/. per" 
annum ; the present Master is the Rev. Henry Wilkinson. There are three? 
Fellowships and eight Scholarships, at St. John's- College, Cambridge, for stu- 
dents from this School. This is also one of the Schools which is entitled to send 
a candidate for Lady Elizabeth Hastings' Exhibitions. Among the many eminent 
men educated at this School, was Robert William, a physician of very consider- 
able eminence, and born at The Hill, near the town, in 1757. He was educated 
in the principles of the Quakers, and received his scholastic tuition in the Gram- 
mar-School, of the place of his nativity, under the care of the Rev. Dr. Bate- 
man, and the celebrated Mr Dawson. By his death in 1812, the profession was 
deprived of one of its brightest ornaments ! the sick of a humane and discerning 
physician ; and the world of an estimable and upright man. 

The humane Dr. Anthony Fothergill, was born at Sedbergh, in 1732—3; 
and his medical studies were diligently pursued, first at Edinburgh, afterwards 
at Ley den, and finally at the Sarbonne at Paris. He obtained the degree of M. D. 
at Edinburgh, in 1763, on his Thesis, " De Febre intermittente," and soon after 
he commenced practice at Northampton. In 1778, he was elected F. R. S. and in 
1781, he removed to London ; and in 1784, to Bath. In 1803, having acquired 
a fortune sufficient to enable him to relinquish the duties of his profession, he 
sailed for Philadelphia, where he resided till the political disputes between Great 
Britain and America assumed a warlike appearance, in 1812, when he returned 
to London. He died May 11, 1813.— See Nichols' vol. IX. p. 211, wherein is a 
detailed account of the various works he published, and of the humane acts he 
performed. 

SEGSWORTH, 2 or 3 A. in the township of Fountain's-Eartb, and 
parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 2| miles from Pateley bridge. 

SELBY, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash, apart jn the liberty of St. Peter; 8 miles from Snaith, 10 
from Howden, 11 from Ferrybridge, 12 \ from Tadcaster, 14 from 
Pontefract, 15 from York, 18 from Market- Weighton, 20 front 
Leeds, 183 from London. — Market, Monday. — Fairs, Easter- 
Tuesday; the Monday after Boroughbridge Barnabas- Fair, and 
old Michaelmas-day, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c. — the 
horse show commences September 20, and ends on the 26th ; Line- 
Fairs are on every Thursday six weeks, from Michaelmas to Saint 
Peter's day, old style.— Bankers, Messrs. Scholfield, Clarkson, and 
Go. draw on Messrs. Spooner, and Co. 27, G racechurch-Street. — 
Principal Inns, George, and King's Head.— Pop. 4,097. The 
Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary and St. 
Germain, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p. r. 1 101/. Patron, 
the Archbishop of York. 

This place is situated on the west bank of the Ouse, over which is a fine 
Draw Bridge, which facilitates the communication with the East Riding. This 
Bridge, though near seventy tons weight, can be opened and shut in the short 
space of one minute. Selby, is in all probability, the ancient Salebeia, a name 
which denotes a Roman origin. History, however, has not marked the era of 
its foundation, nor preserved any authentic documents of its state in the times 
preceding the Norman conquest; but as it appears to have been a place of some 
note at that period, it was probably built by the Saxons, on a Roman foundation. 
The ancient and famous Abbey, which was once the chief ornament and glory 
of Selby, was founded by William the Conqueror, in 1069, for Benedictines, and 
dedicated to St. Mary, and St. Germains. In the following year, that Monarch 
coming to Selby, to settle the endowment, his Queen, by whom he Was accom- 
panied, was here delivered of a son, who was afterwards King of England, by 
the name of Henry I. And it was probably on that account, that the Abbey of 
Selby was favoured by the succeeding Kings, his descendants, with great pri- 
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and of St. Mary's at York, were the only two mitred Abbots, north of the Trent. 
This Monastery flourished in groat splendour till the time of the dissolution, 
when its revenues amounted to 729/. 12s. lO^d. according to Da g dale ; or 81 i)/, 
2s. 6d. Speed. It was surrendered by Robert de Selby, the last Abbot, 30th of 
Henry VIII, in 1539, and was granted about two years afterwards to Sir Ralph 
Sadler, in consideration of 736/. paid down, and a rent of 31. 10*. Sd. per ann. 

The remains of the Abbey-church shew it to have been a mo6t noble Gothic 
building, erected at different times, and in different styles of architecture. The 
nave appears to be the most ancient part : the choir is a newer erection. In 
1690, the steeple fell down, and did great injury to the south end of the transept, 
and the roof of the western part of the south aisle. At what time the present 
steeple was erected, it is difficult to ascertain, but it appears to have been in the 
early part of the last century. From the appearance of the west-end of the 
church, which, with the porch, is deserving of particular notice, Mr Burton 
seems to think, that "it was intended to have three towers, a large one in the 
middle of the church, and two smaller ones at the west end." 

The conventual church of Selby, was made parochial by letters patent, 
dated 20th March, 1618, the 16th James T. and a minister was thereunto nOmi' 
nated and appointed by the Archbishop of York. 

Selby is a tolerably well-built town, where there is a manufactory for Sail-- 
cloth, an Iron-foundery, and a good Ship-yard, where are built a great number 
of vessels from 50 to 800 tons burthen. The trade of Selby has considerably 
increased of late years, by means of a canal from the Ouse to the Aire and Calder. 
A navigation is opened between Leeds and Selby, by which this place become 
the loading and unloading port of the West-Riding, and to which it may be said 
to be the key from the German Ocean. A Branch Custom-house has been lately 
established here, by the lords of the Treasury, from which vessels can clear out 
direct to any part of the kingdom : upwards of 800 vessels with cargoes, clear 
coastwise from hence every year ; and the Steam Packets that ply between Hull 
and Selby occasion an influx of company hitherto unprecedented in this placev 

Here is an Hospital for 6 or 7 poor Widows, and a School with residence for 
the Master, who teaches the poor children, both founded by Mr Leonard Chamber- 
lain, time unknown ; Rent charges for their support about 21/. 12s. per ann. 

Here was born Thomas Johnson, a botanist, who published the first local 

catalogue of Plants in England. In the rebellion he took np arms for the King : 

and when at Oxford, was created Doctor of Physic. In the army he held the 

ranU of Colonel and was killed in a Skirmish in 1644. 

SELSIDE, ham. in the township and parish of Horton ; 9 miles from 

Settle, 13 from Kirby- Lonsdale, (Westm.') 
SETTLE, a market-town, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-divi- 
sion aud liberty of Staincliffe ; 10 miles from Ingleton, ][ from 
Gisburn, 15 from Kettlewell, 16 from Skipton, 17 from Kirby- 
Lonsdale, (Westm.) 21 from Dent, 22 from Hawes, 26 from 
Askrigg, 57 from York, 235 from London. — Market, Tuesday. — 
Fairs, Tuesday before Palm-Sunday, Thursday before Good-Friday r 
and every other Friday till Whitsuntide, for cattle ; April 26, for 
sheep, lambs, and horses; Whit-Tuesday, for pedlary; August 
19, for cattle and leather, 20 for sheep and lambs, 21, for pedlary ; 
Tuesday after October 27 ; and every other Monday throughout 
the year, for fat cattle. — Bankers, Messrs. Birbecks, Alcock, and 
Co. draw on Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co, 50, Cornhill, 
— -Principal Inn, Golden Lion — Pop. 1,508. 

Settle, the capital of Ribblesdale, is an irregular built town, but very pic- 
turesque, has a large and spacious market-place, and some good houses in it r 
incongruously mixed with others of a very inferior complexion. — Under the croas 
is the Gaol, entered by a trap-door down a flight of steps, and only lighted by a- 
small grate above the door. The situation of Settle is on the east-bank of the 
Rii>ble, and under that well known conical roek, called Castleberg, backed by 

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a cluster of rugged crags, and anciently crowned with a fortification. The sum* 
mit of Castleberg once formed the gnomen of a rude but magnificent Sun-Dial, 
the shadow of which passing over some grey stones upon its side, marked the 
progress of time to the inhabitants of the town beneath ; an instrument more 
ancient than the dial of Ahaz. But the hour marks have long been removed^ 
and few remember the history of their old benefactor, whose shadow now takes 
its daily tour unobserved. — Whitaker. — Northern Star. 

At Settle is a National-School, on the plan of Dr. Bell, which is supported 
by subscription. 

Settle forms part of the Percy-Fee, and is included in a charter of free war- 
ren, obtained by Henry Percy, in the 4th Edward II. along with " Gygleswyke 
and Routhonel. >} 

" On the Fells east of Settle, and near Wardale-Knots, are two Rocking 
Stones, the larger of which is of an altar shape, about th6 height of a table, and 
of immense weight, yet moveable with one finger ; and when in motion, making 
a noise like distant thunder. " — Whitakeb. 

In this town was born, Thomas Proctor, whose merit as a sculptor, justly 
places him among the first of the british artists. His works, though few, 
are uncommonly fine. Whoever has his model of Ixion, is in possession of 
a treasure, which ought to be guarded with the greatest vigilance^ it being, 
without dispute, one of the first productions of the british school ; and 
would have done honour to the best times of Greece or Rome. He was an 
exemplary and mighty genius, and his merits have been celebrated by Mr 
West, in one of his discourses. His fine group of Diomedes devoured by his 
Horses, would have become a point of national taste ; but, alas ! he dashed it to 
pieces in a fit of despair, because he could not procure fifty pounds for that 
sublime labour. He died, like Raphael, in the meridian of his days, and full of 
honour. — He sunk,, unaccountably, under the public neglect, when a small 
sum would have preserved a valuable life. — Dayes' Tour. 
SETTLEBECK, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh ; \ of 

a mile from Sedbergh. 
SHACKLETON, ham. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish 

of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax. 
SKA DWELL, in the parish of Thorner, lower-division of Skyrack, 
liberty of Pontefraet; 5\ miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. — 
Pop. 197. 
SHAFTHOLME, ham. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, 
and parish of Arksey, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, 
liberty of Tickhill ; 5 miles from Doneaster, 8 from Thome. 
SHAFTON, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Staincros® 9 
liberty of Pontefraet ; 5 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Wakefield, 
9 from Pontefraet.— Pop. 235. 
SHARLSTONE, in the parish of Warmfield, Agbrigg-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pdntefract ; (the seat of Richard 
Atkins, Esq.) \\ miles from Wakefield, 5\ from Pontefraet. — 
Pop. 330. 
SHARO W, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of 
Claro ; (Sharow Lodge, the seat of Mrs. Cayley,) 1 mile from 
Ripon, 6 from Borougbbridge. — Pop. 103. 
SHARROWHEAD, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and 
parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, 1| 
mile from Sheffield. 
SHAW CROSS, 2 or 3 h, in the township of Soothill, and parish of 
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SHAW HALL, ham, in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) 9 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

SHAW MILL, in the township of Bishop-Thornton, lower division 
of Claro; 7 miles from Ripon and Knaresbrough. 

This is a new village on the banks of a small beck, called, Shaw Beck, and 
the principal place within the township. Here the Bishop of York calls his 
coHrts for Thornton. 

SHEEP HOUSE,/, h. in the township ofLangsett, and parish of 
Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone. 

SHEEP WASH, /. h. in the township of Rathmell, and parish of 
Giggles wick ; 3 miles from Settle. 

SHEFFIELD, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of 

, Straflbrth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 6 miles Rotherham, 
12 from Chesterfield, (Derbys.) 13| from Penistone, 14 from 
Barnsley, 16 from Bakeweil, 18 from Doncaster and Worksop, 
(Notts.) 20 from Bawtry, 24 from Mansfield, (Notts.) 24 from 
Buxton, (Derbys.) by Middleton, and 28 by Bakeweil, 55 from 
York, 162 from London. — Markets, Tuesday and Saturday.— - 
Fairs, Tuesday in Trinity-Week, and November 28, for horses, 
horned cattle, &c. — Bankers, Messrs. Parker, Shaws, and Blake- 
lock, draw on Messrs. Morland and Co. 50, Pali-Mall ; Sheffield 
and Rotherham Bank, Messrs. Walkers, Eyre, and Stanley, draw 
on Messrs. Everett, and Co. 9, Mansion-House Street; Messrs. 
Rimington, and Youngs, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, 
and Co. 2, White-Hart Court, Lombard -Street. — Principal Inns, 
Tontine, Angel, Commercial, and King's-Head Hotel. — Pop. 
42,157. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, or the 
Holy-Trnity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12/. 155. 2\d. 
Patron, the Rev. Thomas Sutton. Here are also three Churches, 
viz. St. Paul's Church built in 1740, in Norfolk Street; St. James 1 
Church, erected in 1 788, in the VicarVCroft, to both these Church- 
es the Vicar of Sheffield is Patron. Here is also a Chapel at 
the Duke of Norfolk's Hospital, opened in 1 777, in which service 
is celebrated daily : the Rev. Wm. Downs is curate and governor, 
and the Rev. Thomas Robinson, officiating curate. 

Sheffield, from Sheaf-field, the most populous town in the connty, except 
Leeds, is situated upon an eminence at the confluence of the rivers <S/teo/"and 
Don, over each of which is a stone bridge. The parish of Sheffield U above ten. 
miles in length, and its average breadth about three miles. In works of anti- 
quity, the town of Sheffield is not rich, but principally known as a commercial 
town. " It was once the seat and favourite residence of a race of ancient nobility, 
by whose history it becomes connected with the general history of this kingdom, — • 
men who were called to the councils of Princes, or displayed their prowess in, 
the tented field, while they exercised an almost unlimited authority among a 
tenantry, whose habitations surrounded their Castle walls. The traces of those 
times are now few, and fast obliterating. Buildings for commercial pur- 
pose, occupy the site of the baronial Hall ; the Park and Chases are inclosod ; 
and the summer Mansion is become a mouldering ruin.'' 

The Castle stood at the north-east part of the town, which, with the Lordship of 
Sheffield was granted to Thomas, Lord Furnival, 39 Edward III. whose ancestor, 
Thomas de Furnival, in the reign of Henry III. obtained a charter from the 
King, for the erection of a Castle at Sheffield. The Manor, &c. had previously 
been in the hands of the Lovetots, the first of whom, there ie reason to think, 



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imilt the original Castle. From the Furnivals> the Manor and Castle paused to 
the Nevils, afterwards to the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury, and lastly, to the 
illustrious family of the Howards. It was, during the time of George, the 6th 
Earl of Shrewsbury, who resided here, that this Castle was made the prison of 
the beautiful Mary, Queen of Scots. In this place, Cardinal Wblsey, on his way 
16 London, is said to havedrankthe fatal draught, which soon afterwards terminated 
his existence. This Castle was demolished in the civil ware, and scarcely any 
vestiges of it now remains, except that the names of Castle-Hill, Castle-Ditch, 
Sec. are still retained by several places in the vicinity. 

The town of Sheffield was incorporated, so far as regards the manufactory 
in 1624, and is styled " the company of Cutlers of Hallamshire." It is govern- 
ed by a master, two wardens, six searchers, and twenty-four assistants, and the 
rest commonalty. By this act of incorporation, it is enacted, that it shall be 
lawful for the master, &c. to make laws for the good order, rule, and govern- 
ment of all the members of the said company, &c. and to levy reasonable penalties 
on those who neglect to observe them. This corporation consists of about 600 
members, who have a Hall for the transaction of their business, called Cutler's- 
Hall, built in 1638, and in 1726 was re-built in its present form. Sheffield has 
long been celebrated for its cutlery ware; Dr. Gibson, who published his edition 
of Camden in 1695, says, that Sheffield had been for 300 years, the staple for 
knives. The cutlery trade in the town and neighbourhood, was afterwards pro- 
secuted in the various articles of sheath-knive6, scissars, sickles, scythes, &c. 
and in 1758, the silver-plate manufacture was begun by Mr Joseph Hancock, on 
a very extensive scale, comprehending an almost innumerable variety of articles. 
The importance of Mr Hancock's discovery soon began to be fully nnderstood : 
various companies were formed ; workmen were easily procured from among the 
ingenious mechanics of Sheffield ; while the streams in the neighbourhood fur- 
nished opportunities for erecting mills for the rolling out the metals. Birming- 
ham early obtained a share in this lucrative manufacture ; but the honour of the 
invention belongs to Sheffield, as it is supposed to stand unrivalled in the ex- 
tent to which the manufacture is carried, and the elegance and durability of its 
productions. The introduction of this new branch of trade, gave to Sheffield a 
share in the manufacture of silver-plate ; and for the encouragement of this ma- 
nufacture, an essay office was established, and opened in the town in 1731. In 
1751, the Don was made navigable to Tinsley, within three miles of the town 
which greatly facilitates the export of goods. Upon the Don, above the town, 
a great number of works are erected for forging, slitting, and preparing the iron and 
steel for the manufactures ; and for grinding knives, scissars, &c. The parish of 
Sheffield is rich in its mineral productions, and especially in iron, coal, and 
stone. This place, although large, cannot boast much of its public buildings, 
which are in general calculated more for utility than shew; we shall therefore 
briefly point out such as may claim the attention of strangers. 

The places for divine worship, according to the established Church, are 
four, viz. St. Peter, or the Holy Trinity, which is the parish-church ; it stands 
in the centre of the town, was built in the reign of Henry I. about 1100, it is a 
reatangular building, having neither porch nor chapel protruding beyond the but- 
tresses. A tower and spire is near the centre of the building. TheSiumerous 
changes and re-edifications have left nothing remaining of the original fabric, 
except the massy pillars that support the tower. On the south side of the altar 
is the Shrewsbury Chapel, founded by George, the fourth Earl, in the time of 
Henry VIII. in which are monuments of four Earls of Shrewsbury, the Talbots. 

In the year 1700, was interred here, William Walker, who, from strong cir- 
cumstances, there is reason to believe, was the executioner of Charles I. — Gents. 
Magax. vol. XXXFII. 

St, Paul's is an elegant modern structure, in the Grecian style; it was be- 
gun in 1720, but not consecrated till 1740, and finished till 1771, being erected 
through the benefaction of 1000/. from Mr Robert Downs, an opulent silversmith, 
together with the subscriptions of the gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. 
St. James' Church, situated in the Vicarage Croft, erected in 1788. And the 
Chapel at the Duke of Norfolk's Hospital, opened in 1777, which is calculated to 
contain a large congregation. Divine Service is daily celebrated in this Chapel, 
fcy a jainieter of the Church of England, and a sermon is preached every Sunday, 



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For Dissenter?, Sheffield, like other large towns, has places of worship for al- 
most every sect, there being not less than fifteen edifices used by them for that 
purpose. 

Here is an Hospital, situated near the bridge, called " the Hospital-*/ Gil- 
bert, Earl of Shrewsbury." It was founded and endowed by Will, dated in 
1616, by Henry, Earl of Norwich, great grandson of Gilbert, Earl of Shrews- 
bury. In 1770, Edward, Duke of Norfolk, gave to this Hospital 1000/. which 
sum was applied to the building of the present Cliapel. The Hospital consists 
ot two quadrangles, each containing eighteen dwellings, for the accommodation 
of eighteen men, and the same number of women, being aged and decayed house- 
keepers, each of whom U provided with a house and garden, and a pension of 5s. 
per week, with clothing and coals. 

On the north side of the town is an Hospital and School, erected by Thomas 
Hollis, a merchant of London, but a native of Sheffield, for sixteen poor cutlers/ 
widows, who have each a separate habitation, and an allowance of one guinea 
every three weeks; and the orator, who is also schoolmaster, fifteen guineas 
quarterly, having also a good house in the Hospital -yard. The children in the 
School of this establishment, amount to about forty, who are taught to read. 

About half a mile from the town, is that valuable institution, the Infirmary, 
bnilt by subscription ; the first stone of which, was laid in 1793. It is a hand- 
some stone building ; and is supported by voluntary subscriptions; and patients 
are admitted on the recommendation of subscribers. 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded in 1603—4, by Thomas Smith, 
of Crowland, (Line.) who left to it 30/. a year. In 1605, it became incorporated 
by letters patent, of 2nd James I. The present School was erected by subscrip- 
tion in 1648, in Townhead-street. It is open indefinitely for boys of Sheffield 
and the neighbourhood. The head master's salary is fixed at 60/. per annum. 
Here are also National Schools, on the plans of Bell and Lancaster, and several 
Sunday and Charily Schools, as well as many minor charitable institutions. 

The Town- Hall, is at the south-east corner of Trinity-church, and was 
erected in 1700. 

In Norfolk-street, in the south part of the town, is an elegant building, com- 
prising the Assembly-Room and Theatre, first erected in 1762 ; but since 
taken down, and constructed on a larger scale. 

Sheffield is the capital of a district, known by the name of Hallamshire. 
Here was born, the learned divine, Johu Balguy. — He was prebendary of 
Salisbury, and in 1729, he was presented to the vicarage of Northallerton. He 
wrote religions Tracts and Sermons, on several occasions, were published in 2 
vols.Svo. which are in much estimation. He died in 1748. 

John Roebuck, an eminent physician, and great benefactor to Scotland, was 
■a native of Sheffield, and born in 1718. Tn his prosecution of chemical experi- 
ments, he had been led to bestow great attention to the process of smelting iron 
stone. He died in 1794. 

SHEFFIELD, LITTLE, now incorporated with Sheffield. 

SHEFFIELD-MANOR, in the township and parish of Sheffield; 
\\ mile from Sheffield. 

This was formerly a seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury ; now in ruins, one 
large turret only remaining. 

SHELFE, in the parish of Halifax, morley -division of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3| miles from Halifax, 4| from 
Bradford.— Pop. 1,998. 

SHELLEY, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Hudders- 
field, 1\ from Penistone.— Pop. 1,329. 

SHEPLEY, NETHER, in the township of Shepley, and parish of 
Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Wakefield ; 6| miles from Penistone and Huddersfield. 

SHEPLEY, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Ag- 



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briggand Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; S miles from Penistone, 
1\ from Huddersfield.— Pop. 1000. 
SHERBURN, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Bark- 
ston-Ash, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 3| miles from Abber- 
ford, 6 from Ferrybridge, 7 from Tadcaster and Pontefract, 8 
from Selby, 12| from Leeds, 15 from York, 183 from London. — 
Market, Friday. — Fair, September 25, for horses^ line, &c. — 
Principal Inn, Red Bear. — Pop. 1,144. The Church, peculiar, is 
a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, 
value, 10/. 17s. Id. p. r. 130/. Patron, the Prebendary of Fenton. 
The nave of this church is purely eaxon, and the work of some one of the 
i first Archbishops, who became possessed of the place. — Whitakjsr. Near the 
south-east corner of the church yard, appears to have been a detached Chapel, 
among the rubbish of which, was dug up the head of a very rich and elegant 
cross. — Ibid. 

At this place formerly the Archbishops of York had a palace, and which 
once belonged to King Athelstan ; not a vestige remains, except such parts as 
may appear in the walls-of the church, which was built out of its ruins. 

Here is a Grammar-School and Hospital, founded in 1619, by Robert 
Hungate, Esq. who endowed them with 1201. per annum, for the clothing and 
maintenance of the boys, twenty-four, in the hospital ; and 12/. per annum, to 
the master, payable out of lands in this parish, of Robert Oliver Gascoigne, of 
Parlington, Esq. A subsequent endowment of 12/. per annum, was awarded to 
the master, on a late enclosure. There are eight boys upon the foundation, 
who are admitted at the will of Mr Gascoigne. There are four exhibitions of 
It. 10*. each, to St. John's College, Oxford ; and this is one of the schools enti- 
tled to send a candidate for Lady Eli2abeth Hastings' exhibitions.— Master's 
salary, 34/. and assistant, 13/. 13s. 4d, per annum. — Carlisle. 

On the loth of October, 1645, here happened a sharp skirmish between the 
King's and the Parliament's forces, in which Sir Richard Hutton, Sir Francis 
Carnaby, and several other officers on the king's side, were slain. — Hargrove. 
Sherburn and the neighbourhood are remarkable for a particular species of 
Plum, called the Winesour. 
SHERWOOD-HALL, (the residence of William Morritt, Esq.) in the 
township of Egbrough, and parish of Kellington, liberty of Ponte- 
fract ; 6 miles from Snaith, 7 from Pontefract. 
SHEEPSCAR, in the township and parish of Leeds, \ a mile from 
1 Leeds. 
SHIBDEN-HALJL, (the seat of James Lister, Esq.) in the township 

of Southowram, and parish of Halifax? %\ miles from Halifax. 
SHIPLEY, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-d i vision of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Mrs Wainman) 3 
miles from Bradford and Bingley. — Pop. 1,606. 
SHIRECLIFFE-HALL, (the seat of John Watson, Esq.) in the 
township of Brigbtside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield. 

The old Hall, of which no part now remains, a good modern house having 
been built on its site, was anciently the seat of the family of Mounteney, de- 
scended of Sir Robert de Mounteney, grandson of Maad de Lovetot, in the time 
of Henry III.— Hunter. 
SHIRE-GREEN, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper- 
division of Stratforth and Tickhill ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 4 from 
Rotherham, 1 1 from Barnsley. 
SHIRTCLIFFE-HALL, (the seat of William Bingley, Esq.J in the 
township and parish of Ecclesfield ; % miles from Sheffield. 



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SHITLINGTON, MIDDLE, in the parish of Thomhill, Agbrigg- 
di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberties of Pontefract and Wake- 
field ; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 4 from Wakefield. — Pop. 1 ,635. 

SHITLINGTON, NETHER, or NETHERTON, in the township 
of Middle-Shitlington, and parish of Thomhill, Agbrigg-di vision 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from 
Dewsbury and W r akefield. 

SHITLINGTON, OVER, in the township of Middle-Shitlington, 
and parish of Thomhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, 
liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Dewsbury, 4| from Wakefield. 

SHOOTER'S HILL, (the seat of J. C. Hilton, Esq.) in the town- 
ship and parish of Rossington ; 3£ miles from Bawtry ; 61 from 
Doncaster. 

SHORE, /. k. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax; 
13 miles from Halifax. 

SICKLINGHALL, in the parish of Kirkby-overblow, upper-division 
of Claro ; 3 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Harewood, 6 from 
Knaresbrough. — Pop. 257. 

SIGSWORTH, /. k. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 
Ecclesfield ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. 

SILCOATES, ham. in the township of Alverthorpe-with-Thoms, 
and parish of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wakefield. 

Here is a Grammar-School for the Yorkshire Dissenters- 

SILKSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Bamsley and Penistone, 1 0| from 
Wakefield, 39 from York. — Pop. 807. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 17/. 
13s. 4d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. 

SILSDEN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division and liberty of 
Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Keighley, 7 from Skipton, 12 from Colne, 
(Lane.) — Pop. 1,904. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedica- 
ted to St. James, in the deanry of Craven, value, p. r. f86/. 
Patron, the Earl of Thanet. 

SILSDEN-MOOR, ham. in the township of Silsden, and parish of 
Kildwick. liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Skipton. 

SKELBROOK, in the parish of South- Kirkby, wapentake of Os- 
goldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the residence of the Rev. Charles 
Cater) 7 miles from Ferrybridge, 7| from Pontefract, 8 from 
Doncaster, 12 from Bamsley. — Pop. 115. The Church is a per- 
petual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Doncas- 
ter, value, p. r. 60/. Patron, the Perrin family. 

SKELDA, /. h. in the township and parish of Marton, liberty of 
of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Skipton. 

SKELDEN, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 5 miles 
from Ripon, 6 from Pateleybridge, 8 from Masham. — Pop. 56. 

SKELDERSLOW, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale, (Lane.) 3 miles from Oldham, (ditto) 

SKELLANDS,/. h. in the township of Scostrop,and parish of Kirkby- 
Malhamdale ; 7 miles from Settle, 9 from Skipton. 



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SKELLOW, in the parish of Owston, wapentake of Osgoldcross> 
liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Doncaster, 1 from Pontefract. 
—Pop. 146. 

SKELLOW-GRANGE, ham. (the seat of Godfrey Higgins, Esq.) 
in the township of Skellow, and parish of Owston, liberty of Pon- 
tefract ; 6 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract. 

SKELM ANTHORPE, in the townships of Cumberworth, and Cum- 
berworth-half, and parishes of Higb-Hoyland and Emley , liberty of 
Pontefract ;. 8 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. 

SKELTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower d i vision of Claro ; 
2\ miles from Boroughbridge, 3| from Ripon. — Pop. 314. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ripon, value, 
p. r. f78/. 8s. 2d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. 

SKELTON, /. k. in the township and parish of Leeds; 1 mile 
from Leeds. 

SKERETH, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low- 
Bentham ; 1 mile from Ingleton. 

SKEWKIRK, (Ainsty) /. h. in the township of Tock with, and 
parish of Kirk- Ham merton ; 7 miles from Wetherby, 9 from York. 

SKIBEDEN, EAST, and WEST, 2 /. h. in the township and 
parish of Skipton, liberty of StainclifFe; 2| miles from Skipton. 

SKIERS-HALL, cotts. in the township of Went worth, and parish 
of Wath-upon-Dearn ; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. 

SKIP-BRIDGE, an Inn, in the township of Wilstrop, and parish of 
ofKirk-Hammerton; 8| miles from Boroughbridge and York. 

SKIPTON, a market and parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliflfe, 
liberty of Clifford's Fee, (Skipton- Castle, the seat of the Earl of Tha- 
net,) 10 miles from Keighley, 1 1 from Guisburn, 12| from Colne, 
(Lane.) 13 from Hopper-Lane Inn, 15 from Otley and Pateleybridge, 
16 from Settle and Kettle well, 19 from Clitheroe, (Lane) *41 from 
"York, 220 from London — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, first Satur- 
day after the old twelfth day, called Black Saturday, March 13 y 
Saturday before Palm Sunday, Tuesday in Easter- Week, and 
every other Tuesday until Whitsuntide, for lean cattle ; Saturday 
before Wbitsun-eve, Saturday before Trinity-Sunday, Old Saint 
James' Day, and Martinmas Day, viz. November 21, and 23, 
and every other Tuesday, throughout the year, for fat cattle, &c. 
—Bankers, Messrs. Chippendale, Netherwood, and Carr, draw on 
Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 2, White Hart Court, Lom- 
bard-Street. — Principal Inns, Black Horse, Hotel, and Devonshire* 
Hotel. — Pop. 3,41 J. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to the 
Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Craven, value, $10/. 12*. 6d. 
Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Christ-Church, Oxford. 

Skipton, a respectable built town, consisting chiefly of one 9treet, is the capi- 
tal and mart of Craven, which, by having the benefit of the Leeds and Liverpool 
Canal passing close to the town, the greatest facility is afforded to its trade. 

At the north-end of the town is the Castle, the erection of which elevated 
this place at once from a poor dependant village to a respectable town ; for in 
times of turbulence and disorder, the inhabitants of the adjoining country would 
naturally crowd for protection under its walls.— And although Skipton never 



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had a municipal government, except that of a Reve, and was never represented 
in Parliament, the town is generally styled in Charters, a Burgb, and its inha- 
bitants, Burgesses. 

The Castle, which usually attracts the attention of strangers, was the work 
of Robert de Romille, about the end of the Conqueror's, or the beginning of his 
son's reign. Of the original building, little, besides the western door-way of the 
inner Castle, now remains. It consists of a treble semicircular arch, supported 
upon square piers. The oldest part of the Castle now remaining, consists of seven 
round towers, connected by rectilinear apartments, which form an irregular 
quadrangular court within. The walls are from twelve to nine feet thick. 

In the civil wars of Charles I. this Town and Ca9tle had a considerable sharp, 
being a garrison for the King, commanded by Sir John Mallory, of Studley. On 
the 20th Dec. 1645, it was surrendered to the forces of the Parliament; having 
held out longer than any other Castle in the north of England. The northern 
wall of the Castle stands on the brink of a perpendicular rock, washed by a tor- 
rent, to the bed of which, from the battlements, is a depth of 200 feet. 

At the west-end of the Bailey stands the Castle Chapel, a well proportioned 
oblong building, of which the original shell is entire : it appears to have retained 
its original till after the death of Thomas, the good Earl of Thauet; but is now 
a stable. 

Robert de Romille, the founder of this baronial Castle, leaving only an heiress, 
Alice, married to William Fitz-Dnncan, Earl of Murray, carried along with her 
the honour of Skipton ; by whose daughter, Cicely, it passed to William le Gross, 
Earl of Albemarle ; here it remained till the reign of Richard I. when Avelyne 
de Fortibus, daughfer and heiress, the Countess of Albemarle, married Edmund, 
Earl of Lancaster ; whose son Thomas, succeeded him, but he, joining in a rebel- 
lion against King Edward IT. and being taken in arms at Boroughbridge, was 
beheaded at Pontefract, when all his estates were escheated to the Crown ; and were 
by that King granted to Robert, Lord Clifford, which family, with the exception 
of a single attainder, have held this barony 500 years, during the longer part of 
which they have resided at Skipton Castle, in great wealth and honour. John 
Lord Tufton, the second Earl of Thanet, having married Margaret, daughter of 
the Earl of Dorset, by Lady Anne Clifford, in 1629, brought this Castle and Lord- 
ship into that family, where it still remains. 

The Church of Skipton, which was also founded by Robert de Romille, is a 
spacious and respectable building. Perhaps no part of the original structure re- 
main-*, except four stone seats with pointed arches and cylindrical columns, now 
in the south wall of the nave. In this Church are several ancient monuments 
to the Clifford family : and beneath the altar, unusually elevated on that account, 
is the vault of the Cliffords, the place of their interment, from the dissolution of 
Bolton Priory to the death of the last Earl of Cnmberland; which, after being 
closed many years, the late Dr. Whitaker, obtained permission to examine in 
1803 ; wherein he found the bodies deposited in chronological order ; particu- 
lars of which may be seen in his History of Craven. 

The town of Skipton has long enjoyed the benefit of a well endowed Gram- 
mar-School, which was founded in the second year of King Edward VI. 1548, by 
William Ermysted, clerk, Canon Residentiary in the Cathedral Church of St. 
Paul, Loudon, for instructing boys In grammar; and who ordained certain sta- 
tutes for the government of the same. The whole rental of the lands, tenements, 
drc. with which it was then endowed, amounted to 91. 15s. 4d. is now about 600/. 
per annum. There is also an annual payment of 41. 4s. \0d. out of the land 
revenues of the Crown. 

William Petyt, Esq. in 1707, gave ^200/. for the support of two poor scholars 
at Chri.-t College, Cambridge. And his brother, Sylvester Petyt, Esq. by his 
Will, left 24,048/. old South Sea Annuities, and a Library at Skipton, — the gross 
annual income, in 1815, being 721/. 9s. 2d. The objects of which donation are, 
persons, wherever resident, standing in need of immediate relief, according to the 
discretion of the Trustees, — and amongst whom, the remainder of this sum is an- 
nually distributed, after paying 20/. a year to Christ College, Cambridge, small 
salaries to a schoolmaster and librarian at Skipton, and for putting out annually 
about fourteen poor children apprentices in the county of York, and for buying 

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408 WEST-R1DIN6. 

books for the use of the school. Boys are admitted free of expense, indefinitely 
thronghout the parish.— Carlisle's Gram. School. 

At this place was born, George Holmes, a learned antiquary, in 1662. He 
re-published the first 17 vols, of Rt/mer's Foedera, and formed a curious collec- 
tion of books, prints, and coins. He died in 1749. 
SKIERAM, or SKIERHOLME, ham. in the township of Apple- 
trewick, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 7 miles from 
Pateieybridge, 8 from Skipton. 
SKJRETHORNES, ham. in the township of Threshfield, and parish 

of Linton, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Kettlewell. 
SKIRCOTE, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile from Halifax, 7£ from 
Huddersfield, 9| from Bradford.— Pop. 3,323. 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, usually called the Halifax School, founded 
by a charter of Queen Elizabpth, dated the 15th of February, 1585. This charter 
is said to have been procured by Henry Farrer, Esq. of Ewood, at his own ex- 
pense, and who was one of the first governors. The management of this School 
is vested in governors. The origiual endowment being in land, the amount of 
salary is uncertain. The School is open indefinitely to the children of the parish 
free of expense, for learning the Classics only. The present master is the Rev. 
Robert Wilkinson. — Carlisle. 
SKIRDEN-HALL, /. /*. in the township and parish of Bolton-by- 

Bolland, liberty of Staincliffe ; 4\ miles from Gisburn. 
SKYRACK, a wapentake, situated between the rivers Wharfe and 
Aire; having Barkston-Ash for its eastern, and part of Staincliffe 
for its western boundary. Jn this wapentake are the market- 
towns of Leeds, Bingley, Otley, and Harewood, the market of the 
latter has fallen into disuse. It contains 44 townships, 15 of 
which are parish-towns, 7,102 inhabited houses, and 30,606 inha- 
bitants ; independent of the liberty of Leeds, which is situated 
within this wapentake; — and in which there are 17,418 inhabited 
houses, and 83,746 inhabitants. 
SLADES-BARN, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale, (Lane.) 1 \ mile from Dobcross, 12 from Huddersfield. 
SLAIDBURN, a parish-town, in the west division of Staincliffe, li- 
berty of Bolland ; 9 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 10 from Gisburn, 
and Long-Preston, 12 from Settle, 20 from Lancaster and Black- 
burne, (Lane.) 21 from Skipton, 62 from York. — No Market. — 
Fairs, Wednesday before Easter, and November 4. — Principal 
Inn, Hark-to-Bounty. — Pop. 914. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to Saint Andrew, in the deanry of Craven, value 28/. 
Patron the Rev. Henry Wigglesworth. 

The Church is a large handsome structure, of red Fell stone, built about the 
time of Henry VIII. and appears to have been repaired in 1726. Within the 
altar is a stone, inscribed to the memofy of Nicholas Townley, dated 1693. 

This place is situated near the western extremity of the Forest of Bolland, 
on the borders of Lancashire. • 

Here is a Free Grammar-School, but when, or by whom founded, we could 
not learn. The Master's salary 50/. and the Usher or second Master, about 20/. 
per annum. The Courts Leet for the higher division of the Forest of Bolland 
are held here. 

" Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, procured a chai'ter for a Fair at Slayd- 
burn, on the eve and festival of St. Peter ad Vine, and two days after,"-— 
Whitaker. 



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SLAITHVVAITE, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Hud- 
dersfield, 12 from Halifax, 20 from Manchester, {Lane.) — Pop. 
2,871. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Huddersfield, the 
Vicar of which is Patron, value, p. r. *129/. 8.?. 6d. 

The new Road recently cut from Huddersfield to Manchester, passes through 
this place ; also the Canal to aud from the same place, which greatly facili- 
tates its trade. 

SLATENBERG, 3/. h. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of 
Low-Bentham; 8| miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 

SLEAD-HALL, (the seat of Abraham Firth Maeaidey, Esq.) in the 
township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax ; 2 miles from 
Halifax. 

SLENINGFORD, in township of North Stainley-lHth-Sleningford, 
and parish and liberty of Ripon; (Sleningford-Haft, the seat of Col. 
Dalton ; theGrange, the seat of John Dalton, -Jim. Esq.) 4| miles from 
Ripon, 5| from Mashain. — Pop. included in North-Stainley. 
In the same township and parish is 

SLENINGFORD, OLD, (the seat of Thomas Kitchingman Stave 
ley, Esq.) 

SMALL-FIELD, a few f. h. in the township of Bradfield, and pa- 
rish of Ecclesfield ; 7 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. 

SMALL-HEDGE. /. h. in the township and parish ofFishlake;4 
miles from Thome, 9 from Snaith. 

SMALL-SHAW,/, k. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of 
Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. 

SM AW'S-HALL, in the parish of Tadcaster; 1 mile from Tadcaster, 

7 from Wetherby. 

SMEATON, KIRK, See Kirk-Smeaton. 

SM EATON, LITTLE, in the Parish of Womersley, liberty of 
Pontefract ; 6 miles from Ferrybridge, 6| from Pontefract, 10 from 
Doncaster, Pop. 176. 

SMIDLEY, ham. in the township of Wombwell, and parish of Dar- 
field ; 3 miles from Barnsley, 9 from Rotherham. 

SMITHY-BROOK, 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Thorn- 
hill; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 5 from Wakefield. 

SMITHIES-MILL, ham in the township of Monk-Bretton, and 
parish of Royston, 2 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Wakefield. 

SMITHALLS, s. h. in the township and parish of Birkin ; 1J- mile 
from Ferrybridge. 

SMITHIES, in the parish of of Kirkheaton ; 3 miles from Hudders- 
field, 101 from Wakefield. 

5NAITH, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty and baliwick of Cowick and Snaith ; 7 miles from Thome, 

8 from Selby, 10 from Howden, 11 from Ferrybridge, 14 from 
Pontefract, 23 from York, 175 from London. — Market, Thursday. 
— Fairs, last Thursday in April, for horned cattle, sheep, and 
woollen cloth, Aug. 10, for horned cattle, woollen cloth, line, cheese, 
and quills; and the last Thursday in Sept. which is chartered but 



410 WEST-RIDING, 

not now attended. — Principal Inns. Blue Bell, Black Lion, Bell 
and Crown, and Green-Dragon. — Pop. 834. The Church, peculiar, 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pon- 
tefract. Patron, Henry Yarburgh, Esq. 

The town of Snaith is situated on a gently rising ground, about half a mile 
south of the river Aire, and within five miles of the junction of the Ouse with the 
rivers Derwent and Aire. 

In the Church, which is a neat Gothic structure, is the family vault of Lord 
Viscount Downe, in which his ancestors lay interred. 

At the west end of the town stands an old Hall, formerly the residence of 
the Yarburghs. The country round is extremely flat and uninteresting, but 
abundantly fertile. Flax is much cultivated in the neighbourhood. 

SNAYGILL, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Skipton, liberty 
of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Skipton, 9 from Keighley. 

SNYDALL, in the parish of Normanton, A gbrigg-di vision of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract, (the seat of Thomas Hod- 
son, Esq.) 3 1 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Waketield. Pop 119. 

SNOWDON-HILL, or SNODNELL, ham. in the township of 
Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles 
from Penistone, 7 from Barnsley. 

SNOWDON, UPPER, and LOWER, 2 ham.in the township and 
parish of Wistow, 5§ miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresbrough. 

SOFTLEY, /. h. in the township of Thuristone, and parish of Peni- 
stone ; 4 miles from Penistone. 

A Farm at Softley, pays yearly to Godfrey Bosville, of Gunthwaite, Esq. a 
Whittle. — Blount. 

SOOLBANK, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 5 miles 
from Dent, 11 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 

SOOTHILL, UPPER and NETHER, in the parish of Dewsbury, 
Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 
2 miles from Dewsbury, 4 from Wakeiield, 12 from Halifax. — 
Pop. 3,093. These are two villages, but one township. 

SOUTH-CROSLAND, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-divi- 
sion of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from 
Huddersfield, 12 from Halifax, 13 from Penistone. — Pop. 1,583. 

SOUTHEY-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Eccles- 
field ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. 

This is a district or part of the parish, that has churchwardens and other 
officers appointed; hut all collections and payments are made jointly— as the 
township of Ecclesfield. 

SOUTHOWRAM, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2| miles from Halifax, 
7 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 4,256. 

Here is a Chanel-to Halifax, built and consecrated, in 181,9. 

SOUTH-WANG, f.k. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 1| 
mile from Tickhill. 

SOWERBY. in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax, 9 from 
Huddersfield.— Pop. 6,890. The Chapel, built in 1763, is a per- 
petual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, value, p. r. 78/. Patron, 
the Vicar of Halilax. 



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In this Chapel, is a statue of Archbishop Tillotson, erected in compliance 
with the Will of his surviving grand-niece, upwards of thirty years ago. The 
Archbishop was born at Haugh-End, in this township. — See p. 307. 

At Sowerby, was once a Castle, the foundation of which may yet be seen in 
a field near the top of the town, adjoining to which is a piece of ground, called 
the Hell Croft> where, no doubt, the dead were buried. It is not known at what 
time it was built, but it is clear, however, that during the possessions of the Earls 
of Warren, there was a Castle here, and that they frequently resorted hither for 
the diversions of hunting, hawking, &c. This was conveyed by John, the last 
Earl, to King Edward II. ; but when the fort was suffered to decline, does not 
appear. — Watson. 

SO WERB Y-BRIDGE, at the junction of the townships of Warley, 
Skircote, Sowerby, and Norland, in the parish of Halifax, Morley - 
division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 2| miles from Halifax, 8 from 
Huddersfield, 13| from Rochdale, (Lane.) The Church is a per- 
petual curacy, value, p. r. *144Z. \~s. Patron, the Vicar of 
Halifax. 

SOWERBY-CROFT, /. h. in the township of Norland, and parish 
of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax. 

SOYLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley -division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax, 10 from 
Huddersfield, 11 from Rochdale. (Lane.)— Pop. 3,242. 

SOYLAND-MILL, o Mill, in the township of Soy land, and parish 
of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax. 

SPACE Y-HOUSES, 2 Inns, the one on the east-side of the road, 
is in the township and parish of Kirkby-Overblow ; the other on 
the west, in the township of Folly foot, and parish of Spoiforth, 
lower-division of Claro ; 5 miles from Harewood, 6 from Knares- 
brough, 6£ from Ripley, 12| from Leeds. 

SPARK-HAGG, /. k. in the township and parish of Selby ; If mile 
from Selby. 

SPEN, ham. in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall; 
7 1 miles from Halifax, 8| from Leeds. 

SPICER-HILL HOUSE, /. k. in the township of Thurlstone, and 
parish of Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. 

SPINKSBURN, ham. in the township and parish ofFewston; 9^ 
miles from Knaresbrough, 14| from Skipton. 

SPINK-WELL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury, 
liberty of Wakefield ; \ a mile from Dewsbury, 6| from Wakefield. 

SPITAL, s.h. in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearn ; 5£ miles from 
Rotherham, 1\ from Barnsley. 

SPITAL-CROFr, /. h. in the township of Litton, and parish of 
Arnecliffe, liberty of Staincli fife ; 8 \ miles from Kettlewell. 

SPITAL-HILL, 2 /. A. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 1 
mile from Tickhill. 

This place has its name from an Hospital or Free-Chapel founded here, 
in 1326, having several priests and brethren in it. It was afterwards annexed 
to the Priory of Humberston. — Tanner. 

SPOFFORTH, a parish-town* in the upper-division of Claro; 3 
miles from Wetherby, 4 from Knaresbrough, 5 from Harrogate, 18 
from York. — Pop. 895. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 



412 WEST-RIDING. 

All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 73/. 6s. 8rf. Patron, 
the Earl of Egremont. 

Spoiforth Castle is remarkable for having been, for several ages, the princi- 
pal seat of the noble family of Percy ; and still continues in the possession of one 
of its descendants, the Earl of Egremont. This Castle is supposed to have been 
built in the time of Edward III. and is at present in a dilapidated state, but yet 
displays strong marks of a rude and grand Mansion. After the battle of Towton, 
so fatal to Henry VI. in which were slain the Earl of Northumberland and Sir 
Richard Percy, his brother, their estates w r ere laid waste by the enraged con- 
querors; and this Man ion was dismantled, and reduced from a princely palace 
to a b-^ap of ruins. — Archjbol.*- Hargrove. 

Here was born, Lawrence Eusden, a poet, and educated at Trinity-College, 

Cambridge. Iu 1718, he obtained the Laureatship, which raised him several 

enemies, particularly Pope, who placed him in the Dunciad. His poems are in 

Nichols' Collection. ' He died in 1730.— Gen. Biog. Diet. 

SPOFFORTH-HAGGS, or HAGSIDE, ham. in the township and 

parish of Spofforth ; 4 miles from Knaresbrough. 
SPRINGFIELD-HOUSE, (the seat of John Mann, Esq.) in the 

township and parish of Brad field, to which it nearly adjoins. 
SPRING-HOUSE, /. L in the township of Hart with- with- Winsley, 

and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 3| miles from Ripley. 
SPRING-WOOD, (the seat of Joseph Haigh, Esq.) in the township 

and parish of Huddersfield. 
SPROTBROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; (the seat of Sir Joseph 
Copley, Bart.) 3| miles from Doncaster, 12 from Barnsley, 39 
from York. — Pop. 318. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 
St. Mary, in the deanr} 7 of Doncaster, value, 44/. 18s. 9d. Patron, 
Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. 

This place is chiefly noted for having been the residence of the ancient 
family of Fitzwilliam. Sir John Fitzwilliam, who lived here in the reign of 
Henry V. caused a Cross to be erected not far from the Church, with these lines 
engraved on brass : — 

" Whoso is hungry, and liste to eate, 

Let him come to Sprotbrough to his meate ; 

And for a night, and for a day, 

His horse shall have both corn and hay ; 

And no man shall ask him when he goeth away." 

In the Church, are several monuments of the Fitzwilliams and Copleys, who 
have been Lords of Sprotbrough for centuries. 

Sprotbrough- Hall w;is built by Sir Godfrey Copley, who was created a 
Baronet by King Charles II. in the 13th year of his reign. It presents a hand- 
some elevation of stone, in the style of that period, exhibiting a degree of mag- 
nificence, not seen in modern houses. Tt contains a fine collection of pictures, 
procured by Sir Godfrey Copley. Sir Godfrey left a sum of money to the Royal 
Society, the interest of which was to be disposed of to any person, who should 
make any new discovery in art or nature, or perform any other work, which 
should be thought worthy of that reward. It is now changed into a medal. — Hisf. 
of Doncaster. 

Here was formerly the Hospital of St. Edmund, called St. Edmund's 
Chapel, about one mile and a half from the Church, founded by Fitzwil- 
liam. It has now been demolished some time, and the materials used to repair 
farm-houses and barns. — Ibid. 
STACK-HOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Giggleswick, 
liberty of Staincliffe ; (the seats of Mrs Clapham, and Misses 
Lwids) 1 mile from Settle, 1 7 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 



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STAIN BROUGH, in the parish of Silkston, wapentake of Stain- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 \ miles from Bamsley, 5§ from 
Penistone. — Pop. 194. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Silkston. 

STAINBURN, in the parish of Kirkby-Overblow, upper-division of 
Claro; \\ miles from Otley, 9 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 364. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy under Kirkby-Overblow. 

STAINBURN-MOOR-SIDE, straggled h. in the township of Stain- 
burn, and parish of Kirkby-Overblow ; 4| miles from Otley. 

STA1NCROSS, (which gives name to the wapentake; in the town- 
ship and parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross ; 3| miles from 
Bamsley, 7 from Penistone and Wakefield. 

STAINCROSS, a wapentake, which is bounded on the north and 
north-west by Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; on the 
east by Osgoldcross ; on the south and south-east by Strafforth and 
Tickhill; and on the west by Cheshire. — The west part of this 
wapentake is extremely mountainous and bleak. In it are the 
market-towns of Bamsley and Penistone. It contains 40 town- 
ships, S of which are parish-towns ; 6,012 inhabited houses, and 
32.942 inhabitants. 

STAINFORTH, in the parish of Hatfield, lower-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 3| miles from 
Thome, 1\ from Doncaster. — Pop. 694. 

STAINFORTH, GREAT, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-divi- 
sion and liberty of Staincliffe ; 2| miles from Settle, 1 4 from Kettle- 
well, 211 from Askrigg. — Pop. 235. 

At this place, is a very beautiful Waterfall in the Ribble, called Stainforth 
Fors. Though on a smaller scale, it may be compared with the celebrated Fors 
at Aysgarth : there are two or three other waterfalls upon Mr Forster's estate, 
one in particular, called Cataract Fors. 

STAINFORTH, LITTLE, or KNIGHT-STAINFORTH, in the 
township of Great-Stainforth, and parish of Giggleswick, west- 
division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Settle, 14 \ from 
Kettlewell. 

From a petition to the Earl of Cumberland, among the Bolton MSS. it ap- 
pears that some remains of personal slavery subsisted among the poor people 
here, as late as the reign of Elizabeth. — Whitaker. 

STAINLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax and 
Huddersfield.— Pop. 2,814. 

At no great distance from Stainland, at a place called Slack, but within the 
township of Longwood, in the parish of Hudddersfield, is the Cambodunum of 
Antoninus, as discovered by Mr Watson, the antiquary of Halifax. Particulars 
of which may be found in his historv, and in Loidis et Elmete. 

STAINLEY, NORTH, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- 
division of Claro; .3 miles from Ripon, 7 from Masham, 10 from 
Bedale. — Pop. including Sleningford, 285, which being united form 
a township. 

STAINLEY, SOUTH, a parish town, in the lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough ; 2} miles from Ripley, 5 from Ripon, 7 
from Knaresbrough, 25 from York. — Pop. including Cayton, 232, 
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curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 
p. r. f6ll. Patrons, Horner Reynard, Esq. and the Heirs of 
the late Mrs Gibson. 

STAINCLIFFE-HALL, {the seat of Miss Taylor,) in the township 
and parish of Batley ; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 8 from Wakefield. 

STAINCLIFFE, a wapentake, and the largest in this Riding, 
but not so populous, by reason of its mountainousness in the 
north-west parts. It is bounded on the east, by the wapentake 
of Claro ; the south and west, by Lancashire ; and by the wapen- 
take of Ewoross on the north. It has three market-towns, — Skip- 
ton, Settle, and Gisburn. — The east-division contains 45, and the 
west, 42 townships; 21 of which are parishes; 10,000 inhabited 
houses, and 51,416 inhabitants. Staincliffe comprehends the whole 
of that district called Craven ; — but the deanry of Craven extends 
beyond the wapentake. 

STAINTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill ; 2§ miles from Tickhill, 6| from Bawtry, 9 from Roth- 
erham, 45 from York. — Pop. including Hellaby, 218, which being- 
united form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated, to St. 
Winifred, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +5/. 15s. Od. p. r. 
fSOl. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. 

STAINTON-COTES, /. h. in the township of Bank-Newton, and 
parish of Gargrave, liberty of Staincliffe ; 7 miles from Skipton. 

STAIR FOOT, ham. in the township of Ardsley, and parish of Dar- 
field ; 2 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Penistone. 

STANBURY, in the township of Haworth, and parish of Bradford ; 
7 miles from Keigh ley, 8 \ from Bradford. 

STAND-BRIDGE. 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Sandal- 
Magna; 3 miles from Wakefield, 7 from Barnsley. 

STANSFIELD, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-di vision 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from 
Rochdale, (Lane.) 12 from Halifax.— Pop. 7,275. 
In the same township and parish is 

STANSFIELD-HALL, (the seat of John Sutcliffe, Esq.) 

Stansfi eld- Hall is situated in a very beautiful part of the valley of Tod- 
morden. Here lived a family of considerable repute, who took their name from 
their situation. The original of them was one Wyan Marmions, probably of Nor- 
man extraction, and a follower of Earl Warren. 

In Stansfield, are many Druidical places of worship, such as Hawkstones, 
Bride-Stones, &c. the last consists of one upright stone or pillar, called the Bride, 
whose perpendicular height is about five yards, its diameter in the thickest part 
about three, and the pedestal about half a yard ; near this stood another large 
stone, called the Groom, which is now thrown down by the country people ; and 
at small distances several others, of different magnitudes, and a vast variety of 
rocks and stones, so scattered about the common, that at first view, the whole 
looks something like a temple of the serpentine kind, described by the late Dr. 
Stukeley. — Watson. 

STANK-HOUSE, /. h. in the the township of Bolton-Abbey, and 
parish of Skipton ; 6 miles from Skipton. 

STANK-HOUSE, .?. h. in the township and parish of Barwick-in 
Eimet ; 3 miles from Abberford, 7 from Leeds. 



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STANKS, ham. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-EImet ; 
o\ miles from Leeds. 

STANLE Y, in the parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg 
and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile from Wakefield, 8 from 
Leeds, 14 from Huddersfield. — Pop. including Wrenthorpe, 4,620, 
which being united form a township. Here is a Chapel of Ease to 
Wakefield, building. 

Here is the Field, famed in ancient story, where, " all on the Green," Robin 
Hood, Little John, and Scarlet, fought the Finder of Wakefield ; the place is yet 
called Pinder's Field. Here was a Roman station, where several Roman coins 
have, at different times been found. 

STANLEY- HALL, (the seat of Benjamin Heywood, Esq J in the 
township of Stanley -with- Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield, 
liberty of Wakefield ; \\ mile from Wakefield, 6| from Leeds. 

STANNINGLEY, in the townships of Calverley-with-Farsley, 
Pudsey, and Bramley, and parishes of Caberley and Leeds, JVlor- 
ley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 4 miles from Bradford, 6 
from Leeds. 

STANN1NGTOX, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 
Ecelesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 4 miles from 
Sheffield, 12 from Penistone. 

This is only the name of an extensive tract of high ground declining on the 
north to the river Loxley, and on the south to the Riveling ; there being, proper- 
ly speaking, no village of Stannington, the principal collection of houses being 
known as Upper- Gate and Nether- Gate. Here, is a School, endowed in 1723, 
with 40/. for which five children were to be taught, to be chosen by Francis 
Rouksley, of Ki\e\\ng>idt.-^ Hunter's Hallamshire. 

STANS1LL, 2 /. k. in the parish of Tickhill, lower-division of 
Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 2 miles from Tickhill, 
7 from Doncaster, 10 from Rolherham. — Pop. including Welling- 
ley and Wilsick, 54, which being united, form a township. 

STAPLETON, a township, in the parish of Darrington, wapentake 
of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; (Stapteton-Park, the seat of 
the Hon. Edward Robert Petre) 4 miles from Ferrybridge, 4£ from 
Pontefract, 12 from Doncaster. — Pop. 109. 

This Mansion stand* in a large and beautiful Park, watered by a stream 
that fV.lls into the river Went, in the midst of the most fertile part of the county, 
bounded by an expanded range of distant hills ; it was built by Edward Lascelles 
Esq. afterwards Earl of Harewood, and in which the present Earl of Harewood 
was born. The centre of the principal front is ornamented with four Ionic co- 
lumns supporting a pediment. The whole building is of stone, and is now en- 
tered by a handsome doric portico, lately added. In the Chapel, which is par- 
ticularly neat, is an admirable. Painting of the Crucifixion ; and in the Library, 
is a Portrait of the great Lord Petre, by Romney ; also one of Lady Petre, by 
Gainsborough ; the father and mother of the present proprietor, the Hon. Lord 
Petre. — Neate's Hews. 

STAR BECK, ham. in the township of Bilton-with-High- Harrogate, 
and parish of Knaresbrousrh ; 2 miles from Knaresbrough. 

STARBOTTOM, in the parish of Kettlewell, liberty of Staincliffe; 
2 miles from Kettlewell, 1 5 from Leyburn, 1 7 from Settle. — Pop. 
included in Kettlewell. 

STAVELEY, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty 
©f Knaresbrough ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 4 from Knares- 

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brough, 7 from Ripon, 20 from York.— Pop. 331. The Churef* 
is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Borough- 
bridge, diocese of Chester, value, 8/. 17s. Id. Patron, the Rev, 
James Hartley, the present Rector. 

STEAD, /. h. in the township of Upper-Hoy land, and parish of 
Wath-upon-Dearn ; 5\ miles from Barnsley. 

STEAN, ham. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of 
Kirkbymalzeard : 9 miles from Pateleybridge, 10 from Kettlewell. 

STEEL-BANK, ham. in the township of Nether- Hallam, and parish 
of Sheffield ; 1 \ mile from Sheffield. 

STEETON, (AinstyJ in the parish of Bolton-Percy ; 3 miles from 
Tadcaster, 7 from York. —Pop. 83. 

Steeton hath for some ages been the seat of the ancient and honorable family 
of Fairfax. It was, by the Conqueror's survey, in the possession of Qsbera 
de Arches. Sir John Cbamont, knight, was owner of the greatest part of the 
lands here, in the reign of Edward III. and had issue two daughters— Joan, who 
was a nun, and Margaret, married to William, Lord Mowbray. In this manor 
was anciently five carucates and a half of land ; whereof, Richard de Steeton, 
held four and a half of Walter de Falconbridge J who held the same of the heirs 
of Brus, and they of the Barons Mowbray ; who held them of the King, in ca- 
pite, at the annual rent of seven-pence halfpenny. Another carncate was of the 
fee of Percy, as of his baronry of Spofford ; whereof, the Abbot of St. Mary's 
at York, held the one half, and the Prioress of Appleton the other. It beeame, 
afterwards, the seat of Sir Guy Fairfax, knight ; one of the judges of the King's- 
Bench, in the times of Edward IV. and Henry VII. — Drake. It hath ever since 
continued in a younger branch of his family. 

STEETON, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division and liberty of 
Staincliffe; (Steeton-Hall, the seat of William Sugden, Esq.) 2 
miles from Keighley, 7 from Skipton, 1 1 from Colne, (Lane.) — 
Pop. including Eastburn, 753, which being united, form a township. 

STEETON-HALL, /. h. in the township of South-Milforth, and 
parish of Sherburn ; 8 miles from Pontefract and Tadcaster. It 
was formerly the seat of the Rygate family. 

STEPHEN-PARK, /. h. in the township of Easington, and parish 
of §laidburn ; 10 miles from Settle, 18 from Skipton. 

STIRK-HOUSE, /. k. in the township and parish of Gisburn, west- 
division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 \ mile from Gisburn. 

STJRTON, in the parish of Skipton, east-division and liberty of 
Staincliffe; I| mile from Skipton, 12 from Colne, (Lane.) — Pop. 
including Thorlby, 168, which being united, form a township. 

STOCKDA LE, ham. in the township of Settle, and parish of Giggles- 
wick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Settle* It pays poor 
rates to Settle, and church rates to Stainforth. 

STOCK, in the township and parish of Bracewell, east-division of 
Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford VFee ; 5| miles from Colne, (Lanc.J 
9 1 from Skipton. 

STOCKBRIDGE, ham. m the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, 
and parish of Arksey, liberty of Tickhill ; %\ miles from Doncaster, 

STOCKELD, in the township and parish of Spofforth, upper-division 
of Claro ; (Stockeld-Hall, the seat of Peter Middleton, Esq.) 2 mile* 
from Wetherby, 6 from Knaresbrougb.—Pop. of the Constablery 
of StockeW ? 69* 



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The ancient family of Middleton is descended from Hippolitus de Brame, 
Lord of Middleton, who was living in the reign of Henry II. Robert de Brame 
bad issue, Sir Peter, who was the first of the family that took the name of Mid- 
dleton ; he had issue, Sir Adam, who was living in the year 1324. — A statue 
of this knight, in armonr, is in the Church at Ilkley. Sir Peter Middleton was 
High-Sheriff of the County of York, in 1334. -Sir William Middleton of Stoc- 
keld, was High-Sheriff, in 1526. — Hist. Knaresbrough. 

STOCKS, ham. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn, 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Settle. 

STOCK WELL-GREEN.— See Rand-Moor. 

STONE, ham. in the township and parish of MaJtby ; 3 miles from 
Tickhill, 6 from Bawtry, 8 from Rotherhara. 

STONEBECK, UPPER and DOWN, two townships, in the parish 
of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro ; the former is on the 
north-side of the river Nidd, containing 568 inhabitants ; the latter 
on the south-side, containing 361 ; commences about 5 miles from 
Pateleybridge. 

STONE-BREAKS, ham. in. the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale, (Lane.) 8 miles from Rochdale. 

STONE-GAP, s. h. in the township of Glusburn, and parish of 
Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 l » miles from Skipton. 

STONER-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Selby ; 1 \ mile 
from Selby, 7| from Snaith. 

STONE-ROYD, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkheaton ; 5 
miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Wakefield. 

STONE-STYLE, ham. in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, 
and parish of Calverley ; 2§ miles from Bradford. 

STONESHA W-G ATE, (the seat of Gamalial Sutcliffe, Esq.) in the 
township of Heptonstall, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley ; 9 miles from Halifax. 

STONE-TROUGH, ham. in the township of Kellbrook, and parish 
of Thornton, liberty of Staincliffe; 2 1 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 

STONE Y-BANK, 2/. h. in the township of Easington, and parish 
of Slaidburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Settle. 

STONEY-ROYD, (the seat of Mrs Rawson) in the township of 
Southowrara, and parish of Halifax ; 1 mile from Halifax. 

STOODLEY, s. h. in the township of Langfield and parish of Hali- 
fax ; 11 miles from Halifax. 

STORITHES, in the township of Hazel wood -with-Storithes, and 
parish of Skipton, lower-division of Claro ; 7 miles from Skipton, 
13 from Pateleybridge, 17| from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included 
in Hazelwood. 

6TORRS, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eccles- 
field ; 7 miles from Sheffield, 1 1 from Penistone. 

STORRS, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston ; 3 miles from 
Penistone, 5\ from Barnsley. 

STORTHES-HALL, (the seat of Charles Horsf all Bill, Esq.) in the 
township of Thurstonland, and parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg- 
division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 5\ miles from Huddersfield. 

STORTH, /, h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidburn; 



418 WEST-RIDING. 

6 1 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 10 from Gisburn. 
STOTFOLD, in the parish of Hooton-Pagnall, lower-division of 

Strafforth and Tickhill ; 7 miles from Doncaster, 8i from Barnsley. 

Pop. 9. The township consists only of one honse. 
STOTT-HILL, ham. in the township of Cowling, and parish of 

Kildwick, liberty of StainclifTe ; 5 miles from Coine, (Lane.) 
STRAINDS, /. h. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone ; 

3 1 miles from Penistone. 
STRAFFORTH and TICKHILL, the southernmost, as well as the 

most extensive wapentake in this County ; being bounded by the 

counties of Derby, Nottingham, and Lincoln, on the south-west 

and east ; and by the wapentakes of Osgoldcross and Staincross, on 

the north. It contains four market-towns, — Doncaster, Rother- 

ham, Bawtry, and Sheffield, also Tickhill, the market of which is 

almost disused ; 100 townships, 49 of which are parish-towns ; 

27,369 houses, occupied by 132,640 inhabitants, which includes 

the liberty or soke of Doncaster. 
STRAW-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Sutton, and parish of 

Ripon ; \\ mile from Ripon. 
STREET-HOUSES, 2/, h. in the township ofSnydall, and parish 

of Normanton ; 4 miles from Pontefract, 5 from Wakefield. 
STREE7IMIQUSES, fAinstyj ham, in the townships ofSteetonand 

JBilbrough, and parishes of Bolton-Percy and Bilbrough ; 4 miles 

from Tadcaster, 6 from York. 

The situation of this hamlet near the Roman road, leading from York to 

Tadcaster, occasioned its name. All the Roman roads, being firmly paved with 

stone, were called streets, as Watling-Street, &c. Stratum, is the word made u§e 

of by venerable Bede, quite through his work, to denote a Roman road. — Drake. 

STREET-FARM, or LODGE, /. h. in the parish of Wath-upon- 

Dearn ; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. 
STREETSIDE, ham. in the townships of Ossett and Soothill, and 

parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile from Dewsbury. 
STREET-THORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk- 
Sandal ; (Street-Thorpe Hall, the seat of George Parker, Esq.) 4 

miles from Doncaster, 8 1 from Thorne. 

George Cooke Yarborough Esq. built here, about fifty years ago, a handsome 
Mansion, in which he used to reside. This place was formerly in the possesion 

of the Swift family, whose old mansion is still remaining. — Hist. Doncaster. 
STRIDE-COTTAGE, /. h. in the township of Bolton, and parish of 

Skipton ; 6 % miles from Skipton. 
STRiNDS, s. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eccles- 

field ; 6 miles from Sheffield, 1 1 from Penistone. 
STUBBING, /. h. in the township and parish of Rawmarsh ; 3\ miles 

from Rotherham. 
STUBBS-HALL, /. h. in the township of Hampole, and parish of 

South-Kirkby ; 7 miles from Doncaster, 9| from Pontefract.— Pop, 

included in Hampole. 
STUBBS-WALDEN, in the parish of Womersley, wapentake of 

Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Pontefract a»4 

Ferrybridge.— Pop. 158. 



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STUBHAM-LODGE^/. h. in the township of Middleton, and parish 
of Ilkley ; 7 miles from Otley, 9 from Skipton. 

STUDFIELD, ham. in the township and parish of Horton ; 5 miles 
from Settle, 17 from Hawes. 

STUDFOLD, ham. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish 
of Kirkbymalzeard ; 8 miles from Pateley bridge. 

STUDLEY-ROGER, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- 
division of Claro ; 1 \ mile from Ripon, 7| from Boroughbridge, 

, 8 from Ripley. — Pop. 144. 

STUDLEY-ROYAL, extraparochial ; {the seat of Mrs Lawrence) 

The celebrated Park and Pleasure Grounds hero, have long been admired as 
the first in the north of England, and which are visited by many hundreds every 
season. They consist of about 6.50 acres, diversified by various inequalities, 
cloathed with large and beautiful timber, and well stocked with deer. The 
views are many and grand. Ripon and its Minst r are seen to great advantage. 
It is full of lofty hedges, which are neatly trimmed, and the waters, which are 
numerous, are kept within borders, " shaven with the scythe, and levelled with 
the roller," and lined with statues, and refreshed with cascades. These grounds 
were begun to be laid out about the year 1720. 

The Mansion-House, which is large and spacious, is highly finished and 
well protected by stately woods, and ornamented with numerous paintings by 
the first masters. 

No fanciful description can do justice to the exuberant distribution of nature 
and art, which surrounds one on every side, on entering these beautiful and 
enchanting grounds ; the mind can never cease to wonder, in contemplating, nor 
the eye tire in beholding them. 

The first of the name of Aislabie who possessed this enchanting place, was 
George Aislabie, Esq. principal Registrar in the Ecclesiastical Court at York, 
who died in 1674. He married Mary, the eldest daughier of Sir John Mallorie; 
Sir John's son dying under age, he became master of his fortune. His son John 
was Mayor of Ripon, in 1702, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, iu 1718; he 
died in 1742, and his son William, in 1781. Being no male issue, the estates 
descended to his two daughters ; the eldest was widow of Charles Allanson, 
Esq. On her death in 1808, it descended to the wife of William Lawrence, Esq. 
whose daughter is the present possessor. 

In these grounds stand the Ruins of Fountain's- Abbe}-, the grandest, and 
most beautiful, perhaps, the kingdom can produce, and which give an additional 
interest to the unequalled grounds of Studley.— See article, Fountain's- Abbey. 

STUMP-CROSS, ham. in the township of Morley, and parish of 
Batley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3§ miles from Dewsbury. 

STUMPER LOW-HALL, s. h. in the township of Nether-Hallam, 
and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. 

STURTON-G RANGE, a township, in the parish of Abberford, 
lower-division of Skyrack ; 3 miles from Abberford, 8 from Leeds, 
1 1 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 92. 

STUTTON, in the parish of Tadcaster, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 
1 mile from Tadcaster, 11 from ferrybridge, 13 from Pontefract. 
— Pop. including Hazelwood, 256, which being united, form a 
township. 

SUMMER-SCALES, ham. in the township of Beamsley, and parish 
of Skipton ; 7 miles from Skipton, 16 from Knaresbrough. 

SUMMER-CROFT, s. h. in the township of Long-Drax, and parish 
of Drax ; 5 miles from Selby. 

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parish of Ripon ; 1 \ mile from Ripon. 
SUTTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of 

Claro; 2 miles from Ripon, 8 from Masham. — Pop. 86. 
SUTTON, in the parish of Brotherton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, 

liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract ; 1 mile from Ferrybridge, 3 

from Pontefract, 12 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 74. 
SUTTON, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Stainclifle, 

liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 5 miles from Keighley and Skipton, 9 

from Colne, (Lane.)— Pop. 1,092. 
SUTTON, in the parishes of Campsall and Burghwallis, wapentake 

of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Doncaster, 

11 from Ferrybridge. — Pop. 145. 
SUTTON-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Sutton, and parish of 

Ripon ; 2 miles from Ripon. 
SWALLOW-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Darton ; 

%\ miles from Barnsley, 5| from Penistone. 
SWAITHE-HALL, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and 

parish of Darfield ; 2 miles from Barnsley. 
SWARCLIFFE, a district, in the township of Birstwith, and parish 

of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 

(Swarcliffe-Hall 9 the seat of —Greenwood, Esq,) 3| miles from 

Ripley, 8 1 from Knaresbrough. 
SWARTHEY, kam. in the township of Silsden, and parish of 

Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 4 1 miles from Keighley. 
SWETTON, 4 /. h. in the township of Laverton, and parish of 

Kirkbymabzeard ; 5 miles from Masham, 9| from Ripon, 
SWIFT-PLACE, /, k. in the township of Soyland, and parish of 

Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 6| miles from Halifax. 
SWILLINGTON, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, 

liberty of Pontefract ; (Swillington-Hall, the seat of John Lowtker, 

Esq.) 6* miles from Leeds, 8 from Pontefract and Wakefield, 20 

from York.— Pop. 5 J 0. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 

Saint Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 16/. Is. 8rf, 

Patron, John Lowther, Esq. 

In this Church, which is an uniform and decent structure, of rather late 

Gothic architecture, are a number of monumental inscriptions to the L<owthers, a 

family that has long been its Patron. 

Here are four Aims-Houses, founded by Sir William Lowther in 1728, 
SWINDEN, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of 

Staincliffe; 4£ miles from Gisburn, 7 from Settle, 8 from Skipton, 

17 from Colne, (Lane.)— Pop. 37. 
SWINDON, and ?2/. h. in the township of Langsett, and 

SWINDON- WALLS, £ parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract ; 

4 1 miles from Penistone. 
SWINDON, scatt. f. h. in the township of Kirkby-Overblow-with- 

Swindon, and parish of Kirkby»Overblow, liberty of Knaresbrough, 

upper-division of Claro ; 7 miles from Wetherby and Knaresbrough, 

9 from Otley. — Pop. included in Kirkby-Overblow. 
SWINDON-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirkby* 

Overhlow-with-Swindon ; 7 miles from Wetherby, 



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SWINE-LANE-HOUSE./, h. in the township of Purston-Jackling, 

and parish of Featherstone ; 1 \ mile from Pontefract. 
SWINE-FLEET, in the parish Whitgift, wapentake of Osgoldcrcss, 
liberty of Pontefract; 4| miles from Howden, 10 fromSnaith and 
Crowle, (Line.) The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 
t93A 185. 8d. 
SWINNOW-PARK, (a seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) 
in the township of Wetherby, and parish of Spoiforth, upper-division 
of Claro, 1 1 mile from Wetherby, 7 from Tadcaster. 
SWIXSBY-HALL, /. h. in the township of Little-Timble, and 

parish of Otley ; 6 miles from Otley. 
SWINTON, in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of 
Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 4 miles from Rother- 
ham, 8 from Doncaster. — Pop. 1,050. The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 
p. r. tl32/. 105. Patron, the Vicar of Wath. 

The Chapel of Swinton is small, and has, besides the highly enriched door, 
a fine Saxon Arch, separating the nave of the Chapel from the chancel end. 
The south entrance to this Chapel, like many other Saxon remains, is orna- 
mented with a variety of zigzag mouldings, and one of nondescript head?, which 
has among them two radiant roses, remarkable for being so placed. The capi- 
tals of the pillars, of which there are three on each side of the door, leading into 
the Church, are variously ornamented. — Antiquarian Itinerary. 

Two farms, lying in this township, which belong to Earl Fitzwilliam, every 
year change their parish, for one year from Easter-day at twelve at noon, till 
next Easter-day at the same hour, they lie in the parish of Mexbrough ; and then 
till Easter-day following, at the same honr, they are in the. parish of Wath-upon- 
Dearn, and so alternately.— Blount's Tenures. These farms consist of about 
302 acres. — Ed. 

S WITHIN, /. k, in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of 
Darton ; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6| from Penistone. 

SYKE-HOUSE, a township, in the parish of Fishlake, lower-divi- 
sion of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 3 miles from Thome, 7 from 
Snaith, 1 1 from Doncaster.— Pop. 551. Here is a Chapel of Ease 
to Fishlake. 

SYKES, f.k.m the township of Bowland- Forest, higher, and parish 
ofSlaidburn; i miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 

SYKES, 'If. h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of 
Kirkbymalzeard ; 7 miles from Pateleybridge, 9 from Masham. 

SYM-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston; 3 miles 
from Penistone. 

SYNINGTHWAITE, (A'msty) f.h. in the township and parish of 
Bilton; 4 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Tadcaster. 

A Nunnery of the Cistercian Order, dedicated to St. Mary, the Virgin, was 
founded here about the year 1160, by Bertram de Haget, who gave the place 
■where the Monastery stood. Catherine Forster, the fourteenth and last Prioress, 
surrendered this convent; at which time, their annual revenue amounted, ac- 
cording to Dugdalc, to 601. 9s. 2d. ; Speed, 621. 6s. The site, in the 30th Henry 
VIII. was granted to Sir Thomas Tempest, Knight.— Burton. 

T 

TADCASTER, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of 



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Barkston-Ash and Ainsfy, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 6 
miles from Abberford, 7 from Wetherby, 10 from York, 12 from 
Ferrybridge, 12] from Selby, 14 from Pontefract and Leeds, 
190 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, last Wednesday 
in April, May, September, and October, for horned cattle, sheep, 
pigs, &c. — Principal Inns, White Horse, Rose and Crown, and 
the Angel. — Pop. 1,651,— the Ainsty, 775. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, 
value, £8J. 45. 9|rf. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. 

Tadcaster, a clean, well-built town, stands on both sides of the river Wharf, 
upon the high-road to London ; and although it is not a place of much trade, the 
i thoroughfare gives it an appearance of liveliness and bustle. 

This town is supposed to have been the Calcaria of the Romans ; as the* 
distance from York, exactly corresponds with that given by Antoninus in his 
Itinerary. Many coins of the Roman Emperors have been found here ; and the 
place is still famous for its limestone. Here was formerly a castle ; from the 
ruins of which the present noble bridge was erected, near 100 years ago. — The 
middle of this bridge, is the out-bounds of the Ainsty ; and may be said to he the 
very out-post or gate of the city of York on that side. 

The trench, which surrounded the town, and of which there are still some 
remains, was probably thrown up during the civil wars of Charles I. by the 
,**eops under the Earl of Newcastle. 

Sir Thomas Fairfax relates, that, on his bearing the Earl, with 4,000 men, 
was advancing to attack him in Tadcaster, where he lay with only 900 men, 
the town being quite untenable, he marched out ; and a sharp conflict took place, 
which lasted from 11 o'clock in the forenoon, till it was quite dark, when both 
parties drew off. Sir Thomas retreated to Selby, during the night; and the 
Earl of Newcastle took possession of Tadcaster, where the royalists remained, 
till near the commencement of the seige of York. There were slain, on both 
sides, about 300, but none of note, except Capt. Lister, who was shot in the 
head by a musket-ball. In Thoresby's l>ucatus Leod. there is a remarkable 
instance of filial affection, relating to that gentleman.— His son passing through 
Tadcaster, many years after, had the curiosity to enquire where his father was 
buried; and, finding the sexton digging in the choir, he shewed him a skull, jnst 
dug up, which he averred to be his father's ; the skull, upon handling, was found 
to have a bullet in it ; which testimony of the truth of the sexton's words, so 
struck the son, that he sickened at the sight, and died soon after. 

The neighbourhood of this town, is particularly remarkable for the bloody 
field of Towton, the P/tarsalia of England. — See Towton. 
TAME, NEW, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) 7 miles from Rochdale. 
TAME, OLD, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) 6 miles from Rochdale. 
TAME, WATER, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of 

Rochdale, (Lane.) a \ of a mile from Dobcross. 
TANKERSLEY, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Rarnsley, 6§ from Rotherham, 
7 from Penistone, 43 from York. — Pop. 625. The Church is a 
rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 
261. 05. 2K Patron, Earl Fitzvvil liana. 
TANSHELF, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Osgold- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract. — Pop. 35(5. Adjoins Pontefract on 
the west. 
T APTON-GROVE, (the teat of William Shore, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Upper-Bailrim. and parish of Sheffield ; \\ mile from 
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TEMPLE-HIRST, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of Barkston- 
Ash ; 4 miles from Snaith, 5 from Selby, 7 from Ferrybridge. — 
Pop. 14]. 

TEMPLE-NEWSAM, in the parish of Whilkirk, lower-division 
of Skyrack; 4| miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 9 iromPon- 
tefract. — Pop. 1,16*6. 

Here formerly stood a Preceptory for Knights Templars, whence it derives 
its name of Temple-Newsam, being called in Domesday oniy Newhusum. After 
the suppression of the Knights Templars, it was granted by Edward ITI. together 
with Temple-Hirst, to Sir John Darcy, and his heirs male ; in whose descendants 
it remained until the time of Thomas, Lord Darcy, on whose attainder, for the 
active part which he took in the Pilgrimage of Grace, became forfeited to the 
Crown. Henry VIII. granted it to Matthew, Earl of Lenox, who resided here 
at the birth of his celebrated, but unhappy son, Henry, Lord Darnley, husband 
of Mary Queen of Scots, and father of James I. On the death of the Duke of 
Lenox, it came into the possession of James I. who conferred the same upon his 
kinsman, Esme Stuart, Duke of Richmond. The Duke sold it to Sir Arthur 
Ingram, son of a wealthy citizen of London, and founder of the Irvine Peerage, 
who pulled down the old house, and built the present magnificent structure on 
its site. The old house, was not however completely demolished, for Thoresby 
asserts that the identical apartment, in which Lord Darnley was born, remained 
in his time, and was distinguished by the name of the King's Chamber, It 
is now the property of the Marquis of Hertford, in consequence of his marriage 
with Isabella Ann Ingram Shepherd, the eldest daughter of Charles, the 10th 
Viscount Irvine. The last Viscount Irvine died here in 1807. 

" In the window of the Kitchen," says Dr. Whitaker, " is a long and curi- 
ous series of armorial bearings, from the Lacies, the first lords of this place, 
down to the Ingrams.' > This house boasts a fine collection of Pictures, by the 
most eminent masters, the Gallery for which is 119 feet long, and above 20 wide. 
Thoresby.- — Xeale. 

TENTERGATE, in the township of Scriven-with-Tentergate, and 
adjoins Knaresbrough. 

THACKLE Y, ham. inthe township of Idle, and parish of Calverley ; 
SI miles from Bradford, 6| from Otley. 

THEABER, s. h. in the township of Burton-in-Lonsdale, and parish 
of Thornton-in-Lonsdale ; 2>\ miles from Ingleton. 

THICK-HOLLINS, (the seat of Joseph Green Jrmitage, Esq.) in 
the township of Meltham, and parish of Aldmondbury ; 5 miles 
from Huddersfield. 

THONG-NETHER, or NETHER-THONG, in the parish of Ald- 
mondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Pontefract; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from. Penistone. — 
Pop. 927. 

THONG. UPPER, in the parish of Aldmondbury, Agbrigg-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Hud- 
dersfield, 10 from Penistone. — Pop. 1,437. 

THORNTNG-HIRST,/. h. in the township and parish, of Fisblake; 
4 miles from Thome, 1\ from Snaith. 

THORLBY, in the township of Stirton-with Thorlby, and parish o£ 
Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Skipton, 11 from 
Colne, {Lane.) 14 from Settle. — Pop. included in Stirton. 

THORN BER-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of West-Halton, and* 
parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Stainclifte ; 7] miles from Settle- 

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THQRNBOROUGH-HILL, s. h. in the township and parish of 

Maltby ; 3 miles from Tickhill. 
THORNBOROUGH, NORTH,/, k. in the township and parish 

of Ailerton-Mauleverer ; 5 miles from Knaresbrough. 
THORNCLIFFE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkburton ; 

6 miles from Huddersfield, S\ from Wakefield. 
THORNE, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, (the seats of Henry Ellison, and R. Pemberton 
M ilnes, Esqrs.) 6 miles from Crowle (Line.) 7 from Snaith, 1 1 from 
Doncaster, 13| from Howden, 14 from Bawtry, 30 from York, 
170 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, Monday and 
Tuesday after June 1 1 , and Monday and Tuesday after October 1 1 , 
for horned cattle, woollen cloth, &c. — Principal Inns T White Hart, 
Red Lion, Granby's Head, and Royal Oak.— Pop. 3,463. The 
Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the 
deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. -f72l. Patron, Lord Deerharst, 
in right of his wife. 

This place is pleasantly situated in a fruitful country, about a quartet of* 
milefromthe south bank of the Don. Since the cutting of the Stainforth Canal, 
near the side of the town, the trade has considerably increased, and vessels haw 
trade regularly from this town to Loudon. 

The Castle, named by Leland, vol. I. page 38, is no more, and no traces re- 
train, except the foundation on the hill on which it stood. The place now bears- 
the name of " Pile-Hill:" and is the property of John Benson, Esq. who lately 
bared the foundations ; the top of them was found to be from four to five feet 
thick of cement, <fec. ; the diameter of the summit about twenty-six yards, and 
the base about twice that number. 

In the marshes, near 1 home, great numbers of oak trees have been fonnd , 
which appear to have been cut down and sunk in th<» marsh ; wedges and broken, 
axe-heads, fir cones, acorns, and nuts, with some Roman coins of Vespasian and 
other Emperors. From the position of the trees, and other circumstances, it is 
evident they grew where they;were found, and were probably cut down by the 
Romans, who took that method to prevent the continued depredations the Bri- 
tons made upon them, from their thick woods and impenetrable marshes— inter- 
cepting their provisions, and killing their convoys. — Peck. 

Of this Church, which is a good Gothic building, the Rev. Abraham de la 
Pryme, F.R.S. was minister, he died here, and was buried at Hatfield in 1704, 
aged 34: amongst his MSS. is a history of Ripon, (now in Lord Shelburne's 
Library) with Selby, Doncaster, and the West-Riding, 1 vol. — Peck. 

Here is a Free-School, founded by Henry Travis in 1706, value in 1786, 3U. 
16s. Ad. which arises out of two farms, situated in the Levels. 

THORNE-QUAY, or WHARFE, m the township and parish of 
Thome ; J of a mile from Thorne. 

Vessels of a sufficiently large size for the coasting trade, are built here, on 
the banks of the river, the landing place for merchandize } and where a consider- 
able trade is carried on in coalf, timber, iron, &c. 
THORNER, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Tadcaster and Wetberby, 8 from Leeds. 
16 from York. — Pop. 708. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to St. Peter, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, $8/. 3s. Ad. p. r. 
147/. 10s. Patron, the King. 
THQRNHJLL, a parish-town, in A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Dewsbufy, 6 from 
Wakefield, 9] from Huddersfield, 35 from York.— Pop. 1,932* 



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Tfee Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in thedeanry of 
Pontefract, value, 40/. Patron, the Hon. and Rev. J. Lumley 
Saville. 

Thornhill stands on an eminence, on the sonth side of the Calder, com- 
manding extensive views up and down the vale of that name. It is memorable 
for the long residence of a family distinguished in the public concerns of the 
County of York. In the time of Henry 111. it was the seat of the knightly 
family of Thornhills, who intermarried with the De Fixbys and Babthorpes in 
the reigns of Edward I. and IL And in that of Edward J II. became united 
with the Savilles of Dodworth, near Barnsley. The Savilles remained here till 
the civil wars of Charles I. when the house was besieged, (having been previ- 
ously fortified by Sir William Saville, the third baronet of this family) taken, and 
demolished by the forces of Parliament. Of the small fragment that remains, 
which appears to be about the time of Henry VII. an engraving is given in Whi- 
laker's Loidis et Elmete. On the north side of the choir in the Church is the 
chapel of the Savilles, which boasts of a noble collection of monuments to that 
ancient family ; amongst them is a rare one of Oak, upon the table of which are 
three statues of the same material, commemorating Sir John Savile and his tw« 
wives. — On the fillet is this rude inscription, 

Bonys ernoug Stonys, lyes here ful sty!,, 

Quilst the Sawle wanders wher God wyl, 

Anno Dni. MCCCCCXXIX. 

Sir George Saville, Bart, many years representative in Parliament for this 
•county, was the last surviving male descendant of this ancient family. He died 
Jan. 9, 1764, and was buried among his ancestors, at Thornhill, having devised 
his estates to the second son of his sister Barbara, who married Richard Lumley 
3anderson, afterwards Earl of Scarborough. 

The windows in this Church were once highly ornamented with stained 
glass, of which there are some remains : a particular and interesting account of 
which, and other information respecting this place, may be seen in Whitaker^s 
Loidis el Elmete. 

Here is a free Grammar School, founded by the Rev. Charles Greenwood, 
M. A. Rector, in the reign of Charles I. and a free School, founded in 1812, by 
Mr. Richard Walker. 
THORNHILL-LEES, ham. in the township and parish of Thorn- 
hill, liberty of Pontefract ; If mile from Dewsbury. 
THORNHILLS, in the township of Harthead-with-Clifton, and 
parish of Dewsbury, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley^ 
liberty of Wakefield ; 4| miles from Halifax, 6 from Dewsbury. 
THORNS-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Sedbergh ; | 

mile from Sedbergb. 
THORNS, s. h. in the township and parish -of Horton ; 12 miles 

from Settle and Askrigg. 
THORNS, f.h. in the township of Temple-Newsam, and parish of 

Whitkirk; 2{ miles from Leeds. 
THORNS, in the township of Alverthorpe-with-Thoms, and parish 
of Wakefield, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wakefield, 9| from Barnsley.— Pop. 
included in Alverthorpe. 
THORN-SEAT, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 

Ecclesfield; 7 miles from Penistone, 8| from Hope, (Derbys.) 
THORNS-HOUSE, (the seat of Benjamin Gaskill, Esq.) in the 
township of Alverthorpe-with-Thoms, and parish and liberty of 
Wakefield ; \ mile from Wakefield, 6 from Dewgbuiy. 



426 WEST-RIDING. 

THORNTH WAITE, in the parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division 
of Claro; 5 miles from Pateleybridge, 6 from Ripley, 10 from 
Otley. — Pop. including Padside 309, which being united form a 
township. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Hampsthwaite, 
value p. r. 68/. 5s. Od. 
THORNTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-di vision of Ag- 
brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; i miles from Bradford, 
5 from Halifax. — Pop. 4,110. The Church is a perpetual curacy, 
dedicated to St. James, value, p. r. tHO/. 0s. 0d„ Patron, the 
Vicar of Bradford. 
THORNTON, (in Craven) a parish town, in the east-division and 
liberty of Staincliife ; 6 miles from Skipton, Gargrave, Gisburn, 
and Colne, (Lane.) \2 from Burnley, {ditto) 13 from Keighley 
and Settle, 47 from York. Pop. 1,829. The Church, which is at 
some distance from the village, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, 
(Dr. Whitaker says to St. Oswald, or All Saints,) in the deanry of 
Craven, value, 19/. 5s. 2 \d. Patron, Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. 
Fortnight Fairs, are on the Mondays before Skipton. 

In this parish are the manors of Thornton, Eureby, and Kellbrook, which 
have never been separated from the earliest times, but have passed together, and 
in succession, through the families of Percy, Kyme, Muncey, Roos, Pilkington, 
Manners, Lister, and Kaye. In 28th Edward I. Walter de Muncey, obtained a 
charter of free- warren in Thornton, Eureby, and Kellbrook, together with a fair 
and market at Thornton, viz. a market every Thursday, and a fair there for five 
days, viz. on the eve, day, and morrow of St. Thomas the Martyr, and two fol- 
lowing days. In 1556, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, the manor and advowson were 
alienated by Henry, second Earl of Northumberland, to William Lister ; through 
which family they have descended to the present proprietor. 

Thornton appears to have had some share of the troubles in the timeof Charles I. 
for we find, that the Manor-house of Sir William Lister was taken by a party of 
Royalists, in July, 1643, sent by Sir John Mallory, from Skipton, which was 
some time afterwards burnt, and never re-built. Several years since, on digging 
into the rubbish, an apartment was discovered on the ground-floor, with the old 
furniture undisturbed. — JVhitaker's Craven. 

Here are Aims-Houses for five poor widows, founded by the late Joseph 
Smith, Esq. Banker, London, and endowed by him with 3s. 6d. each, per week, 
and coals. 
THORNTON, BISHOP, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower 
division of Claro ; 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Knaresbrough. — 
Pop. 647. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of 
Ripon, value, p. r. f 65/. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. 
THORNTON in LONSDALE, a parish-town, in the wapentake 
of Ewcross ; 1 mile from Ingleton, 6 from Kirby-Lonsdale, 
(Westm.) 1 1 from Settle, 68 from York.— Pop. 535. The Church 
is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Kirby- 
Lonsdale, value, 28/. 13*. Id. p. r. f79/. Patrons, the Dean and 
Chapter of Worcester. 

Near this village is a tremendous cliff, called Thornton-Scar, partly clothed 
with wood, and partly exhibiting the bare rock. This scar is about 100 yards 
high, and runs up a considerable way, varying its elevation, into the mountains, 
along with one, not quite so perpendicular, on the other side : these unite so 
closely at the bottom, that the frightful chasm scarcely leaves room for the hur- 
rying brook to escape, by a precipitate flight over a succession of small cascades. 
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an aperture in a high rock, and falls at one leap nearly thirty yards, partly from 
the top of a rocky ledge, over half of which it falls in one unbroken sheet of four 
yards wide, and then tumbles over a bulging rock into a deep black pool below. 
The tops and sides of the rocks are beatif'ully fringed with ivy and other shrubs ; 
they are a few yards higher than the cascade ; and the whole, viewed from the 
basin below, forms an exceedingly fine picture. 

THORNTON-LODGE, (the seat of John Horsfall, Esq.) in the 
township of Lockwood, and parish of Aldmonbury ; 1 mile from 
Huddersfield. 

THORNY ILLE, a township, in the parish of Whixley, lower-divi- 
sion of Claro; 5 miles from Wetherby, 9 from Knaresbrough, 10 
from York. — Pop. 13. 

THORNVILLE-ROYAL.— See Allerton-Mauleverer. 

THORPE, in the township and parish of Burnsall, east-division of 
Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; (a seat of the Rev. Henry 
Jfi ggles worth,) 9 miles from Skipton and Kettlewell, 10 from 
Pateleybridge. 

Thorpe, sometimes called Thorp suVtus Montem, is in a most retired situa- 
tion, within a cavity so encircled by high grounds, that it is difficult to conceive, 
at first sight, how the waters escape, and why it is not a lake. In a pasture above 
this village, is a cave, called Knave Knoll Hole, very difficult of access, and, from 
the narrowness of the entrance, equally difficult to be discovered. For these 
reasons, it seems to have been a retreat of some ancient banditti. Several years 
ago, Dr. Whitaker discovered in it, besides many bones of sheep, &c. the re- 
mains of an human skeleton. 

THORPE, (the seat of John Priestley, Esq.) in the township of 
Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 4^ miles 
from Halifax. 6\ from Huddersfield. 

THORPE, or FINTHORPE.— See Finthorpe. 

THORPE, UPPER and LOWER, 2 hams, in the parish of Ald- 
mondbury ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. 

THORP-ARCH, (Ainstyj a parish-town, (the seat of Wilmer Gos- 
sip, Esq.) 3 miles from Wetherby, 4 from Tadcaster, 13 from York. 
— Pop. 343. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, 
value, Jo/. 155. 5d. Patron, Mr Wheeler. — For an account of the 
Spaw, see Boston. 

THORPE-AUDLIN, in the parish of Badsworth, wapentake of 
Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 4| miles from Pontefract, 5\ 
from Ferrybridge, 10 from Wakefield. — Pop, 344. 

THORPE-GREEN, ham. in the township of Thorpe- Underwood, 
and parish of Little-Ouseburn, (the seat of Mrs Robinson,) 6 miles 
from Boroughbridge, 12 from York. 

THORPE-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Selby ; 2 miles 
from Selby, 9 from Ferry bridge. 

THORPE-HALL, s. h. in the township of Thorpe-Stapleton, and 
parish of Whitkirk ; 3 miles from Leeds. 

In the reign of Edward I. the Stapletons had two carncates of land here : 
and the knights templar*, onecarurate. It afterwards became the estate of the 
Skargills, who resided here: one of that family erected a chantry at Whitchnrch. 
The Roman Via Vicixams, leading from the great military road upon Brarahana 
Moor, is visible here for 400 pace- together.— Thorhsby. 

THORPE-HESLEY, in the township of Ki m be r worth, and parishes 
of Wath-upon-Dearn and Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth 



428 WEST-RIDING. 

,.-. and Tickhill; 4| miles from Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley and 
Sheffield. 

THORPE-IN-BALNE, in the parish of Barmby-upon-Dunn, lower- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles 
from Thome, 6| from Doncaster. — Pop. 122. 

THORPE or LITTLE-THORPE.- -See Littletkorpe. 

THORPE-LODGE, (the residence of the Rev. William J. Waddi- 
love,) in the township of Whitcliffe-with-Thorpe, and parish of 
Ripon ; 1 % mile from Ripon. 

THORPE-OK-THE-HILL, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg- 
division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract, (the seat of 
William Fenton, Esq.) 4| miles from Leeds and VVakefield. — 
Pop. 80. 

THORPE-SALVIN, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill. liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Worksop, 
(Notts.) 9 from Rotherham, 13 from Bawtry, 55 from York. — 
Pop. 199. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, f5'Sl. Patron, 
the Duke of Leeds. 

The Church of Thorpe-Sal vin is remarkable for its handsome Saxon Door- 
way. In the interior is a very curious stone Font, upon which are cut in alto 
relievo, in compartments, the following figures, representing the seasons of the 
year. Winter h figured by an old man wanning himpelf before a fire in a chim- 
ney ; Spring, by one riding out a hawking ; Summer by a man reaping corn and 
bundling it up into sheaves ; and Autumn, by a husbandman sowing seed. The 
other compartments exhibit the ceremony of Baptism with the parents and 
sponsors. — See a particular account of this Font, with, plate , in Archeeologia. vol. 
xii. p.207and3D9. 

THORPE-STAPLETON, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division 
of Skyrack; 3 miles from Leeds, 10 from Wakefield, 13 from 
Tadcaster. — Pop. 25. It contains three houses. 

THORPE, WEST— See West-Thorpe. 

^HORPE-UNDERWOOD, a township, in the parish of Little- 
Ouseburn, upper-division of Clarp ; 7 miles from Boroughbridge, 
10 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 179. 

THORPE-VILLE, 2 h. in the township and parish of Almondbury; 
2 miles from Huddersfield. 

THORPE- WILLOUGHBY, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake 
of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; %\ miles from Selby, 9 
from Ferrybridge, 1 1 from Pontefract. — Pop. 1 44. 

THREAPLAND, ham. in the township of Cracow, and parish of 
Burnsall, liberty of StainclifFe; 6 miles from Skipton. 

THRESHFIELD, in the parish of Linton, east-division and liberty 
of StainclifFe ; 6 miles from Kettleweli, 9 from Skipton, 11 from 
Pateleybridge, 20 from Settle.-— Pop. 237. 

Here is a Grammar School, founded in 1674, by the Rer. Matthew Hewitt, 
Rector of Linton, who endowed it with 20/. perann. for the master, and 10/. ior 
the usher, and 50/. for four exhibitions to four scholars, from this School, to St. 
John's College, in Cambridge. Although this School cannot boast of late, either 
of "able masters or hopeful scholars," Dr. Whitaker informs us "that the late 
Bishop Elphin, Dr. Dodgson, as well as the present learned and venerable mas- 
lo? of St. John's College, (Dr. William Craven,) were among the number of 



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Hewitt's exhibitioners." And th* Rev. W"m. Sheepshanks, of St. John's'College, 
Cambridge, a native of Linton, received bis education in this School. 
THRIBERGH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickbill; (Thribergh-Park, the seat of John Fidlerton, Esq.) 3 
miles from Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster, 46 from York. — Pop. 
315. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Leonard, in the 
deanry of Doncaster, value, 12/. 11 s. 5\d, Patron, John Ful- 
lerton, Esq. 
THRO A PH AM, a township, in the parish of St. John's, upper-divi- 
sion of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 6| miles from Tickhill, 7| from 
Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from Rotherham, 10 from Bawtry. — Pop. 
including St. John's, 50, which being united, form a township. 
THRUSCROSS, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro, 
liberty of Knaresbrough ; 5 miles from Pateley bridge, 8j from 
from Ripley, 13 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 600. Here is a 
Chapel of Ease to Fewston. 
THUNDERCLIFFE-GRANGE, {the seat of Lord Howard of 
Effingham) in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rother- 
ham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from 
.Rotherham, 6 from Sheffield, 9 from Barnsley. 

This house was a Grange of the Cistercian Abbey of Kirkstead, in Lincoln- 
shire, which had forges and other considerable property in this* part of the parish 
of Ecclpsfield, and the adjoining parish of Rotherham, of the gift of De Busli 
and De Luvetot. Previous to the erection of a Grange by the monks of Kirk- 
stead, there appears to have been a small hermitage here, dedicated to St. John 
the Baptist. After the dissolution the Grange was bought by one of the family 
of Rokehy, and passing through the hands of several families, the Wombwells, 
Shiercliffes, and Greeus, in quick succession, became the property of the Right 
Hon. Thomas, the third Earl of Effingham, who took down the old Grange ; 
and near its site, about the year 1777, laid the foundation of the present hand- 
some edifice. On his decease, without issue, it passed to his brother Richard, the 
fourth Earl of Effingham, who made it for many years his usual summer resi- 
dence. He died in 1816. — Hunter's Hallam. 

It is now the property of the present occupier, Kenneth Alexander Howard, 
Baron Howard, of Effingham, K. C. B. 
THURCROFT, {the seat of Captain Butler) in the township and 
parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, and parish of Maltby, upper- 
division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 6 miles from 
Tickhill, 6^ from Rotherham. 9 from Bawtry. 
THURGOLAND, in the parish of Silkston, wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Penistone, 4| from Barnsley, 
9| from Sheffield.— Pop. 813. 
THURLSTONE, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Stain- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Penistone, 8| from 
Barnsley, 13 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 1,524. 

Here was born in 1682, the celebrated Nicholas Saunderson, Professor of 
Mathematics in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of the Royal Society. 
When only a year old he was, by the small-pox, deprived of his sight ; 60 that 
he retained no more ideas of light and colour than if he had been born blind. He 
was sent early in life to the Grammar-School at Penistone, where he laid the 
foundation of that knowledge of the Greek and Roman languages, which he af- 
terwards improved fo far, by his own application to the classical authors, as to 
have the works of Euclid, Archimedes, andDiophantus {ead to him in their ori- 
ginal Greek. He died in April, 1739. After his death, appeared his " Elements 



430 WEST-RIDING. 

of Algebra," 2 vols. 4to. ; which was followed, in 1756, by his "Treatise on 
Fluxions," 8vo.— Chalmer's Biog. Diet. 

THURNSCOE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth 

and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; (the seat of Charles Palmer, Esq.) 

8 miles from Doncaster, Rotherham, and Barnsley, 36 from York. 

— Pop. 205. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in 

the deanry of Doncaster, value, 11/. 75. 8|d Patron, Earl 

Fitzwilliam. 

THURSTONLAND, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division 

of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Hud- 

dersfield.— Pop. 989. 

THURSTONE, and } 2 hams, in the township of Quick, and 

THURSTONE-CLOUGH, 5 parish of Rochdale, (Lane.% 2 miles 

from Dobcross, 11 from Rochdale, 13 from Huddersfield. 
THUS KIN-HOLES, s. h. in the township of Hepworth, and parish 

of Kirkburton; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Penistone. 
THWAITE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township oi" Fountains- Earth, and 

parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 1 1 miles from Pateley bridge. 
TH WAITE-MILLS, ham. in the township and parish of Rothwell ; 

2 1 miles from Leeds, 7 from Wakefield. 
f HWAITES, /. h. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of Sed- 

bergh; 4 miles from Sedbergh, 8 from Kendal, (Westm.) 
THWAITES, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty 

of Staincliffe ; 1 mile from Keighley, 9 from Bradford. 
"TICKHILL, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; (Tickhill-Castle, the seat of Frederick 
Lumley, Esq.) 4 miles from Bawtry and Blythe, (Notts.) 7 from 
Doncaster, 9 from Worksop, (Notts.) U from Rotherham, 43 
from York, 156 from London. — Market, Friday. — Fair, August 
21, for horned cattle, horses, and sheep. — Principal Inn, Red 
Lion.— Pop. 1,830. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £7/. 2s. 6d. Patron, 
George Foljambe, Esq. 

This ancient town is situated in a vale, and the streets of which are nearly 
inthe form of a T, by the roads passing through from Doncaster to Worksop, and 
Bawtry to Rotherham. The market on Fridays, has nearly fallen into disuse, 
being now only for butter and poultry. In the market-place, is a small neat 
stone building, erected with a dome over it, for the accommodation of the country 
people. 

The Church of Tickhill, is a spacious and handsome structure, with a lofty 
and beautiful tower ; and from its architecture, and the arms of England and 
France on the west front of the tower, seems to have been built in the reign of 
Edward IIT. 

The Castle here was a very strong fortress, situated on a large Mount, and 
encompassed by an high and strong wall. It was probably built of brick, the 
word in Dutch signifying a brick. It seems to have been a ruin in Leland's tnjp, 
who observes " The dungeon is the fairest part of the Castelle, all the buildiifges 
withyn the area be down, saving the old Haulle." The Conqueror gave it to 
Roger de Busli, with 49 manors in this county. It was of such dignity, in for- 
mer times, that all the manors round, belonging to it, were styled the honour of 
Tickhill. King Henry I. seized on this honour, and other succeeding Kings did 
the like. King Edward III. gave it to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, from 
whom it passed to Henry IV. and has remained in the Dutchy of Lancaster ever 



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since. In the reign of Charles I. it was regarded as a strong fortress, and gar-^ 
risoned by the King's troops. After the battle of Marston-Moor, and the sur- 
render of York to the Parliament's forces, the Earl of Manchester sent CoL Lil- 
burn to reduce this Castle, being induced to it by the complaints of the inhabi- 
tants of the surrounding country, to whom it was exceedingly oppressive. After 
two days siege, the garrison capitulated ; and Major Monkton, the Governor, 
Col. and Major Redhead, with other officers, some of their wives, eighty mus- 
keteers, and sixty horse, surrendered themselves prisoners of war* There was only 
one piece of cannon mounted, one hundred muskets, some powder and match, 
and above a hundred quarters of grain, many barrels of salt, butter, store of cheese, 
powdered beef, besides beasts and sheep. In 1646— 7, the Parliament ordered 
that this Castle, with several others, should be dismantled, and rendered unte- 
nable. The circular tower was, in consequence, demolished. Since its' unions 
with the Crown, in the time of Henry IV. the honour of Tickhill, appurtenant 
to the Castle, has been held either by the Monarch, or leased out to courtiers. 
In the 17th of James I. 1620, the King demised it to Sir John Walker, and other 
trustees, for ninety-nine years, in trust for Prince Henry, then alive, and after- 
wards for Prince Charles, and to grant, assign, and surrender it upon request, 
according to their discretions : after this, it was granted to the Sandersons, Earls 
of Castleton, whose seat was at Sandbeck, and has descended in lease, with the 
possessions of that family in 1723, to the Earls of Scarborough. — Camden. — Hist* 
Doncaster. — Northern Star. 

In the Market-Place is an " Hospital, dedicated to St. Leonard, the sad 
condition of the brethren whereof Archbishop Grey recommended to the charity 
of all good people, A. D. 1225." Over the doorway is an inscription, which seem* 
hitherto to have puzzled all antiquaries to decypher. A little to the west of 
the town are seen the ruins of an ancient Priory, of Augustine Friars, founded 
in the reign of Henry IIT, Tanner states it to have been granted in the first year 
of Queen Mary, to Thomas Reeve and George Cotton. This house, in a low si- 
tuation, is now occupied by a farmer, and some remains appear of its ancient state* 
Clarell-Hall, the seat of that ancient and respectable family, the Clarells, is 
now only to be found in a heap of stones, at no great distance from the Church* 
In the olden time there appears to have been three Churches or Chapels in this 
parish, viz. St. Mary's, the present Church ; St. Nicholas' Chapel, in the Castle, 
and Allhallows, the situation of which is ascertained to have been on a bill hall 
a mile north-west of the town. 

At this place was born Ezreel Tonge, D.D. a schoolmaster at Churchill, 
and at Islington, where he taught both boys and girls. He first discovered ta 
his Majesty, King Charles II. the popish plot, being told it by Dr. Oates. He 
wrote several books against the Papists, as " the Royal Martyr ; the Jesuits 
unmasked ; Jesuits' Assassins, &c. He died in- 1680." — Magna Brit. 
TILTS, 2 h. in the township of Langtb/waite-with-Tilts, and parish 
of Doncaster, lower-division of Straffdrth and Tickhill, liberty of 
Tickhill ; 4 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Thome. — Pop. included 
in Langthwaite. 
TIMBLB, GREAT, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of 
Claro, liberty of Knaresbrougb ; 5 miles from Otley, 12 from 
Knaresbrough, 14 from Skipton. — Pop. 233. 
TIMBLE, LITTLE, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro, 
liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 4| miles from Otley, 
13| from Knaresbrougb, 14 from Skipton. — Pop. 62, 
TIMBLE-INGS, /. h. in the township of Great-Timble, and parish 

of Fewston ; 6 miles from Otley, 13 from Skipton. 
TINGLE-BRIDGE, s. h. and Bridge, in the township of Brampton- 
Bierlow, and parish of YVath-upon-Deam; 6 miles from Rotherharo, 
TINGLEY, ham. in the township of West-Ardsley, and parish of 
Woodkirk; (Ting ley- House, the residence of the Rev. W. Wood) 
\\ miles from Wakefield, 5 from Leeds. 

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432 WEST-RIUING. 

TINKER-BROOK, 5. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish ol 

Ecclesfield ; 7 miles from Sheffield, 8 from Penistone. 

TINSLE Y^ in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; f Z\ miles from Rotherham, 3| 
from Sheffield.— Pop. 327. The Church is a vicarage, in the 
deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. fill /. In Bacon it is stated to 
be a Chapel to Rotherham, certified value, 29/. ISs. 

TYTHE-DALE, /. h. in the township and parish of Fishlake ; 4 
miles from Thome, 7| from Snaith. 

TOAD-HILL, and '} 2/. h. in the township of Thurgoland, and parish 

TOAD-HOLE, > of Silkston ; 3 miles from Penistone. 

TOCKWITH, fAinsty) in the parish of Bilton, 7| miles from 
Tadcaster, %\ from York.— Pop. 436. 

At the comrnen cement of the memorable battle of Marston-Moor, in the 
year 1644, the front of the parliament's army extended from the north end of 
Marston-moor, to this village — a distance of nearly three miles.— Drake. 

TODBER,/. h. in the township of Rimington, and parish of Gisburn, 
liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Gisburn. 

TODMORDEN, a market- town, in the parishes of Halifax and 
Rochdale, (Xanc.jMorJey-divisionof Agbriggand Morley,and hun- 
dred of Salford, (Lane.) 9 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 9| from 
Burnley, {ditto) 12 from Halifax, 48 from York, 207 from Lon- 
don.— Market, Thursday. — Fairs, Thursday and Friday before 
Easter; September 27 and 28, for homed cattle, pedlary ware, &c. 

TODWICK, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill ; 7 miles from Rotherham, 7| from Worksop, (JSotts) 10| 
from Sheffield, 49 from York. — Pop. 210. The Church is a rec- 
tory, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, in the deanry of Don- 
caster, value, 61. 14s. Id. p. r. 148/. 17/. 7d. Patron, the Duke of 
Leeds. — In the same township and parish is 

TOD WICK-GRANGE, (the seat of George Fox, Esq.) 

TONG, in the parish of Rirstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Tong-Hall, the seat of John PLumbe, 
Esq.) 4 miles from Bradford, 6 from Leeds and Wakefield.— Pop. 
J ,893. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ponte- 
fract. Patron, John Plumbe, Esq. 

Tong, usually styled a Lordship, although within the parish of Birstall, is 
not subject to the vicarage of that Church, excepting the annual payment of two 
shillings to the vicar for synodals ; to the repairs of a part of the church-yard 
wall ; and an annual payment of five shillings to the Churchwardens, under 
the denomination of rogues money. 

Tong, the Tuinc of Domesday,, and the lordship of a family of that name, 
from which family it has been successively transmitted to the Mirfields and 
Tempests ; Sir George Tempest having built the stately mansion here, in 1702. 
— Thoresby— Whitakjer. It is now enjoyed by John Plumbe, Esq. 

TONG-LANE-END, ham. in the township of Tong, and parish of 
Birstall ; 4 miles from Bradford. 

TOOTHILL, s. h. in the township of Rastrick, and parish of Hali- 
fax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax. 

TOPCLIFFE, 2/. h. in the township of West-Ardsley,and parish of 
Woodkirk, liberty of Wakefield ; 4| miles from Leeds, 



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TOPPIT, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of High-Hoy- 
land ; 6 miles from Penistone. 

TOSSIDE, in the township of Sawley-with-Tosside, and parish of 
Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Stainclrife ; 1\ miles from 
Settle, 1J from Clitheroe. (Lane.) 16 fromSkipton. — Pop. included 
in Saw ley. 

This township consists of a large tract of pasture and moov lands, not having 
anv particular cluster of houses or village, called Tosside. 

TOSS1DE-HOVV, (extraparochiai) in the township of Saw ley-witb 
Tosside; 8 miles from Settle, 14| from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 

TOTTIS, ham. in the township of WooLdale, and parish of Kirk? 
barton; 7 rajlesfrom Huddersfield, 81 from Penistone. 

TO ALSTON, in the township and parish of Newton-Kyrae, wapen- 
take of Barkston-Ash • (Towlston- Lodge, the seat of William Prest, 
E*q.) 3 miles from Tadcaster, 5 from Wetherby. 

TOW 7 N-END, in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirk? 
burton, Agbrioor_cii v j s i on of Agbrigg and Morley ; 6 miles frqm 
Hnadersfield, 9 from Penistone. 

TOWN-GATE, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 2| 
miles -rom Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield. 

TO -EAD, (the seat of the Rev. James Wigglesworth,') in the 

t< lip and parish of Slaidburn, which it adjoins. 

T< . i LL, {the seat of F. Nuffield, Esq.) in the township and 

;h of Bradford. 

TOWTON, in the parish of Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, 
liberty ol Pontefract; (Towton-Hall, the seat of the Hon. Martin 
ftladen Bawke.) 2\ miles from Tadcaster, 10 from Ferrybridge, 1$ 
from Pontefract. — Pop. 94. 

This plnce mustever remain famous in our history for the greatest engage- 
ment of nobility and gentry, and the strongest army that was ever seen in Engi 
land, under daring and furious leaders, and vyhich Camden calls the English 
Pharsalia. This battle was fought on Palm Sunday, 1461, between the York 
party and the Lancastrians. The right wing of Edward's army, was commanded 
t?y the Earl of Warwick, the left by Lord Fauconberg, the main body by Ed- 
ward himself; the Lancastrians by the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Northum- 
berland and the Lord Clifford ; but the latter was shot in the throat before the. 
action commenced, a fate too good for such a monster, who in cool blood, some- 
time before, murdered an innocent child 12 years old, the Earl of Rutland, Ed- 
ward's youngest brother, whose moving intercession for mercy might have soften^ 
ed the most obdurate heart. 

The number of the Yorkists was 40,660 men, the other full 60.000. Before 
the action commenced, Edward issued a proclamation that no quarter should be 
given. The conflict lasted ten hour?, and victory fluctuated from side to side, 
till at length it settled in the house of York. The Lancastrians gave way and 
fled to York, but seeking to gain the bridge at Tadcaster, so many fell into the; 
small river Cock, which runs into the Wharf, as quite filled it up, and the Yorkists 
went over their hacks to pursue their brethren. The number of the slain was 
estimated at 36,776, among them the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland, 
and a great many others of the nobility ; and the wounds they died of being made 
by battle-axes, arrows and ewords, caused an immense effusion of blood, which 
lay caked with the snow, which at that time covered the ground, and afterwards 
dissolving with it, ran down, in the most horrible manner, the furrows and 
ditches of the fields for two or three miles. 

The Dukes of Somerset and Exeter fled the field, and carried the fatal news 
Jo Henry and ibis Queen and the Prince of Wales, at York, who soon fled ir.to 



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Scotland. After the battle, the T)nke of Exeter and the Earl of Devonshire went 
beheaded ; and the heads of the Duke of York, and the Earl of Salisbury, which had 
been set upon the Gates at York, were taken down, and theirs sefc'ITp in their 
place. Most of the bodies of the slain were thrown into five large pits, one of 
which Drake says he saw opened in 1734. The quarrel between the two Roses, 
extinguished most of the ancient families in the kingdom : more than 100,000 
men lost their lives, either by the sword or the executioner. 

At Towton, King Richard III. begun a Chapel, as Leland says, over the 
bodies of the Yorkists slain in this battle, who were buried here, but did not liye 
to see it finished. — Rapin — Stow— Camden — Drake. 
TRANMORE, /. h. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of Kel- 

lington; 6 miles from Snaith, 7 from Pontefract. 
TREETON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 4 miles from Rotherham, 7 from 
Sheffield, 52 from York.-— Pop. 364. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12/. 
Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. 

Dr. Samuel Drake, brother of the author of the Eboracum, was rector of 
this Church in 1728, where he was buried in 1753. Like all the Drakes, he was 
a man of learning, and like many of them, an author. — Hunter's Hallamshire. 
Treeton, the lordship of Morcar, Efirl of Northumberland, before the con- 
quest ; afterwards it became the estate of the Furnivals: Thomas de Nevil, mar- 
rying the heiress, brought this estate into his family, with the title of Lord Fur- 
nival. It afterwards, by marriage, came into the possession of John, Lord Tal- 
bot, the famous general ; who, for his eminent services, was created Earl of 
Shrewsbury, by King Henry VI. To this family succeeded that of Pierpoint; of 
whom, Robert de Pierpoint was, by King Charles I., created Lord Pierpoint, of 
Holm-Pierpoint, Viscount Newark, and Earl of Kingston; who, in gratitude and 
loyalty to his royal benefactor, raised a regiment for his service, and was taken 
prisoner at the surrender of Gainsbrough ; and, being sent, with others, in a boat, 
towards Hull, a party of cavaliers, as they passed by, called to the boat to stop ; 
and, because they did not, the cavaliers fired upon them, and the Earl, with his 
man, was slain by their friends, 1643.— Magna Brit. The Duke of Norfolk is 
now the sole Lord. 
TROOP,/, h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of 

Kirkbymajzeard; 9 miles from Pateleybridge and Masham. 
TOUMFUiET, in the township and parish of Kirk-Sandal, lower- 
division of StrafForth and Tickhill ; 6 miles from Thome, 7 from 
Doncaster, 
TUD WORTH, 2 or 3 /. A. in the township and parish of Hatfield ; 

1 1 mile from Thome. 
TUNNERCLIFFE,GATE,Jf. h. in the township of Dalton, and 

parish of Kirkheaton ; t miles from Huddersfield. 
TUNSTED, ham, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale ; 

(Lane.) I \ mile from Dobcross. 
TURNBRIDGE, scatt. hs. in the township of Cowick, and parish of 

Snaith, liberty of Pontefract', 2 miles from Snaith. 
TURVIN-VALE, in the chapelry of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax. 
TWIGENJBURY, s. L in the township and parish of Tankersiey ; 

5 miles from Barnsley. 
T WISLETON, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of 

Low-Bentham ; 7 miles from Kirby«-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 
TYRESALL, in the township of Pudsey, and parish of Calverley, 
Morjey-division of Agbriggand Morley,. liberty of Pontefract; 2>\ 
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TYERS-HILL, /. A. in the township and parish of Darfield ; 3| 
miles from Barnsley. 

u 

UDEN, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 

Ecelesfield ; b" miles from Hope, (Derbys.) 
UGHILL, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eceles- 
field ; 8 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. 
ULLEY, or BRAMPTON-ULLEY, in the parishes of Treeton 
and Aston, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from 
Rotherham. 9 from Sheffield.— Pop. 203, 
ULLESKELF, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, 
liberty of St. Peter ; {the seat of John Shilleto, Esq.) 2 miles from 
Tadcaster, 9 from Selby, 14 from Pontefract.— Pop. 426. The 
Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 34/. lis, 
9d. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. 

UNDER-BANK, in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Peni- 
stone ; (the seat of John Fenton, Esq.) 3 miles from Penistone, 8 
from Barnsley, 10 from Sheffield. 

UNDER-BANK, (the seat of James Rawde?i, Esq.) in the township 
of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles 
from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lane.) 

UNDERCLIFFE, ham. in the township and parish of Bradford; 
(Under cliffe- Hall, the seat of J. Hustler, Esq.) 1 mile from Bradford. 

UNSHRI YEN-BRIDGE, s. h. in the township of Hunshelf, and 
parish of Penistone ; 3| miles from Penistone. 

" This Farm," says Blonut, " pays yearly to Godfrey BosvilJe, Esq. of 
Gunthwaite, two broad-head and two feathered Arrows." 

UPPER and NETHER-GATE.— See Stannington. 

UPPER-MILL, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, 
(Lane.) ; 9 miles from Rochdale, 13 from Huddersfield. — A Fair 
for horned cattle is held on the 13th of June. 

UPPER-THONG.— See Thong. Upper. 

UPPER-THORPE, ham. in the township of Nether-Hallam ; 1 
mile from Sheffield. 

UPTON, in the parish of Badswortb, wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Pontefract, 10 from Doncaster 
and Wakefield.— Pop. 184. 

UTLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of 
Staincliffe ; 1 mile from Keighley, 9 from Skipton. 

VIEWS, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Dar- 
field ; 1 5 mile from Barnsley. 

VISIT, /. h. in the township and parish of Hemsworth; 6 miles from 
Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. 

w 

WADDINGTON, in the parish of Mitton, west divivion of Stain- 
diffe, liberty of Bolland ; 8| miles from Gisburn, 14 from Black- 



436 WEST-RIDING. 

burn, (Lane.) 16 from Burnley, (ditto) 20 from Skiptonv-^Pop, 
687. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Helen, 
Patron, T. L. Parker, Esq. 

This place, at the time of Domesday, was a parcel of the Terra Rogeri Pier 
taviensis. In the time of Edward I. it appears to have been in the possession of 
the Tempests, in which family it continued till the reign of Charles 1. Wadr 
dingtonrHall, though constructed of strong old masonry, has nearly lost all ap- 
pearances of antiquity. — VVhitaker. 

Here is an Hospital, founded in 1701, by Robert Parker, for ten widows; 
attached to which, is an oratory for divine worship, for which the founder or- 
dered prayers to be read daily, morning and evening. In 1709, the rental of the 
estate belonging to this Hospital, was 66^. 8*. Jn 1799, it amounted to 254/. 
instead of ten ; there were then fifteen widows. The pious founder died early 
in life, and was buried in the churchy-yard of Waddington. 

An Alras-House was founded here in 1690, for twenty poor people of the 
townships of Aighton, Bailey, Chidsley, Mitton, Wismell, and Ribchester ; and 
endowed with 61. 13s. 4d. per month, and a suit of clothes to each, every year.. 
WADDO W-H ALL, (the seat of B. N. R. Bqttye, Esq.) in the town- 
ship of Waddington, and parish of Mitton, liberty of Staincliffe ; 
2 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 12 from Blackburn and Gisburn. 
WADLANDS, /. h. in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and 

parish of Calverley ; 3 miles from Bradford. 
WADSLEY, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-divi- 
sion of StrafForth and Tickhiil; 3 miles from Sheffield, on the left 
of the Manchester road. 

This was formerly the seat of the knightly family of Wadsley, who held their 
estate here, by the name of a manor of the great Baron at Sheffield Castle ; and 
they had at Wadsley, a Hall, a Park, and a domestic Chapel, which were not 
wholly destroyed in the reign of Elizabeth,, but of which, now only the names 
remain.— Hunter. 
WADSLEY*BRIDGE, ham. m the township and parish of Eccles- 
field •, 3 miles from Sheffield. 
WAOSWGRTH, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley- 
division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles 
from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Xa?ic.J— -Pop. 4,£Q9 
WADSWOJITH-LANES, ham. in the township of Wadswortb, 
and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Halifax. 
WAD WORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of StrafForth 
and Tickhiil, liberty of Tickhiil ; (the seat of Sir George Scovell, 
Bart.) 3 miles from Tickhiil, 4 from Doncaster, 8| from Rother- 
ham. — Pop. 614. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated tq St. Mary, 
in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £4/. 2s. 6d. Patrqns, Mrs 
Verelst, and Sir Charles Kent, Bart, as heirs of the late Mfs 
Wordsworth. 
WAKEFIELD, a market and parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Dews- 
bury, 9 from Leeds and Ppntefract, 10 from Barnsley, 13 from 
Huddersfield an4 Abberford, 15 from Bradford, 20 from Doncas- 
ter, 28 from York, 182 from London.— Market , Friday. -r-Fairs % 
July 4 and 5, for pedlary wars; November 11 and 12, for horses, 
homed cattle, &c. and every other Wednesday, for horned cattle.-^ 
Bankers, Messrs. Leathams, Tew, Trueman, and Co. draw on 
Messrs. Deunison and Co. 106, Fenohurch-Street • Messrs. Went- 



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worth, Chaloner, and Rishworth, draw on Messrs. Wentworth, and 
Co. 25, Threadneedle-Street. — Principal Inns, White Hart, Straf- 
ford Arms, George, Black Bull, and Woodman Inn. — Pop. 10,764. 
There are two Churches, the parish-church is a vicarage, dedicated 
to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20/. 19s. %d. 
Patron, the King. The other is called St. John's Church, Value, 
p. r. 100/. Patron, the Vicar of All-Saints. 

Wakefield is delightfully situated on the side of a hill, gently sloping to the 
Calder. The town is well built, most of the streets regular, and many of the 
houses are handsome, large, and lofty. The Market Cross is an elegant struc- 
ture, being an open colonade of the Doric order, supporting a dome, with an 
ascent of stairs leading to a large room, in which the business of the town is 
transacted. The Markets are very good, and the fortnight Fairs have long been 
noted for their large supplies of fat cattle, sheep, &c. The improvement of the 
woollen cloth Manufacture, <fec. have greatly increased the wealth of this town 
and neighbourhood, and thrown an inexhaustible wealth into Yorkshire, clothed 
its hills with fatness, and filled its broad vales with houses and population. The 
Stufisare exposed for Sale in a hall, resembling the cloth-hall of Leeds. 

The Church is a spacious lofty, light, and uniform Gothic structure, and 
the spire, the highest in Yorkshire ; when it was erected is uncertain, but in 
Domesday Book we find that "In Wachfield cum Novem Berewicis, Sandala, 
Sorebi, &c. sunt duo Ecclesiae ;'' and it is clear, as Mr Watson observes, that 
Wakefield and Sandal were at that time subsisting. However, no part of the 
present building can be referred to a period more remote than the reign of 
Henry III. ; and it has since undergone many repairs and improvements. About 
half a mile further to the north, is the new Church, erected towards the close of 
. -the 16th century* The ground on which it stands was bequeathed for that pur- 
pose, by Mrs. Newstead, together with 1000/. for the support of the minister ; 
and the first stone was laid by The Rev. Dr. Zoucb. 

Here is a free Grammar-School, founded and endowed by Queen Elizabeth, 
and improved by private benefactions. The School-house is a spacious build- 
ing, erected by the Savilles, ancestors of the Earl of Mexborough There are 
two Masters — the head Master's salary is 180/. per ann. and it has a good Library 
belonging to it. There are two Exhibitions from this School, one of them for 
the natives .only ; and two scholarships at Clare- Hall, Cambridge. 

To this Seminary the world is indebted for the scholastic erudition of Dr. 
Bentley ; Archbishop Potter; Dr. Ratcliffe ; Dr. Zouch ; Mr. Joseph Bingham, 
M. A. author of Origines Ecclesiastic® ; Rev. Thomas Robinson; and Mr. 
Charles Hoole, author of several school books. 

Here is also a Charity-School, for the education and clothing 106 children 
of Wakefield ; with other charitable donations, amounting to more than 1000/. 
per annum. 

At the bottom of Westgate is the House "of Correction for the whole Riding. 
This prison is a large and noble building, surrounded by an outer wall, and con- 
tains more than loO cells. Mr. James Shepherd is the present Governor. 

Here is the Register Office for the West-Riding ; the Clerk of the Peace's 
Office ; the Paupers' Lunatic Asylum ; and other public buildings. 

The river Calder was made navigable in 1698. and in 1760, was extended to 
Elland, near Halifax, which has much increased the trade of this place and neigh- 
bourhood. A few miles fr >m the town are numerous Coal Mines, and great 
quantities of coals are carried by water to York, Hull, and other places. 

The Manor of Wakefield, of which his Grace the Duke of Leeds is Lord, 
is one of the most extensive manors in the county. 

In 1460, a bloody battle was fought at this place between Richard, Duke of 
York, and Margaret, the Queen of Henry VI. The Duke had not been in his 
Castle of Sandal with his men, more than two days before the Queen approached, 
at the head of 18,000 men, and much sooner than the Duke expected. She ap- 
peared before the Castle with a small party of ber army, and tauntingly up- 
braided him with being afraid to face a woman. Her insults repeated, the Duke 
could refrain no longer, but four days after-his arrival, drew up his men upon 



438 WEST-RIDING. 

the Green facing Wakefield, and after marching ^.little way down the hill, the 
battle began. It should seem that two detachments were sent to lie in ambush 
to attack the Duke in his rear. It is, however, certain that the Duke was de- 
ceived in the number of the Queen's troops. 

The ambush parties were commanded by the Earl of Wiltshire, and Lord 
Clifford. These two parties attacking the Duke on the right and left at the same 
moment, quickly surrounded him. The battle lasted half an hour, and tis proba- 
ble that the Duke was killed, about 400 yards from the Castle, by Clifford, who 
had sworn destruction to every member of the House of York. He, however, 
cut off the Duke's head when slain, placed on it a paper crown, and carried it on 
a pole to the Queen, who, rejoicing as much as himself, caused it to be placed on 
the walls of York. In this fatal Conflict fell Sir John and Sir Hugh Mortimer, 
the Duke's uncles, Sir David Hall, Sir Hugh Hastings, Sir Thomas Neville, and 
about 2800 men. The Earl of Salisbury, Sir Richard Limbric, and others, were 
taken prisoners and beheaded, and their heads placed on Micklegate Bar, York. 

H A LL— HOLINGSHED — RAPIN. 

The Earl of Rutland, a child of 12 years old, probably remained in the Cas- 
tle with his tutor, Mr Aspell ; but when the battle was lost, he fled for safety, with- 
out knowing whither to fly. The savage Clifford had intelligence ; in a fright the 
child ran into the house of an old woman, near the bridge, begging protection, 
which the woman darst not grant. He then hastened down a footpath, by the 
riverside; the furious Clifford overtook him and his tutor. The child fell on 
his knees, wrung his hands, but could not speak. The tutor begged for mercy 
to the child, but the monster, with more than savage ferocity, stabbed him to the 
heart. The place where he fell is called The Fallings. 

Edward IV. in commemoration of this battle, erected a beautiful little Cha- 
pel upon the bridge, in which, two priests sung requiems for the souls of the 
slain. The Chapel is ten yards long, and six yards wide. One end of the build- 
ing constitutes part of the bridge. It is three stories high, and has nine rooms, 
three on each floor. On the outside is curious Gothic work, but some of it is 
gone to decay. The front is divided into compartments, with arches in relief r 
their spandrils arp richly flowered, and over each compartment, are five shorter 
ones, with historical relics. In one is a woman reclined, lamenting a youth, who, 
at her feet, sits wringing his hands : this is probably the Earl of Rutland, beg- 
ging protection of the old woman at the foot of the bridge. The buttresses are 
beautifully caived, the windows have a rich tracery, and the whole has a charm- 
ing effect. Since the priests left it, the place has often changed its use. — 
Hutton. 

It is now converted into a News-Room, having been previously occupied 
by an old clothesman, who was in the habit of hanging on the precious traceries, 
his filthy ware, and afterwards by a den of flax-dresers. A writer in the Gentle- 
man's Magazine, 1808, observes, that " it has been repaired : — repaired ! yes, 
and in a truly gothic style : — the beautiful tracery of the windows, rarely to be 
equalled, is totally demolished — not a wreck is left behind ; — and its place is now 
supplied by plain cross-headed mullions, filled up with spruce sash squares. 
The front, that inimitable specimen of rich tracery and chaste ornament, pre- 
sented itself to the despoiler; and in order to give a finish, probably, as he 
thought, to the delapidated buttresses, he propped them up with short round 
pillars,— four little short round laughable things all in a row." 

The following eminent men were born at Wakefield : — Dr. John Potter, 
the son of a linen-draper in Wakefield, and afterwards Archbishop of Canter- 
bury, a celebrated antiquary, critic, historian, and theological writer, was born 
here in 1674. His best works are " Variantes Lectiones et Notae ad PJutarchi 
librum de Audiendis Poetis ; an edition of Lycophron ;" " Antiquities of Greece ; 
" a discourse on Church Government;" and "Divinity Lectures." He died 
in 1747. 

Joseph Bingham, born in 1668. He wrote a learned and laborious work, 
" Origines Ecclesiastical ;" the first volume of which was published in 1708. 
in 8vo. and was completed afterwards in 9 vols. more. He died, Aug. 17, 1723, 

The celebrated John Burton, M. D. author of the Monafcticon Eboracense, 
a work of infinite labour and research, published in 1758. After he had finished 
his studies at Edinburgh, he settled at York, where he practised as a phyaician^ 



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Dr. John RadclifTe, a very eccentric character, and most popular physician 
of his age, was born here in 1850. He was physician to King William, but when 
the Kin? returned from Holland in lb'99, being indisposed, he sent for Radclifte, 
and having shewn him his swoln ancles, while the rest of his body was emaciated, 
and skeleton-like, said, "what think yon of these ? u why truly," replied the phy- 
sician, " I would not have your Majesty's two legs for your three Kingdoms," 
by which freedom, he tost the King's favour. His practice was very considerable 
among the first persons in the Kingdom. He died in 1J14. 

WAKEFIELD-LODGE, in the township of Stanley-with-Wren- 
thorpe, and parish of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wakefield. 

WALDERSHELF, a part of the township of Bradfield, in the parish 
of Ecclesfield, which with Westnall, form the constablery of 
Bradfield, Westnall. and Waldershelf ; 7 miles from Sheffield. 

WALBIXG-WELL. (the seat of Sir Thomas White, Bart.) in the 
township of Woodsett-with-GSding wells; 5 miles from Tickhill. 

This House is somewhat remarkable for standing on the line of contact be» 
tween Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, a small brook or rivulet, which runs un- 
der a part of tf>e out-buildings, forming the boundary between the two counties. 
In the Park was a Priory of Nuns, called St. Mary in the Park, dedicated 
to the Virgin Mary, founded by Ralph de Cheurolcourt. — Burton. 

WALES, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Straflbrth and Tick-* 
hill, liberty of St. Peter; 7 miles from Worksop, (Notts, j 7i from 
Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield, 55 from York. — Pop. 277. The 
Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, in 
the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 751. Is. 2d. Patron, the 
the Duke of Leeds. 

WALES- WOOD. ham. in the township of Wales, and parishes of 
Wales and Treeton : 5\ miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield. 

WALKING HAM-HILL. /. h. (extraparochialj lower-division of 
Claro; 4 miles from Knaresbrough and Doroughbridge, 5 from 
Ripley. — Pop. including Ockeney, 24, which being' united form a 
township. 

WALKLEY, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of 
Sheffield, upper-division of Straiforth and Tickhill ; 2 miles from 
Sheffield. 

WALLERTH WAITE, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Markington- 
with-Wallerthwaite. and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-divi- 
sion of Ciaro ; 4 miles from Ripley, 4| from Ripon. — Pop. included 
in Marking* on. 

WALL-HILL, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, (Lane.) 9 miles from Rochdale. 

WALSHFORD, in the township of Ribston-with-Walshford, and 
parish of Hunsingore. upper-division of Claro ; 3 miles from 
Wetherby, 5 from Knaresbrough, 9 from Borough'oridge.— -Pop, 
included in Great- Ribston. 

WALTON, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Ag- 
briggand Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Wakefield, 
8 from Barnsley. — Pop. 385. 

WALTON, (Ainstyj a parish-town; 2 miles from Wetherby, 5 
from Tadcaster, 13 from York. — Pop. 247. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f50l. Patrons, Mrs Agnes Goodall^ 
and William Brian Farra. Esq. 

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This village hath been long in the possession of the family of Fairfax ; an $ 
anciently contained three carucates of land, held by the heirs of Roger de Bros 
and divers others, who held the same of the Barons Mowbray, but paid no cer- 
tain rent. Peter de Brus granted to William Fairfax and his heirs, nine oxgaags 
one acre, and three perches of land, with tofts and crofts in Walton, of the feeoL 
Mowbray, by a deed without date. 
WALTON-HALL, (the seat of Charles ffaterton, Esq.) in the 
township of Walton, and parish of Sandai-Magna, Agbrigg-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Wake- 
field, 8 from Bamsley. 
WALTON-HEAD, ham. in the township of Folly foot and parish of 

Kirkby-Overblow ; 6 miles from Knaresbrough. 
WALTON, UPPER, 2/. h. in the township of Walton, and parish 

of Sandal-Magna ; 3 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Barnsley. 
WALTON- WOOD, /. h. in the township of Upton, and parish of 

Badsworth; 4| miles from Pontefract, 8 from Wakefield. 
WARDSEND, /. h. in the township and parish of Ecciesfield; 2§ 
miles from Sheffield. 

This ancient place has been held under the Duke of Norfolk's family, a part 
of whose estate it is, by several generations of the family of Rawson, in which 
family it still remains — a pedigree from the 1 6th Edward IV. may be seen in 
Hunter's Hallamshire. 
WARLEY, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; "Z\ miles fjom 
Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield.— Pop. 4,982. 

This place is mentioned in Domesday-Book, as one of the nine berewics be- 
longing to the lordship of Wakefield, by the name of (Verla. Earl Warren w&s 
found to be Lord of it, at the time of Kirby's inquest. In this family it remained, 
till the last Earl gave it, with the manor of Wakefield, to the Crown. 
WARMFJELD, a parish-town, in A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Wakefield. 5 from 
Pontefract, 25 from York. — Pop. including Heath, 741, which 
being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedica- 
ted to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 51. 4s. 2<f. 
Patrons, Nine Trustees of the Rev. Barnabas Oley. 

Here is a School, founded and endowed by Dame Mary Bowles, of Heath- 
Hall, in 1660, for educating and apprenticing children. And an Hospital for 
seven men and a matron, to be chosen from the parishes of Warmfield and Nor- 
raanton, alternately, founded and endowed by John Freston, in 1591: and ano- 
ther Hospital for four old widows, founded by Mr. Oles Saggar, about 1558. 
WARMS WORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth 
and Tickhill; (War msworth- Hall, the residence of Francis Offley 
Edmunds, Esq.) 3 miles from Doncaster, 5 from Tickhill, 9 from 
Rotherham, 40 from York.— Pop. 335. The Church is a rectory, 
dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, $61. 
10s. \0d. Patron, William Wrightson of Cusworth, Esq. A 
small part of this village is in the parish of Doncaster. 

Here, the celebrated George Fox, and his friends, held their meetings at the 
first rising of the Quakers, " till they were persecuted by the parish priest.'' 
Being thus driven away, they removed to Balby, where they assembled occasion- 
ally, for some years, and till a convenient building for that purpose, together 
with a burial-place, was provided.' — Hist. Doncaster. 
WARREN-LANE, ham. in the township of Azerley, and parish of 
Kirkbymalzeard ; 5 miles from Masham, 7 from Ripon. 



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WARSELL, HIGH and LOW, (extraparocbialj lower-division of 
Claro, liberty of Ripon ; 6^ miles from Ripon and Ripley. — Pop. 86. 
These two villages with Sawley, form the constablery of Sawley- 
with-Warsell. 

WASS-LANE HEAD, /. h. in the township of Wombwell, and 
parish of Darfield ; 2 miles from Barnsley. 

WATER-HALL, Manor-House, in the township and parish of 
Penistone; a \ of a mile from Penistone. 

WATH-UPON-DEARN, a parish-town, in the upper-division of 
Strafforth and Tiekhill, liberty of Tickhi 11; 6. miles from Rothe?- 
ham, 9 from Doncaster, 11 from Sheffield, 45 from York. — Pop. 
1,001. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the 
deanry of Doncaster, value, +15/. 10s. 2,\d. Patrons, the Dean 
and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. 

Here is a National School, founded by the Trustees of Mrs Ellis's chanty, 
in 181.9, 

WEARDLEY, in the parish of Hare wood, uppsr-divijsion of Sky- 
rack; 1 mile from Harewood, 6| from Otley. — Pop. 191. 

WEATHERCOAT-CAVE or COAVE, in the wapentake of Ew- 
across; JO miles from Hawes. 

This is a stupendous subterranean Cataract, in a huge Cave, the top of which 
is on a level with the adjoining lands. On approaching its brink, the stranger 
is equally astonished with the sublime and terrible. The margin is surrounded 
with trees and shrubs, which have an excellent effect, both in guarding and or- 
namenting the steep and rugged precipices, on every side. The Cave is divided 
in two, by a rugged and grotesque arch of limestone rock. The whole length, 
from north to south, is about sixty yards ; and the breadth, about thirty. At 
the south end, is the entrance down into the little Cave ; on the right of which, 
is a subterranean passage, under the rocks, into the great Cave; where the 
astonished stranger sees, with amazement, an immense cataract, issuing from a 
large cavity in the rock, sufficient to turn several mills, falling twenty-five yards, 
in an unbroken sheet, on the rock at the bottom, with a noise that amazes the 
most intrepid ear. The water disappears as it falls, amongst the rocks and peb- 
ble* ; running, by a subterranean passage, about a mile. The Cave is filled 
with the spray that arises from the water dashing agaiust the bottom ; and, from 
ten to twelve o'clock in the forenoon, when the sun shines bright, a small vivid 
rainbow appears, which, for colour, size, and situation, is perhaps no where else 
to be equalled.— Tour to the Caves. 

WEJELAND, s. h. in the township of Hensall, and parish of Snaith, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Snaith, 7| from Seiby, 

WEETON . in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Claro ; 6 
miles from Otlev. 8 from Wetherby, 9| from Leeds. — Pop. 310. 

WEETYVOOD-HALL, s. h. in the township of Heddingley, and 
parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford. 

WELDON-HALL, f. h. in the township and parish of Ferry- Frys- 
ton; 2 miles from Pontefract, 2| from Ferrybridge. 

WELLIHOLE, ham. in. the township of Quick, and parish of 
Rochdale. (Lane.)\ 9 miles from Rochdale, 12 from Manchester. 

WELLINGLEY, 2/. A. in the township of Stansiii-with- Welling- 
ley and Wilsick, and parish of Tiekhill ; 2 miles from Tiekhill, 7 
from Doncaster, 10 from Rotherham. — Pop. included in Stansill. 

WENTBRIDGE, in the townships of Kirk-Smeaton, Darrington 
and Thorpe- A udlin, and parishes of Kirk-Smeaton, Badsworth, a,n4 



442 WEST- RIDING. 

Darrington, wapentake of Osgold cross, liberty of Pontefract; 4 1 
miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge, ]0| from Dencaster. 

WENTWORTH, in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division 
ofStrafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickbill, {the seat of ike Rev. 
John Lowe) ; 5 miles from Rotherbam, 9 from Barnsley, 13| from 
Doncaster. — Pop. 1.269. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- 
cated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value p. r* 
fJ20/. Patron, Earl Fitzwiiliam. 

In the same township and parish is 

WENT WORTH-HOUSE, the seats of Earl Fitzwiiliam, and Right 
Hon. Lord Viscount Milton. 

Wentworth-House, anciently called JVoodhouse. Ralph de Woodliouse, ac- 
cording to Drake, gave one moiety of Woodliouse to St. Leonard's Hospital, 
York. It was afterwards by intermarriages with the Went worth family, called 
Wentworth Woodhouse. Wm. Wentworth, Earl ofStrafforth, on his monument 
in York Minster, is styled Baron of Wentworth Woodhouse. This nobleman 
devised the ancient estate of the Wentworth family, to his nephew, the Hon. 
Thomas Watson Wentworth, third son of Edward, Lord Rockingham, grandfa- 
ther of the late Marquis of Rockingham, from whom these estates descended to 
ihe present noble possessor, Earl Fitzwiiliam. 

The superb and much admired mansion of Earl Fitzwiiliam, was rebuilt by 
Thomas, the first Marquis of Rockingham, who was made Knight of the Bath, 
by George I., and advanced to the Peerage in the succeeding reign. He died in 
1750. It consists of an irregular quadrangle, inclosiug three courts, with two 
grand fronts. A nftble portico in front, is supported by six magnificent corin T 
thian columns. The arms of the Marquis of Rockingham ornament the tym- 
panum, and the following motto, so appropriate to the inflexible integrity and 
uncorruptible virtue of the late Marquis, runs along the. entablature, *t MEA 
GLORIA FIDES." 

Many of the apartments are extremely elegant, especially t\\e Hall and the 
Gallery; the former of which is 60 feet square, and 40 feet high, with a gallery 
which runs round the whole. It is supported by 18 fluted pillars of the Ionic 
order, tbe shafts of Sienna, with the bases and capitals of white marble, the in- 
tervening niches are ornamented with some precious marble statues, and over 
them are medallions from the designs of Athenian Stuart. The grandeur of it 
dimensions, the justness of its proportions, the taste of its decorations, and tbe 
Ibeauty of its contents, give this room an advantage over every room of the kind. 
The Qajlery is 130 feet long, by 18 feet wide. " The Library is 60 feet by 20, in' 
which is a good collection of books ; " but, says Mr Dibdin, in his Bibliographi- 
cal Decameron, ?' it is difficult to know what it contains, from the unbibliogra- 
phical manner in which the titles of the books are described in the ancient Cata- 
logue J? He appears, however, to have met with three Caxtons, viz. First edit. 
Chaucer— Mirror of the IVw'ld—Doctrynal of Sapience, 1489, besides otfu 
early editions. This mansion contains many other splendid apartments, whicl 
are adorned with a collection of excellent pictures from the pencils of Guido, 
Carracci,, Titian, Vandyck, Luca Giordano, Poussin, West, &c. A detailed account 
pf the rooms, pictures, statuary, and other ornaments, may be seen in IVarren' 
Tour, In the Chapel, which is square, and simple in its decorations, an 
some good pictures. The Museum contains several valuable antiques. Ever\ 
thing without the mansion is consistent with the magnificence and expenc* 
which reign within- The Park comprises upwards of 1500 acres, richly clothed 
svith wopcl, and adorned with spreading waters ; many ornamented temples also 
break in upon the eye at every angle. From out of the bosom of those majestic 
■woods, a graceful Ionic column rears its head ; erected by the late Marquis of Rock- 
ingham, to commemorate the acquittal of his friend Admiral Keppel. But its 
chief artificial decoration, is the Mausoleum, of fine free stone, about a mile 

.. from the principal front, built by tbe present Earl Fitzwiiliam, in 1788, in ho- 
nour of his glorious predecessor, the late Marquis of Rockingham, which formf 
^ noble object : it is 80 feet high, and consists of three divisions. 



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The noble family of Fitewilliam is of great antiquity, and may be traced to 
Sir William Fitz Godrie, cousin to King Edward the Confessor. His Son, Sir 
William, distinguished himself at the battle of Hastings, in 1066. And the il- 
lustrious family of Wentworth is also of Saxon origin ; and in the Church are 
many monuments of the family during the 15th, 16th, and J 7th centuries, but 
in the last century their remains were deposited in York Minster, 
WENTWORTH-CaSTLE, (the seat of Frederick Vernon Went- 
worth, Esq.) in the township of Stainbrough, and parish of Silk- 
ston, wapentake of Staincross ; 3 miles from Barnsley, 5\ from 
Penistone, i 1 from Sheffield. 

This Castle, which occupies the site of an eminent fortress, was built about 
the year 1730, by Thomas, Earl of Strafford, of whom there is a good marble 
statue, by Ruysbreack, standing in the centre of its area, much injured by time 
and neglect, it is a large quadrangular building, and over the centre window of 
the north front are the arms of the founders. The east front of this noble man- 
sion is of a modern character, and was erected by William, Earl of Strafford, 
about 1770. Its architecture is at once both elegant and rich. In the interior 
are a great many spacious and elegant rooms, but its greatest beauty is to be found 
in the gall ry, one hundred and eighty feet long, by twenty-four broad, and 
thirty hip, b, divided into three divisions, by magnificent pillars of marble, with 
gilt capitals. This room, as well as others in the house, is ornamented with 
statues, and several pictures by Vandyck, Sir P. Lely, Vanderhelst, <fcc. — Neale. 
The Rev. II. Warner, in his tour, calls this house a heavy tasteless building. 

WESKETT-HILL. ham. in the township of Tong, and parish of 
Bi retail; 3 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. 

WESTBROOK-HOUSE, the seat of Richard Fawcett, Esq.) in the 
township of Great Horton, and parish of Bradford ; 2 miles from 
Bradford. 

WESTBY, f.h. hi the township and parish of Gisbnrn; 1 mile 
from Gisburn. 

WEST-END, in the township of Thurscross, and parish of Fewston, 
lower-division of Claro ; 1 0| miles from Otley, 1 1 \ from Skipton. 

WEST-END, straggling houses, in the township of Stainburne, and 
parish of Kirkbv-Overbiow ; 3| miles from Otley. 8 from Ripley. 

WESTERTON/See^rrfs/ev, West. 

WESTERTON-HALL, cotts, in the township of West-Ardsley 
and parish of Woodkirk : 4 miles from Wakeiield. 

WEST- FIELD, f. h. in the township of Azerley, and parish of 
Kirkbvmalzeard. 6 miles from from Ripon and Masbam. 

WEST-FIELD-HOUStf, f. h. in the township and parish of Fish- 
lake ; 4 miles from Thorne, 7\ from Sriaith. 

WEST-GILL, ham. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of 
Sedberah ; 5 miles from Sedbergh, 14| from Askrigg. 

WEST-HADDLESEY — See Haddlcsey, West. 

WEST-HOUSE, or WEST-HOUSE FACTORY, in the township 
and parish of Fewston. lower-division of Claro; 8 miles from Otley, 
121 from Knaresb rough and Skipton. — There are usually 500 boys 
and girls employed here. 

WEST-HOUSES, )n the township of Upper-Stonebeck. and parish 
of Kirkbvmalzeard, lower-division of Claro ; 5 \ miles from Kettle- 
well, 10 from Middleham, 13 from Pateley bridge. 

WEST-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Thorn to n-ia- 
Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross ; 1 mile from In gleton. 



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WEST-KEY HILL, in the township of Weeton, and parish of 
Harewood ; 5 miles from Otley and Harewood. 

WESTNALL, a district or division of Bradfield township, in the 
parish of Ecclesfieid ; which, with Waldershelf, form the constablery 
and township of Bradfield, Westnall, and Waldershelf. 

WESTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; (Weston- 
Hall, the seat of William Vavasour, Esq.) 2 miles from Otley, 12 
from Leeds, 15 from Knaresbrough, 30 from York. — Pop. 108. 
The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of 
the Ainsty, value, %QL lis. 5\d. p. r. 57/. 6s. 8d. Patron, the 
King. 

WEST-SCHOLES, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of 
Bradford; 3£ miles from Bradford, 5| from Halifax. 

WEST-SYKE GREEN, 2 or 3 A. in the township of Felliscliffe, 
and parish of Hampsthwaite ; 4 miles from Ripley. 

Herei9 a Free-School, founded in 1711, by John Richmond, by Will, dated 
Sept. 11. 1711. It is endowed with nineteen and a half acres of land, at West- 
Syke Green, for the education of boy?, whose parents reside in Felliscliffe and 

- Birstwith, in English, Latin, Writing, and Arithmetic —Master's Salary, 14/. 
per annum.— C'ommis. Report. 

WEST-THORPE, /. k. in the township of Hoy land -Swaine, and 
parish of Silkston ; 1 \ mile from Penistone. 

WESTWICK, '3/. A. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-divi- 
sion of Claro ; 2 miles from Boroughbridge, 4 from Ripon, 7 from 
Knaresbrough.— Pop. 27 

WEST- WOOD, ham. m the township of Golcar, and parish of 
Huddersfield ; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. 

WETHERBY, a market and post-town, in the parish of Spoffortb, 
upper-division of Claro % 6 miles from Harewood, 7 from Knares- 
brough and Tad caster, 8 from Abberford, 12 from Boroughbridge s 
15| from York, 16 from Otley and Leeds, 194 from London.—- 
Market, Thursday. — Fairs, Holy -Thursday, and August 5, for 
sheep and pigs. — Principal Jims, Angel, and Dog and Swan. — Pop, 
1,^17. The Church is a perpetual curacy, of which the Rector of 
Spoffbrth is Patron. 

This place is situated upon the river Wharf, over which there is a handsome 
bridge. It consists principally of one street, which has of late years been consi- 
derably improved by the Duke of Devonshire, the chief proprietor, by wboee 
directions a number of ruinous houses have been pulled down, and new ones, 
upon a smaller scale, erected of stone. 

The Manor of Wetherby, in the 20th William I. was in the hands of two 
Norman Lords, viz. William de Percy, and Erneisde Burun. It was afterwards 
in the possession of the Knights Templars, and, together with all their estates 
in England, was forfeited on the abolition of their order, in 1312; when it was 
given with other possessions by the Pope, to the Knights Hospitallers of St. John, 
and confirmed by parliament, in 1324. 

In the civil wars of Charles I., this town had a small Garrispn, commanded 
by Sir Thomas Fairfax, who in the year 1642, repulsed Sir Thomas Glenbam in 
two different attacks.— See the particulars in History of Knaresbrough, extracted 
from the Memoirs of that illustrious Commander. Before the erection of a 
bridge at Wetherby, which is on the great north road, the Roman military Way 
crossed th« river at Helen's-Ford, between this town and Tadcaster. 

WETHERBY-GRANGE, s. h. in the township of Mickletbwaite, 
and parish of Coljingham ; | mile from Wetherby, 



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This place is the property of Paul Beilby Thompson, Esq. the house is in 
an unfinished state, and is only occupied by a farmer, to take care of the deer 
and horses in the Park. It is sometimes called Micklethwaite -Grange, and un- 
der which name, it appears, at page 357, incorrect, with respect to its being extra- 
parochial. 

WHAITBER, s.h. in the township of Burton-in-Lonsdale, and 
parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale; 3 miles from Ingleton. 

WHARFE, ham. in the township of Austwick, and parish of Clap- 
ham ; 5 miles from Settle. 

WHARNCLIFFE-LODGE, {the residence of Lady Viscountess Erne) 
in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley, wapentake 
of Staincross ; 6 miles from Sheffield, 8| from Penistone, 9 from 
Rotherham. 

This house, which is situated on one of the highest peaks of Wharncliffe 
Chase, was built in the time of Henry VIII. by Sir Thomas Wortley. In this 
bouse, Lady Mary Wortley Montague, spent much of the first two or three 
years of her married life, the earliest and the happiest. Here was born, that 
singular and romantic character, her son. 

Warncliffe is partly a Forest, and partly a deer Park. It is still a member 
of the great estate of the Wortley family, and is now the property of James 
Stuart Wortley, Esq. and occupied by the mother of this knight of the shire. 
It is famous, also, for being the scene of the old ballad of " the Dragon of 
Wantley," and a clift in the rocks is now called the Dragon's Den. — In Hunter's 
Hallamshire, page 2, the reader will find an interesting account of this place. 

WHEAT-CROFT,/, h. in the township of Aldwarke-with- Wheat- 
Croft, and parish of Ecelesfield, upper-division of Strafforih and 
Tiekhill ; 2 miles from Rotherham. — Pop. included in Aldwark. 

WHEAT- HO USE,/, h. in the township of Throapham, and parish 
of St. John's ; 5 miles from Tiekhill and Worksop, (Notts.) 

WHEATLEY, (the seat of Sir George Cooke, Bart.) in the parish 
and soke of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tiekhill ; 
2± miles from Doncaster. 9 from Thome. — Pop. including Sandal- 
Par va, 169, which being united, form a township. 

WHEATLEY, in the township of Ovenden, and parish of Halifax, 
liberty of Wakefield ; 1 1 mile from Halifax. 

Bryan Cooke, Esq. of Sandall, in this county, ancestor of the present 
Baronet, had a son, Bryan, of the sameplace, who, for his loyalty to Charles 
I., was fined, by the sequestrators, 1460/. His son, George Cooke, Esq. was ad- 
vanced to the dignity of a Baronet, May 10, 1661 ; which dignity has continued 
in the family, by a lineal succession, to the present time. — Magna Brit. 

WHEATLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Ilkley ; 5 miles 
from Otley, \0l from Skipton. 

WHERNSIDE, in the wapentake of Staincross. 

The situation of this Mountain, is about 4 miles from Ingleborough, in the 
midst of a vast amphitheatre of* hills. There are several tarns or small lakes 
near the top ; two of them, near 200 yards in length, and almostof an equal extent 
iu breadth. It is obvious to the eye, that this Mountain is higher than Ingle- 
borough. 

WHIRLOW, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish 

of Sheffield ; 4 miles from Sheffield. 
WHISTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and 
Tiekhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 2 miles from Rotherham, 7| from 
Sheffield, 11 from Tiekhill, 50 from York.— Pop. 859. The 
Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Don- 
caster, value, 10/. Patron, Lord Howard of Effingham. 



446 WEST-RIDING. 

The Church is an ancient rectory, having belonged to the Loveiots, and de- 
scended from them to the Furnivals, Talbots, and Howards, Lords of Sheffield. 
In the 9th Edward II. Thomas de Furnival was Lord of this Manor, which still 
belongs to his representative, the Duke of Norfolk. Here is a small endowed 
School, by Frances Mansel, in 1728, value about 30/. per ann. — Hunter. 
WHISTON, UPPER, ham. in the township and parish of Whiston; 

2>\ miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield. 
WHITCLIFFE, 2/. h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon. lower- 
division of Claro; i| mile from Ripon, 7| from Boroughbridge. — 
Pop. including' Littiethorpe, 157, which being united, form a 
township. 
WHITCROSS, /. k. in the township and parish of Emley, liberty 

of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. 
WHITE-HILL, .9. h. in the township of Greasbrongh. and parish of 

Rotherham ; %\ miles from Rotherham, 5 from Sheffield. 
WHITE-HOUSES, ham. in the township of High and Low-Bishop- 
side, and parish and liberty of Ripon ; I mile from Pateleyferidge. 
WHITE-LEE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- 
dale, {Lane.) 10 miles from Rochdale. 
WHITE-LEES, ham. W the township of Scammonden, and parish 

of Huddersfield ; 6\ miles from Huddersfield. 
WHITELEY-WOOD HALL, (the seat of William Silcock, Esq.) 
in the township of Ecclesali-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 3| 
miles from Sheffield. 
WHITE- WELL, in the township of. the Forest of Bowland, lower, 
and parish of Whailey. (Lane.) west-division and liberty of Stain- 
cliffe; 8 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 13 § from Gisburn, 17 from 
Lancaster. Here is a Chapel of Ease under Whailey, built in 
1817. value, p. r. 82/. 9s. 
WHITE-WINDOWS, (the seat of George Preestley, Esq.) in the 
township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 
3| miles from Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield. 
WHITGIFT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty 
of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Howden, 8 from Crowle, (Line.) 13 
from Snaith, 26 from York. — Pop. 310. The Church, peculiar, 
is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the deanry 
of Pontefract. Patron, Lord Yarborourgh. 

This place is one of those many villages which encompass the river Island, 
wherein are Ditchmarsh and Marsh- Land. Tt was anciently the estate of the 
Lacys, Earls of Lincoln, and afterwards descended to Henry, Lord Scroop, of 
Bolton, Chief Justice of the King's Bench. — Magna Bril. 

In December, 1614, the. Hon. Sir John Sheffield, with his brothers, Sir Ed- 
mund and Mr Philip Sheffield, sons to the Lord Sheffield, Lord President of the 
North, in passing Whitgift- Ferry over the Oase, were drowned, with all their 
servants, and their bodies never found. — Drake. 

During the siege of Hull in 1643, the royalists erected a Fort here to pre- 
vent Hull from receiving supplies by water. — Tic/cell's Hist. Hull. 
WHITKIRK, a parish, in the township of Temple-Newsam, lower- 
division of Skyrack ; 4i| miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 
10| from Ferrybridge, 21 from York. The Church is a vicarage, 
dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £13/. 
£>s. l\d. p. r. 120/. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. 



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In the Church of Whitkirk, was a chantry for two priests on the south side 
of the choir, and valued, 37 Henry VIII. at 121. 3s. Ad. founded by William 
Scargill., Esq. of Thorpe-Stapleton. And on the north wall of the choir is a mu- 
ral insc ipiion to the memory of John Smeaton. F.R. S. the builder of the Edy- 
stone Li k ht-house. — WrttakeR. 
WHITLEY, in the parishes of Kellington and Snaith, wapentake 
of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaitb ; 6| 
miles from Snaith, 6| from Pontefraet. — Pop. 284. 
WHITLEY, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division 
of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Whitley-Hall, the seat of William 
Bingley, Esq.) 5 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Bamsley. 
WHITLEY-HALL, (the residence of Mr W. Rayner.) in the town* 
ship of Whitley, and parish of Kirkheaton, liberty of Pontefraet ; 
5j miles from Huddersfield, 7| from Wakefield. 

This is the seat of the ancient family of the Beaumonts, the heir to which is 
a minor and a ward in Chancery ; the Hall is, in consequence, at present occu- 
pied by Mr Rayner, their agent. 

This Hall, built by Sir Richard Beaumont, about the end of Elizabeth's 
reign, and enlarged in 1704, stands advantageously on an elevated plain declining 
to the west. On the western side of the principal entrance is the family Chapel, 
fitted up with excellently carved oak, and in the taste formed by Gibbons, if 
not executed by him. The house abounds with an unusual number of portraits. 
It has been the seat of the Beaumont's family since the reign of Henry III. — 

^V^HITAKER 

WHITLEY-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs Hollings) in the township 
of Manningbam, and parish of Bradford ; I mile from Bradford. 

WHITLEY, UPPER, in the parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-divi- 
sion of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefraet; 5| miles from 
Huddersfield, 7| from Wakefield.— Pop. 764. 

WHITLEY, LOWER, in the parish of Thornhill, Agbrigg-division 
of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefraet; 61 miles from 
Huddersfield, 8£ from Wakefield.— Pop. 903. 

WHITLEY-THORPE,/. h. in the township of Whitley, and parish 
of Kellington, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith; 7 miles 
from Pontefraet and Snaith. 

WHITWELL, /. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 
Ecclesfield ; S miles from Penistone. 

WHITWELL-PLACE, s. h. in the township of Elland-with-Greet- 
land, and parish of Halifax ; 5§ miles from Halifax. 

WHITWOOD, in the parish of Featberstone, Agbrigg-division of 
Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefraet ; 4 miles from Ponte- 
fraet, 6 from Wakefield.— Pop. 292. 

WHITWOOD-MERE, ham. in the township of Whitwood, and 
parish of Featherstone ; 3| miles from Pontefraet. 

WHIXLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-di vision of Claro; 6 miles 
from Boroughbridge, 1\ from Wetberby, 8 from Knaresbrough, 
1 1 from York. — Pop. 467. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in 
the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 11. 17*. 
Id. p. r. t41/. Patron, the Heirs of the Tancreds. 

This wa9 formerly a seat of the ancient family of Tancred, the last of whom, 
Christopher Tancred, Esq. died in August, 1754, and by his will, left his house 
and estate here, for the maintenance of 12 decayed Gentlemen, four in each of 
the three learned professions ; who must be 50 years of age or upwards, andl 

3 L 



448 WEST-RIDING. 

unmarried, each of whom received, in 1814, about 501. per ami. and 1*. 6rf. per 
day for providing victuals, &c. besides the use of two large gardens ; a separate 
apartment is assigned to each, but, if in health, are required to dine together in 
the dining-room every day. The Hall is 27 feet square. The Chapel ia 
27 feet by 21, in it a pulpit and reading desk ; the former of which appears as if 
it had never been used ; having no entrance. Ina vault underneath this Chapel, 
it is said, the noble founder lays. 20/. per ann. is allowed to a Clergyman for offi- 
ciating here at stated times. The Inmates of this Hospital are not allowed to be 
absent a night without leave, and the longest time of absence allowed, is five 
days. In the Staircase is a Pedigree of theTancreds, commencing with Richard 
Tancred, Esq. who married Adelira, daughter of Jordan de Bussey, and ending 
with the founders of this Hospital. At the end is an account of the several 
places where the family had estates. Annual value in 1786, was about 1.300/. 
■ — The trdst Of this Hospital is vested in seven Governors, viz. The Governors 
of Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals ; the Master of the Charter- House; the 
President of the College of Physicians ; the Treasurer of Lincoln's- Inn, London.; 
the Masters of Caius College ; and Christ's College, Cambridge. 

The Church formerly belonged to the Prioryjaf Knaresbrough. Mr Drake 
fcupposes that it was built with stones, brought from the ruins of Aldburgh ; as the 
marks of fire are very apparent in some parts of the building: it is, nevertheless, 
very probable, that it was burnt, with many other Churches in this neighbour- 
hood, by the Scots, in thenar 1319. The Park-wall, and most of the houses 
in this village, are built with pebbles, said to have been taken from the remains 
of the Roman road. 

WIBS&Y, in the township of North-Bierley, and parish of Bradford, 
Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pbntefract ; 3 
miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax* The Church is a perpetual 
curacy, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Ponte- 
fract, value, 104/. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. 

WIBSEY-LOW-MOOR, i*r the township of North-Bierley, and 
parish of Bradford, xMorley -division of Agbriggand Morley, liberty 
of Pontefract^, 3 miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax. 

WICKERSLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division ofStrafforth 
and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from 
Tickhill, 9 from Sheffield , 47 from York.— Pop. 432. The Church 
is a rectory, dedicated to St. Alban, in the deanry of Doncaster, 
value, 8/. Qs. 2§it£ Patron, Henry Kater, Esq. 

This place is famous for a fine bed of Stone, peculiarly adapted for the 
making of Grindstones, 5000 of which, are annually sent by laud carriage to 
Sheffield. -Miller's Hist. Doncaster. 

WIDDINGTON, a township, in the parish of Little-Ouseburn, 
upper-division of Clato; 8 miles from Boroughbridge, 11 from 
Knaresbrough. — Pop. 31. 

WIGHILL, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 2\ miles from Tadcaster, 6 
from Wetberby, 8| from York. — Pop. 250. The Church is a 
vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, value, %5L 3s. 6\d. p. r. 130/. 
Patron, Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq. 

WIGHILL-PARK, (Ainsty) in the township and parish of Wighill ; 
(the residence of Richard Vorke, Esq.) 4 miles from Tadcaster and 
W^therby, 9 from York. 

The family of Stapleton, of which there have been a succession of many 
worthy Knights, hath long been in possession of this estate. Sir Robert Staple- 
ton, who was Sheriff of this county 23 Elizabeth, met the Judges with seven- 
score men in suitable liveries. He was descended of Sir Miles Stapleton, one of 
first founders of the Garter, and Sheriff' for five years together, from 29 Edward 
ill.— Sir John Harrington, in his book, addressed to Frince Henry, gives 



WEST-RIDING. 449 

him this great character : " Sir Robert Stapleton, a Knight of Yorkshire, 

whom your Highness hath often seen, was a man well spoken off; had scarce 

an equal, and no superior, in England, except Sir Philip Sidney." The Church 

of Wighill, was given to the Priory of Helagh-Park, in the year 129J. — Drake, 

The estate is now the. property of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq. 
WIGGLES WORTH, in the parish of Lon£- Preston, west-division 

and liberty ofStaincliffe ; 5 miles from Settle^ 13 from Skipton and 

Colne, {Lane.)— Pop. 479. 

Here is a School, free for all the Children in the township, founded by 

Lawrence Clark, about the year 1800. 
WIGTON, a township, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division 

of Sky rack; 3| miles from Harewood, 5 from Leeds, 8 irorn 

Wetherby.— Pop. 164. 
WIGTvVfZLE, /. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of 

Ecclesf'eld ; 6 miles from Penistone, 12 from Sheffield. 
WIKE, in the parishes of Harewood and Bardsey, upper-division 

of Sky rack ; 2 miles from Harewood, 6£ from Leeds, 8 from 

Wetherby.— Pop. 139., 
WIKE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and 

Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4| miles from Bradford, 5 from 

Halifax, 3 from Haddersfield. — Pop. 1,509. About | mile south is 
WIK E, LOWER,, in the same township and parish. 
WIT. B Y, /. h. in the township and parish of Oantley ; 2§ mtles from 

Doncaster, 7 from Bawtry. / 

WILCROSS-BRO W, /. k. in the township and parish of Gisburn ; 

J mile from Gisburn. 
WILLOW-EDGE, (the seat of Thomas Dyson, Esq.) in the town, 

ship of Skircoat. and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 

miles from Halifax. — In the same township is 
WILLOW-FIELD, the seat of Mrs John Dyson, and . 
WILLOW-HALL, the seat of the Miss Dysons. 
WILSDEN, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-diyision of Agbrigg 

and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Bradford and 

Keighley, 8 from Halifax.— Pop. 1,711. 
WILSALL, in the township of High and Low-Bishopside, and parish 

and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 2 miles from Pate- 

leybridge, 7 from Ripley, 9| from Ripon. 
WILSICK, in the township of Stansill-with-Wellingley and Wil- 

sick, and parish of Tickhill, lower-division of Strafforth and Tick- 
hill, liberty of Tickhill; {the seat of George Parker, Esq.) 2 miles 

from Tickhill, 5 from Doncaster, 6 from Bawtry. — Pop. included 

in Stansill. 
WILSTROP, orWILSTHORP, fAinsty; in the parish of Kirk- 

Hammerton; 8| miles from York, 10 from Knaresbrough.-^ 

Pop. 95. 
WINCO-BANK, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 

( Winco-Bank Hall, the seat of Joseph Reads, Esq.) 4 miles from 

Sheffield and Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley. 
WINDFIELD, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish o( 

Rotherham \ 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley. 



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WINDHILL, ham. in the township of Idle, and parish of Calverley, 
liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Pontefract, 1\ from Otley. 

WINDHILL-GATE, /. h. in Jhe township of Woolley, and parish 
of Royston ; 5 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield. 

WINDLEDEN, s. h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of 
Penistone ; 6 miles from Penistone. 

WIND-MILL-HOUSE, p. h. in the townshipand parish of Crofton; 
4 miles from Wakefield, 5 from Pontefract. 

WINKSLEY, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 5 
miles from Ripon, 6 from Masham. — Pop. 176. The Church is a 
perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p. r. 70/. Patrons, 
the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. 

WINMORE, in the parish of Thorner, wapentake of Skyrack; 
6 \ miles from Leeds. 

This place is famous for a great battle fought here, on the 15th of Novem- 
ber, 655. Penda, King of the Mercians, bore a constant enmity to the North- 
umbrians, and very often made ravages in their dominions, without any regard 
to treaties. Oswy, the Northumbrian Monarch, did all he could to stop these 
ravages ; but, being unable by force of arms, he had recourse to bribes, and offer- 
ed great sums of money, and all the royal ornaments ; but the haughty Penda, 
grown grey with age, old as he was, would not hearken to any offers; being ob- 
stinately resolved to ruin all his territories, and extirpate the whole nation. His 
army appeared more than sufficient to execute his cruel resolution, being thirty 
times the number of that of Oswy. In this dreadful dilemma, the devoted North- 
umbrians, seeing no alternative but that of conquest or death, received the 
charge of the Mercians with an heroic firmness, scarcely to be equalled in the 
annals of war. Oswy, and his son Alkfryd, at the head of their troops, charged 
like men in despair. — the Mercians gave way, and the greatest part of their ar- 
my was cut to pieces ; amongst which, was the haughty Penda, and nearly 
thirty of his principal officers,— Thouesby. 

WINSLEY, in the township of Hartwith-with-Winsley, and parish 
of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Ripley, 
6 from Pateleybridge, 7 from Ripon.— Pop. included in Hartwith. 

WINSKILL, /. h. in the township of Langcliffe, and parish of Gig- 
gleswick ; 1 mile from Settle. 

WINTERBURNE, in the township of Flasby-with-Winterburne, 
and parish of Gargrave, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 7 
miles from Skipton, 9 from Settle, 11 from Kettle well. — Pop. in- 
cluded in Flasby. 

WINTEREDGE, s. h. in the township of Hipperholme, arid parish 
of Halifax ; 3 miles from Halifax. 

This House appears, at some remote period to have been of some conse- 
quence, although in Watson's time it was "not the residence of any Gentleman." 
Under the Garden House is the following inscription : — 

'•• Garrulus insano erucietur mundus amore, 
Dion mea placide vita serena placet." 
Over the door of the Garden House, '■ Meliora spero." " Still higher over the 
window, (t Contra vim mortis, non est medicamen in hortis." -And in the said 
Garden-house in an Out-building, called the Workhouse, and in the Kitchen, 
are a variety of figures in stained glass, with appropriate mottos. — fj/atsori's 
Mist. Halifax. 

Winteredge was held, 42 Elizabeth, of the Crown in fee, by Samuel Sal- 
tonstall, of Huntwike, and has lately been, says Mr, Watson, in the possession 
of the Priestleys— Ibid, 



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WINTERSCALE, /. h. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of 
Sedbergh; 4 miles from Sedbergh, \5\ from Askrigg. 

WINTER.SETT, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6| from Bamsley, 
9 1 from Pontefract.— Pop. 135. 

VVISTOW, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liber- 
ties of St. Peter, and of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; 2 miles from 
Cawood, 3 from Selby, 12 from York.— Pop. 633. The Church, 
peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deaury of 
the Ainsty, value, £8/. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. 

The Archbishop of York usually holds a Court of Pyp&wder at the Lammas 
Fair, at York, the jury of which is impanuelled out of this place. — DiUkE. 

WIT HENS, a few h. in the township of Erringden, and parish of 
Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 10| miles from Huddersfield. 

WITHER, s. h. in the township of Armley, and parish of Leeds ; 
3 1 miles from Leeds, 6| from Bradford. 

WOLFIT, /. h. in the township and parish of Tickhill ; 2 miles from 
Tickhill. 

WOMB WELL, in the parish of Darfield, upper-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 4| miles from Bamsley, 
rf from Rotherham, 10 from Sheffield. — Pop. 811. Here is a 
Chapel of Ease to Darfield. 

WOMB WELL-WOOD HEAD, 2/. h. in the township of Womb- 
well, and parish of Darfield, liberty of Tickhill ; 4 miles from 
Barn&ley, 8 from Rotherham. 

WOMERSLEY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Hawke) 5 
miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge, 8 from Snaith, 26 from 
York. — Pop. 316. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. 
Martin, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, $6/. 11 s. 5\d, 
Patron, The Right Hon. Lord Hawke. 

WOOD ALE, HIGH and LOW, 'If h. in the township of Upper- 
Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 7 miles from Kettlewell. 

WOOD ALL, in the township and parish of Harthill, upper-division 
of Stralforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Worksop, (jftotts.) 9 from 
Rotherham, 1 1 from Sheffield. 

WOODKIRK, a parish, in A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, 
liberty of YVakefield ; 6 miles from Wakefield and Dewsbury. 
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the 
deanry of Pontefract, value, p. r. 150/. Patron, the Earl of 
Cardigan. 

WOOD-FOOT, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of 
Rotherham ; 2 miles from Rotherham. 

WOOD-HALL HILLS, ham. in the township of Calverley-with- 
Farsley, and parish of Calverley, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles 
from Bradford, 7 from Leeds. 

WOOD-HALL, (the seat of William Lister Fenton Scott, Esq.) in 
the township of Sicklinghall, and parish of Kirkby-Overblow ; 
21 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresbrough. 



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WOOD-HALL, 2 h. in the township and parish of Womersley ; 5 

miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge. 
WOOD-HALL, NETHER, (the seat of John Garland, Esq.) in tin 

township and parish of Darfield, lower-division of Strafforth and 

Tickhill ; 4 miles from Barnsley. 
WOOD-HALL, OVER,/, h. in the township and parish of Dar- 

field ; 4 miles from Barnsley. 
WOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of John Armitage, Esq.) in the township 

of Rastrick, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles 

from Halifax, 6 from Dewsbury. 

Wood- House, a very ancient Mansion, which, about the year 1330, gave 
name to a family of some account, as already mentioned under the pedigree of 
Rastrick. It had its name from the materials of which it was built, to distinguish 
it from those of stone. — Watson. 
WOOD-HOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Norm an ton, 

liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Pontefract, 5§ from Wakefield. 
WOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of John Whitacre, Esq.) in the township 

and parish of Huddersfield ; 1 mile from Huddersfield, 8 from 

Halifax. 
WOOD-HOUSE, GREAT, in the township and parish of Leeds. 

lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 1$ mile from 

Leeds. 
WOOD-HOUSE-CARR, in the township and parish of Leeds, 

lower-division of Skyrack ; 1 mile from Leeds. 
WOOD-HOUSE, LITTLE, in the township and parish of Leeds, 

lower-division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Leeds. 
WOOD-HOUSE, UPPER, (the seat of John White, Esq.) in the 

township of Rawden,and parish of Guiseley ; 4 miles from Bradford. 
WOOD-HOUSE, YATE, /. h. in the township and parish of Slaid- 

burn; 1 mile from Slaidburn. 
WOODLANDS, (the seat of Mrs Watertorx) in the township and 

parish of Advvick-in-the-Street, lower-division of Strafforth and 

Tickhill; 3| miles from Doncaster, \\\ from Pontefract. 
WOOD-HOUSE-HALL, s. h. in the township of Skircoat, and 

parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax, 1 from Huddersfield. 

Wood-House is a very ancient situation, as appears from its name. The pre- 
sent building has the date 1580. It was purchased for 1800/. by Simon Sterne, 

third 6on of Dr. Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York. Sterne, author of Trist- 
ram Shandy, was of this family.— Watson. 
WOODLAND-COTTAGE, (the residence of John Jaques, M. D.) 

in the township of Bilton-with- Harrogate, and parish of Knares- 

brough; | a mile from Harrogate. 

It was originally built by Daniel Lascelles, Esq. abqut the year 1771. 

Alexander, Lord Loughborough, having purchased the estate some years after,- 

made considerable additions to this house, raised a very extensive plantation ; and 

Also built the house, now the residence of John Jaques, M. D. ; who purchased 

the estate of his Lordship's successor, the present Earl of Rosslyn. 
WOODLEE-MILL, a Mill, in the fownsfap and par jsb of Alaltby ; 

5 1 miles from Tickhill and Bawtry. 
WOODLESFORD, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of 

^ghrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4§ miles from Leeds, 



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$ from Wakefield. Pop. including Oulton, 1,526, which being 
united, form a township. 

WOOD-NOOK, 3 or 4 cotts. in the township of Honley, and parish 
of AMmondbury ; 4| miles from Huddersfield. 

WOOD-ROW. s. h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of Kirk- 
burton ; 6 miles from Huddersfield. 

WOOD-SEAT, NORTH, > 2 /. h. in the township and parish of 

WOOD-SEAT, SOUTH, $ Ecclesfield; 6\ miles from Sheffield, 7 
from Penistone. 

WOODSETS, in the parish of South-Anston, upper-division of Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter ; 4| miles from Worksop, 
(Notts.) 6 1 from Tickhill, 9| from Rotherham. — Pop. including 
Gildingwells, 218, which being united, form a township. 

WOODSOME-HALL, (the residence of Richard Gill, Esq.) in the 
township of Farnley-Tyas, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of 
Pontefract; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Penistone. 

Woodsome, so called from its situation, almost imbosomed in flourishing 
oak woods, and anciently a seat of the Kayes, but lately of the Earl of Dart- 
mouth, whose great-grandfather married the heiress of the Kayes. The house is 
quadrangular and spacious. The Hall is of the latter end of the reign of 
Henry VIII. or that of his son, Edward VI. This apartment is preserved en- 
tire, the rest of the front has been rebuilt, and bears the date of 1600. In this 
Hall, are two very singular paintings, on board, dated 1573. One contains a 
flat full-faced figure of John Kaye, son of Arthur Kaye, and Dorothy Mauleverer, 
his wife. Around the father, are the figures of his sons, and around the mother, 
her daughters. At the feet of the lady i* a cumbent figure of an aged man, mark- 
ed 76, in black. On the margin of each is a long catalogue of the noble and ge- 
nerous kin of the parties, and on the backs, (for they are painted on both sides) 
the respective arms of the same. To all these are added, several singular and 
rude inscriptions, particulars of which are given by Dr. Whitaker, in his Leo- 
diensis. 

WOODSIDE, scatt. hs. in the township and parish of Kildwick, li- 
berty of StainclifFe; 4§ miles from Keighley, 6 from Skipton. 

WOODTHORPE, (the seat of the Rev. William Wood,) in the town- 
ship and parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and 
Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Wakefield. 

WOODTHORPE, (the seat of Hugh Parker, Esq.) in the township 
and parish of Handsworth ; 3 miles from Sheffield. 

WOOLDALE, or WOLFSDALE, in the parish of Kirkburton, 
A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 
6 £ miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Penistone. 

This place, like many others, very probably took its name from its abound- 
ing with wolves ; which were once so numerous in this part of the kingdom, 
that they attacked and destroyed great numbers of the tame beasts of the villages. 
The inhabitants, finding all their efforts to destroy them in vain, petitioned King 
Athelstan, beseeching him to grant them relief, by taking some effectual method 
to destroy those ferocious animals ; for which service, they bound themselves, 
and their successors for ever, to give every year one thrave of corn, out of every 
carncate of land in the Bishopric of York. Their petition was granted, and build- 
ings erected in many places, particularly in the woods and forests, for the re- 
ception of dogs and huntsmen ; by whose means, those ravenous creatures were, 
in a little time, entirely extirpated. It is curious to remark, that the thrave of 
corn, given out of every carucate of land, was afterwards given by government, 
to the Cathedral of York ; and is, to this day, called Peter-Corn 

WOOLLEY, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, 



454 WEST-RIDING. 

liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield, 10 
from Penistone.— Pop. 482. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy. 
Patron, G. W. Wentworth, Esq.— Similarly situated, is 

WOOLhEY-PARK,(theseatof Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth, Esq.) 

WOOLLEY-EDGE, scatt. ks. in the township of Woolley, and 
parish of Royston ; 6 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield. 

WORLD'S-END, ham. in the township of Bilton with High-Harro- 
gate, and parish of Knaresbrough; f of a mile from High-Harrogate. 

WORMLEY-HILL, 2 or 3/. h. in the township of Sykehouse, and 
parish of Fishlake ; 4 miles from Thome, 7| from Snaith. 

WORRALL, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, 
upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4| miles from Sheffield. 

WORSBROUGH, in the parish of Darfield, wapentake of Stain- 
cross, liberty of Pontefract ; (Worsbrough-Hall, the seat of Francis 
Edmunds, Esq. ; and Darlay-Hall, the seat of William Newman, 
Esq.); 3 1 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Penistone, 11 from Shef- 
field. — Pop. 1,392. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated 
to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. *63L Os. 6d. 
Patron, the Rector of Darfield. 

This village was anciently styled Washingburgh ; which in the reign of 
King Edward IV., was the estate of George, Duke of Clarence, that King's bro- 
ther ; who, according to History, was attainted, condemned, and suffocated in 
& butt of malmsey wine. Here is a beautiful parochial Chapel, and a Free School. 
— Magna Brit. 

Here is a School for six poor Girls, founded in 1714, by William Skiers.' 
Obadiah Walker, a divine of considerable abilities and learning, was born 
here, in 1616. Among his published Works, the best is " The Greek and Ro- 
man History, illustrated by Coins and Medals, 1692, 8ro. 

WORTLEY, UPPER and LOWER, in the parish and borough 
of Leeds, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of 
Pontefract; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford. — Pop. 3,126. 
Here is a Chapel of Ease to Leeds, under the Patronage of five 
Trustees. 

WORTLEY, in the parish of Tankersley, wapentake of Staincross, 
liberty of Pontefract ; ( Wortley-Hall, the seat of James Archibald 
Stuart Worthy, Esq.) 5 miles from Barnsley, 5| from Penistone, 
8 from Sheffield, 10 from Rotherham.— Pop. 904. The Chapel is 
a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f98/. Patron, James Archibald 
Stuart Wortley, Esq. 

The ancient seat of the Wortleys, of which Sir Thomas Wortley was High 
Sheriff of the County, in the 6th and 17th years of Heury VJI. and a man of great 
power and consequence in the neighbourhood. In the pedigrees of this great 
family, he is said to have allied himself in marriage with two of the principal 
houses in the north of England, the Fitzwilliams and the Pilkingtons. He built 
the Lodge, upon Wharncliffe Chase, now called Wharncliffe Lodge. — Hunter. 

There is an amusing account of Taylor, the Water- Poet's visit to this place, 
given in Hunter's Hallamshire, transcribed from one of his rare Tracts, entitled 
"Part Of this Summer's Travels, or News from Hell, Hull, and Halifax; from 
York, Linne, Leicester, Chester, <fec. with many pleasant passages, worthy yonr 
observation and reading, by John Taylor. Imprinted by J. O. 12mo." It ap- 
pears that he returned from his Tour on the 20thof September, 1639. 

WOTHERSOME, 2 h. in the parish of Bardsey, lower-division of 
Skyrack; 5 miles from Wetherby. 5 § from Tadcaster. — Pop. 16, 



WEST-RIDING. 45& 

WRAGBY, a parish, in the townships of Purston-Jacklin, Winter- 
set, and Hesle, wapentake of Osgoldcross ; 5| miles from Ponte- 
fract, 6 from Wakefield, 1 4 from Doncaster, 29 from York. — 
The Church, donative, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St- 
Michael, in the deanry of Pontefract. Patron, Charles Winn, Esq* 

WRANGRROOK, Sf.h. in the township of North-Emsall, and 
parish of South- Kirkby, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Ponte- 
fract, 9 from Doncaster. 

WREAKS, or RAKES.— See Rakes. 

WRENTHORPE, in the township of Stanley- with -Wrenthorpe, 
and parish of Wakefield, Agbrigor-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley* 
liberty of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wakefield, 8 from Leeds. — 
Pop. included in Stanley ; but at which there are no houses to con- 
stitute a town, the principal of the inhabitants being* at Wrenthorpe* 
This place is now commonly called Potovens. 

WRETH-HOUSE, /. L in the township of Oxspring, and parish of 
Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone, 5| from Barnsley. 

WROSE, or VVROSE-HILL, ham. in the township" of Idle, and 
parish of Calverley, liberty of Pontefract •, 3 miles from Bradford, 

¥ 

YARLSBER, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of 
Low-Bentham; 8 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale* (Westm.) 

YEADON, UPPER, in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of 
Skvrack ; 3| miles from Gtlev, 6£ from Bradford, 8 from Leeds. 

—Pop. 2,455. 
YEADON, NETHER, iri the township of Upper- Yeadon, and 

parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skyrack; 4| miles from 
Otley, 5 1 from Bradford, 9 from Leeds. 
YEWS, /. h. and Paper Mill, in the township and parish of Maltby 5 

4 miles from Tickhill. 
YEWS, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eceiesfield ; 

4 1 miles from Sheffield, 1U| from Rotherham. 
YOKENTHWAITE, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish 
. of AmeclifFe, liberty of Stain cli fife ; 5 miles from Kettlewell. 
YORDAS-CAVE, in the township and parish of Thornton-in-Lons- 
dale, wapentake of Ewcross; 10 miles from Kirby- Lonsdale. 

The entrance to this Cave is through a rude arched opening, four yard9 by 
Seven, like the gateway of some ancient castle ; which soon opens into an apart- 
ment, eo spacious and extensive, that, with all the blaze of candles, neither the 
roof nor the walls can be clearly discerned. No cave, in romance ; no den of 
lions, giants, or serpents; nor any supposed hauuts of ghosts, or fairies, were 
ever described more dreary or terrific than is this gloomy and dismal cavern. 
.After crossing a little brook, and proceeding thirty op forty yards further, the 
high roof and walls are seen distinctly, as well as the curious petrifactions hang- 
ing therefrom. On the right are several other curiously incrusted figures; a 
projecting one' is called The Bishop's-Throne, from its great resemblance to 
that appendage of a cathedral ; another confused mass of incrusted matter, b£ars 
some resemblance to a large organ. After entering a narrow passage, of five or 
six- yards, where the roof is supported by seven pillars, there is only room for 
one person in breadth"; but, the height is very considerable. At a small distance 
hence, a cascade issues from an opening in the rock, and fall* four or five yards 

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436 WEST- RIDING. 

into a circular apartment, roofed with a fine dome : this apartment, some visit- 
ants have named The, Chapter-House. The whole length of this singular ca- 
vern, is between fifty and sixty yards; its breadth, thirteen yards; and height, 
forty-seven feet. Th^ principal pavt, here described, lies to the right; but, it 
extends also on tbeoth^r hand, and unfolds some wonderful closets, called Yor- 
das-Bedchamber, Yordas-Oven, <fec. On the upper side of Yordas-Cave, is a 
quarry of black marble ; from which, elegant monuments, chimney-pieces, slabs, 
and other ornaments are dog. 
YORK, a city, borough, and town-corporate, is divided into the 
following parishes, viz. — 

All-Saints, in Pavement, with St. Peter the Little, a rectory, 
' value $51. 1 6s. Wld, p. r. 67/. 25. Patron the King.— Pop. 554. 
All-Saints, North-Street, a rectory, value $41. Ms. \\d. p. 
r. 661. Patron the King.— Pop. 910.- 

St. Andrew%.— Pop. 185. 

St. Cuthbert } iii Peaseholme-Green, a rectory, value +5/. 10s. \0d. 
Patron, the King.— Pop. 209, including Helen-Street-on the-Walls, 
398, and All Saints, Peaseholme, 223 total, 830. 

St. Crux, in the Shambles, a rectory, value +6/. J 6s. Sd. p. r. 
fl04/. Patron, the King— Pop. 827, 

St. Dennis, in Walmgate, a rectory, value $41. 0$. lOd. 
Patron, the University of Cambridge, held with St. George, Na- 
burn, value p. r. 80/.— Pop. 1,093. 

St. Gi-les%, in the Suburbs.— Pop. 88 1 . 

St. Helen, in the Square, a rectory, value $41. 5s. 5d. p. r. .461. 
\2s.6d. Patron, the King.— Pop. 678. 

St. John Delpike^, in Goodramgate and Uggleforth. — 
Pop. 367. 

■St. John, in Mick legate, otherwise Ousebridge- End. — 
Pop. 938. 

St. Lawrence, without Walmgate, a vicarage peculiar, value 
$51. 10s. with St. John, a perpetual curacy, value, together, p. r. 70/. 
Patrons, the Dean and Chapterof York. — Pop. including St. Nicho- 
las, 799. 

St. Margaret, in Walmgate, a rectory, value $41. 9s. 9ld. 
p. r. 60/. Patron, the King.— Pop. 808. 

St. Martin-le-Grand, in Coneystreet, a vicarage, value £4/. 
p. r. f J 10/. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York.— Pop. 610. 
• St. Martin-cum-Gregory, in Mick legate, a rectory,. value $51. 
\6s. 2d.— Pop. 562. 

St. Mary, in Castlegate, a rectory, value $21. 8s. 6\d. p. r. 
f80/. Patron, the King.— Pop. 989. 

Si. Man/, in Bisbopshill-the-EIder, a rectory, value $51. 0s. 
1 Od. p. r. *95/. 6s. 2d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York.— 
Pop. 681. 

. St. Mary, in Bishophill-the- Younger, is a vicarage, peculiar, 
Talue +10/. p. r. f 146/. 4s. 5d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter 
of York.— Pop. 767. 

SL. : Michael-le-Beff rev, in Petergate and Minster- Yard, pecu- 
liar, is a perpetual curacy,. value J2/. Os.lOt/. p. J> $<S5l. Pa- 
trons, the Dean and Chapterof York,— Pop. 1,343. 



WEST-RIDING. 457 

St. Michael, in Spurriergate, a rectory, value £8/. 12*. Id. p. 
r. 50/. Patron, the Kino-,— Pop. 593. * ..-...*..■ 

St. Maurice, without Monk-Bar, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, 
held along with St. Trinity, Goodramgate, a rectory, and St. John 
Delpike, a perpetual curacy, value, together, p. r. f97/. 14s. §d. 
Patron, the Archbishop of:" York. — Pop. 798. 

Mint-Yard^, a liberty, in the parish of St. Wilfred j — 
Pop. 132. 

St. Olave, in Marvffate. — See North- Riding. 

St. Peter the Little^ .— Pop. 660. 

St Peter-le- Willows^ .— Pop. 418. [ ' 

St. Sampson, Patrick's-Pool, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, 
value, p. r. flOO/. Patrons, the Subchanter and Vicars Cho- 
ral.— Pop. 1,041. 

St. Saviour, in Saviourgate, a rectory, value £5/. 6s. 8d. p. r. 
127/. Patron, the King.— Pop. 987. 

Holy Trinity, in Goodramgate, a rectory, value £12/. 4*. 
9§rf. held with St. Maurice.— Pop. 527. 

Holy Trinity, otherwise Christ-Church, in King's Court, a 
vicarage, value +8/. p. r. 11/. 8?. Patron, the Master of Well Hos- 
pital. — Pop. 737. 

Holy Trinity, in Micklegate, a perpetual curacy, value, p„r. 
*80/. heid with St. Cuthbert.— Pop. 845. 

St. mifred% in Blake-street.— Pop. 227. 

The Churches marked thits ^ are not now standing. 
Is 10 miles from Tadcaster and Greenhammerton, 12 from Garraby- 
Inn, 1 3 from Easingwold and Pocklington, 1 4 from Wetherby, i 5 
from Selby, 17 from Boroughbridge, 18 from Malton and Knaves- 
brough, 19 from Market- Weighton, 20 from Howden, 21 from 
Harrogate, 23 from Helmsley, 29 from Driffield, 40 from Scarbo- 
rough and Bridlington, 198 from London, 201 from Edinburgh. — 
Markets, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. — Fairs, Candlemas- 
Fair is held on Thursday and Friday before old Candlemas-day ; 
Palmsun-Fair, on Thursday before Palm-Sunday ; All-Souls'-Fajr, 
©n November 13, and Martinmas-Fair on November 22, for horned 
cattle, sheep, horses, &e. in the streets of Walmgate, Fossgate, 
Colliergate, and Pavement; the Statutes for hiring servants, are 
held also in Pavement, on November 22. St. Luke's- Fair, com- 
monly called Dish- Fair, is held in Micklegate, on old St. JLuke^s- 
day, for all sorts of dishes, small wares, &c. The Horse-Shows are 
held without-Micklegate-Bar, on Monday in the August Raqe- 
week ; the last week in September, called Michaelmas-show; and 
the first whole week before Christmas. There are likewise Fairs 
held in Walmgate, every other Thursday, for horned cattle afid 
sheep. Three Fairs are held on the north-side of the city, called 
the horse-fair, for all sorts of cattle, viz. on Whit-Monday, old Sfc 
Peter's-day, and old Lammas-day. At the latter Fair, from three 
o'clock on the llthof August, to the same hour on the 13th', the 



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Sheriff's authority of arresting any person within the city and sub- 
urbs is suspended, the Archbishop's bailiff or substitute having the 
only power of executing any judicial process at that time. Line 
Fairs, Saturday before old Candle inas-day, Saturday before old 
Lady-day, Whit-Monday, old St. Peter's-day, old Lammas-day, 
Saturday before old Michaelmas, Saturday before old Martinmas, 
and Saturday before Christmas-day. — Leather Fairs, on Peasholme- 
Green, first Wednesdays in March, June, Sept. and December. 
— Bankers, Messrs, Raper, Swann, Ciough, Swann, Bland, and 
Raper, Coney -street, draw on Messrs. $ir R. C. Glyn, Bart, and Co. 
12, Eirchin-Lane ; Messrs. Wilson, Tweedy, and Wilson, High- 
Qusegate, draw on Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. 15, Lombard- 
street ; Messrs. Wentworth, Chaloner, Rishworth, and Co. Low- 
Ousegate, draw on Messrs. Wentworth and Co. 25, Thread needle- 
street. 

Total Population— City Parishes, 20,787—St. Peter's Liberty, 
924— York Castle, 153— St. Olave, Marygate, 966— Together, 
22,829. 

York, the capital of the North, and second City in the Kingdom, appears 
to have been founded by Agricola, about the year 80, after he had finished his 
conquest of the Brigantes. It soon became the head-quarters of the Roman array, 
and was the residence of the Roman Emperors. After the departure of (hat war- 
like people, this City, andthe surrounding- country, w^re exposed to the fury of 
the Northern Nations, received the barbarous shocks of the Danes, and groaned, 
under repeated devastations, for more than 600 years ; notwithstanding which, 
jveiind that this City frequently arose out of its ashes, and again recovered its 
former splendor ; tor, in less than a century after it had been razed to the ground, 
by the Norman Conqueror, it was rebuilt, and a Parliament called here, by 
Henry II. ; after which, it was honoured with the presence of most of our Kings, 
from Henry III. to Charles I.; during which time, Parliaments, Conventions, 
Coronations, Royal Marriages and Interviews, at different periods,, took place 
here. The last visit, paid by Charles I., was in the year 1640 ; soon after w.hich, 
this City was garrisoned for the King, and surrendered to the arms of the Par- 
liament. July 16, 1644. 

Every inquisitive traveller, in the search of antiquities, or curiosities, will 
be tejnpted, to make some stay at York: — among the former, is the arch at Mic- 
klegate Bar, and the multangular tower, near the Mint- Yard, both builjt in^the 
tin|e, of the Romans. The sepulchral monument of the standard-bearer of the 
ninth legion of the Roman army, was dug up near Mieklegate ; and, in many 
other parts! of the City, have been found Roman ajtars, stone coiHns, tes- 
gelated, pavements, inscriptions, urns, coins, <fec. 

The situation of York is on a plain, on both sides of the river Ouse ; and so 
exactly resembles Rome in its form, that whoever compares the two plans toge- 
ther, will find them exceedingly similar ; — a strong proofof the Roman origin of 
this City. In the wal|, which is in circumference, nearly three miles, are four 
gates, and five posterns. The Cathedral of St. Peter, generally called the Mix* 
fter, the glory of this city, may with justice be pronounced, the most magnificent 
Gothic structure in the Kingdom; besides which, there are 23 Churches. 

St. Mary's Abbey, now in ruins, was begun by William Rufus, in 1088, but 
in the general conflagration at York, in the reign of King Stephen, was totally 
destroyed; but the rebuilding of it in 1270* was undertaken by Simon de War- 
wick, theri Abbot. At the dissolution, Henry VIII. ordered a Palace to be 
built orit of its ruins, called the King's Mu?ior. It continued in that state till the 
reigh.of James 1. who converted it into a, regal Palace, fqr his residence at his 
going and; returning from Scotland. After the Revolution, a lease was granted 
for vesting it in private hands, in which it now remains. 

The Old Bridge over the river Ouse/ supposed to have been built abont the 
year 1235, is now demolished, and a new one erected in its place. The founda- 



WEST-RIDING. 459 

tion 9tone was laid by the Lord Mayor, on the 10th of December, 1810. It con- 
sists of three elliptical arches, with battlements on each side. The span of the 
centre arch is seventy-five feet, the span of each side arch sixty-five feet. The 
flagged footways are five feet six inches broid, leaving a carriage-way of twenty- 
nine feet. 

The Old Bridge over the Foss, built about the year 1406, was lately taken 
down, and an handsome structure erected in its place. 

Fetus Ballium or old Bailt, which Ldand and Cimden suppose to have been 
the Platfor h of a Castle, is situated at the south-east corner of the City. 

The City Walls, by the corroding hand of time, falling fast to decay, are 
supposed to have be. u built by Edward I. upon Roman foundations, who added to 
them a number <>i strong towers, which, in Leland's time, were in a complete 
state of defence. 

The firsc production of the York Press, was the Pica of the Cathedral, by 
Hugh Goes, in lo09. -Home on Bibliography. 

The Castle, built by William the Conqueror, is now a County Prison, for 
debtors and felons: the area of this prison is larger than either tliat of the Fleet 
or King's Bench, in London, thfsituatiou high, pleasant, and airy. 

In the right wing is a prison for D j btors, which reflects honour on the 
County. — In the left wing is an handsome convenient Chapel, ascend d to by a 
flight of steps uniform with the right wing, and ornamented with suitable Fur- 
niture. — The Women Felons are confined in the New Buildings, opposite the 
County Hall. — Mr. Staveley is the present Governor. 

On the west side of th e area, is the new County- HalU opened at tbe Sum- 
mer Assizes, in 1777. It is a superb building, of the Ionic order, ]50feetin 
length, and 45 in breadth. In the south end thereof, is the Court for trial of 
prisouers; and in the north end, the Court of Nisi Prius. Each of them is thirty 
feet in diameter, covered with a Dome forty feet high, which is supported by 
tliirteen Corinthian pillars. 

The extent of the City's Liberties is within seventy-seven feet of the 
Castle Gate, distinguished by the City Arms of the five Lions, placed in the 
wall on each side. Here the Sheriffs of the City wait to receive the Judges of 
Assize, and conduct them to the Guild-hall. 

Adjoining the Castle is a very high Mount, on which stands a Tower, con- 
tisting of four segments of circles, joined together, called Clifford'? Tower. It 
was built by the Conqueror, and derived its name from one of the Clifford family, 
who was made the first Governor of it ; and though now a ruin, it is a consi- 
derable ornament to the City. It was formerly defended by a deep moat, draw- 
bridge and palisadoes. 

The Mamion-House, erected for the Lord Mayor, in the year 1725, is a very 
handsome building — the basement is a rustic arcade, which supports an Ionic 
order, with a pediment. Thf» State-room, where the Lord Mayor entertains 
the Corporation, is forty-nine feet six inches by twenty-seven feet nine inches. 

The Guild-Hail is situated behind the Mansion- House, and is supposed to 
be one of the finest Gothic Halls in the Kingdom. The City is governed by a 
Lord Mayor, a Recorder, two City Council, twelve Aldermen, two Sheriffs, 
seventy-two Common Couocilmen, and six Chamberlains. 

The Assembly- Rooms, in Blake-street, were erected in 1730, from a design 
of the celebrated Lord Builington. From the ceiling are suspended thirteen large 
Lustres of crown glass, each holding eighteen wax candles; but the principal 
ene, given by Lord Burlington, is so brilliantly cut, as tode-erve particular notice. 

The Theatre- Royal is at the upper end of Blake-street, and was erected in 
1769, by Mr Baker, and a patent procured for it by his successor, the late Tate 
Wilkinson, Esq. It is fitted up in a very neat uniform style, capable of contain- 
ing a numerous audience: several judicious alterations have lately taken place in 
the interior. 

The Lunatic Asylum, first established in 1777, is a handsome structure ; 
extending in length 132 feet ; in depth 52 ; and in height three stories. The 
patients in this place are treated with all the tenderness and indulgence, com- 
patable with steady and effectual government. The strictest economy is observed 
in the management of the family, and the utmost attention i9 paid to decency and 
cleanliness. 



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There is another institution in the vicinity of York, belonging to the Quakers, 
for the same class of patients, called the Retreat. 

County Hospital, or Public Infirmary, is a spacious building, situated out of 
Monk-Bar, north-east of the city. Is was first instituted in 1740, by a legacy of 
500/. bequeathed by Lady Hastings, for the relief of the diseased poor in the 
county of York, and since raised and supported by the benefactions, or annual 
contributions of the humane. It was for many years the only institution of that 
nature north of the Trent, and in its infancy had many difficulties to struggle with ; 
but through the care and economy of its first patrons, those difficulties were soon 
overcome, and the extensive utility of the institution becoming obvious, quickly 
procured it many liberal donations. The front extends seventy-five feet in 
length, ninety feet in depth, and encloses a court of twenty-six feet four inches 
by thirty-five feet. There is a public Medical Library, (established in January 
1810) for the improvement and diffusion of medical and surgical knowledge. 
This excellent charity is entirely dependent upon the benevolence of the public 
for its support. 

Here is likewise a City Dispensary, for administering relief to the diseased 
poor, instituted in 1788. 

The York Subscription Library was first instituted in 1 794. The ion ndalion- 
stone of a new building, opposite the Post-Omce, in St Helen's Square, was laid 
in 1811. It now contains about 7000 volumes. The ground-floor, underneath 
the Library, is occupied as a Subscription News-Room. 

The City Gaol, adjoining the Old Baile, wa9 begun in 1802, under the di- 
rection of Mr Peter Atkinson, architect, and completed in 1807. In the front is 
a large Court-yard, where debtors have the privilege of walking. 

In 1814, a new House of Correction was erected on Toft Green, near Mickle- 
gate-Bar. 

At a short distance on the Fulford Road, are the Cavalry Barracks, erected 
at the expence of about 27,000/. These handsome buildings stand in an area of 
an oblong square occupying twelve acres of ground ; they are constrncted on a 
plan for containing about 260 officers and privates, with stabling for 266 horses. 

The Race-Ground is about a mile south of the city. It is a plain flat, called 
Knavesmire. In 1754, the Grand Stand was built by subscription, and tickets of 
admission issued at five guineas each : their present value is now nearly 14/. 

Here are Chapels for Roman Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, Inde- 
pendents, and a Meeting-house for Quakers. 

York is an Archbishop's See; 6ends two Members to Parliament, being 
first summoned 23rd Edward I. 

For a particular account of the antiquities of York,-see Drake's Moraeum t 
and Hargrove's Hist of York. 



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Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rofulorum, 
THE RIGHT HON. HENRY, EARL OF HAREWOOD. 



ACTING MAGISTRATES. 

The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Downe, Cowick-Hall, Snaitfa 

The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Milton, .... Wentworth-House, Rotherham 

The Right Hon. Lord Haw ke, Womersley-Park 

The Hon. Edward Robert Petre, Stapleton-Park, Ferrybridge 

Sir William C. Bagsfaaw) Knight, ' The Oakes, Sheffield 

Sir Henry Wright Wii-on, Knight, Ch> Isea-Park 

Sir Francis Lindley W< od, Bart Hemswortb, Pontefract 

Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart Ripley 

Sir Joseph Cop'ev, Bart Sprotbrough-Hall 

The Rev. Dr. Geldart, Kirkdeighton, Wetherby 

The Rev. Dr. C»rbett, Wortley, Sheffield 

The R^v. Dr. Milner, Thribergh, Doncaster 

The Rev. Dr. Waddilove, Ripon 

Alderson, the Rev. William, Aston, Rotherham 

Allan, Benjamin Haigh, Esq Green-Head, Huddersfield 

Barstow, William, Esq Halifax 

Benyon, Thomas, Esq Leeds 

Brooksbank, Benjamin, Esq Healaugh-Hall, Tadcaster 

Bland, Thomas Davnon, Esq Kippax-Park, Ferrybridge 

Beckott, Christopher, Esq Leeds 

Blayds, John, jun. Esq Oulton, Leeds 

Barnes, the Rev. Tbeophilus, Canleford, Ferrybridge 1 

Brooksbank, the Rev. Edward Hawke, .. Tickhill, Bawtry 

Cams, Roger, Esq Lunefield, Kirkby-Lonsdale 

Chandler, the Rev. George, Treeton, Rotherham 

Cooke, the Rev. Alexander, Loversall, Doncaster 

Creyke, Ralph, Jun. Esq Rawdiffe-Hall, Snaith 

Cunliiie, William, Esq Addingham. Skipton 

Cator, the Rev. Charles, Skelbrook, Doncaster 

Cooke, William Bryan, Esq Wheatley, Doncaster 

Cooke, Philip Davis, Esq . Owston, Doncaster 

Coulthnrst, John Nicholas, Esq Gargrave, Skipton 

Currer, the Rev. Danson Richardson, . . Whitvyell- House, York 

Deal try, Benjamin, Esq Loft house- Hall, Wakefield 

Deardeo, John, Esq HoU'mps-Hall, Halifax 

Dixon, tbe Rev. Jeremiah, Woolley, Wakefield 

Dawson, Richard Kennet, Esq Frickley-Hall, Doncaster 

Edmunds, Francis, Esq. Worsbrongh, Barusley 

Egremont, John, Esq Wakefield 

Entwi<le, John, Esq Foxholes, Rochdale 

Fawkes, Walter, Esq Farnley-Hall, Otley 

Ferrand, Edward, Esq St. Ives, Bingley 

Ferrand, Walker, Esq Harden-Grange, Bingley 

Forster, the Rev. John, Ryther, Selby 

Fullerton, John, Esq Thribergb, Doncaster 

Gib-on, Joseph, Esq Whelbrigg, Kirby- Lonsdale 

Haigh, Joseph, Esq. Springwood, Huddersfield 

Hay, the Rev. William Robert, Rochdale 

Heywooi, John Pemberton, Esq Wakefield 

HigginsGodlrey, Esq (.. Skellow-Grange, Ferrybridge 

Hird, the Rev. Lamplugh, Low-Moor- House, Bradford 

Horafell, John, Esq Thornton-Lodge, Huddersfield 

Horton, Thomas, Esq , Howroyd, Halifax 

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ftdrton, foe Rev. Joshua Thomas, ... Ormskh-k, Lancashire 

Lacy, the Rev. Richard, Whiston, Rbtlierham 

Landon, the Rev. James, . Abberford 

liister, Ellis Cuncliffe, Esq Manningham- House, Bradford 

JLister, the Rev. Anthony, Gargrave, Skipton 

JLister, the Hon. Thomas, Gisburn-Park, Skipton 

Lowe, the Rev. John, Wentworth, Rotherham 

Lawson, Marmaduke, Esq Boroughbridge 

Morritt, William, Esq Sherwood -Hall, Selby 

Maude, John, Esq. . . . * Moor- Hou^e, Wakefield 

Nevile, Christopher, Esq Scaftworth, Bawtry 

Korth, Richard T;jiilmin, Esq. Whittington, Kirby-Lonsdafe 

Oxley, Charles, E q . . ... . . Ripon 

Parker, Hugh, Esq Woodthorpe, Sheffield 

Parker, Thomas, Esq. Browsholme-Hall, Clitheroe 

Parker, the Rev. William, Riccal, Selby 

Plumbe, John, Esq Tong- Hall, Leeds 

Prest, William, Esq Towlston- Lodge, Tadcaster 

Rhodes, the Rev, James Armitage, HorsiOrth- Hall, Leeds 

Rndd, the Rev. John, Blythe, Bawtry 

Rhodes, William, Esq Bnmhope-Hall, Otley 

Scott, Joseph, Esq Badsworth, Pontefract 

Smyth, John Henry, Esq. Heath, Wakefield 

Stocks, Michael, Esq ... Cat herine- House, Halifax 

Sturges, John, Esq Elmfield, Doncaster 

Scott, William Lister Fenton, Esq. ..... .. Woodhall, Wetherby 

Taylor, Michael Angelo, Esq. , Cantley, Doncaster 

Twiss, William), Esq Myrtle-Grove, Bingley 

Vavasour, William, Esq Weston-Hall, Otley 

Walker, Thomas, Esq Killingbeck, Leeds 

Walker, Henry, Esq Blythe, Bawtry 

Warde, St. Andrew, Jun. Esq Melton, Doncaster 

Waud, Samuel Wilkes, Esq Camblesforth, Selby 

Wentworth, Godfrey Wentworth, Esq Wool!ey-Park, Wakefield 

Williamson, John, Esq Hollings, Harrogate 

Wilson, Matthew, Esq. Eshton-Hall, Skipton 

Wilson, Richard Fountayne, Esq Ingmanthorpe, Wetherby 

Wilson, William Wilson Cams, Esq Casterton-Hall, Kirby-Lonsdai* 

Wood, the Rev. William, Woodthorpe, Wakefield 

"Wortley, James Archibald Stuart, Esq Wortley-Hall, Sbefl&eld 

Wnghtson, William, Esq. ...,.„.. Cusworth, Doncastej; 



DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS. 



The Right Hon. Thos. Lord Ribbles- 

dale, Gisburn Park 
Toe Right Hon. William, Lord Stour- 

ton, Allerton Mauleverer 
The Rt. Hon. Thumas Philip, Lord 

Grantham, Newby Hall 
The Right Hon: Lord Viscount, Mil- 
ton, Wentworth House 
The Right Hon Lord Viscount Pol- 

Iington, Methiey Park 
The Hon. Frederick Lumley, TickhiU 

Castle ; 

The Hon, Frederick Robinson, New. 

by Hall • 

The Hon.Thomas Lister, GisburtiPark 



The Hon. E. Petre, Stapletoft Park 
The Hon. Edward Lascelles, Hare- 
wood House 
The Hon. Henry Lascelle9, Harewood 

House 
The Hon. G. A. Stapylton Chetwynd 
The Honourable William Gordon 
The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham, 

Kirkby Overblow 
The Hon. and Rev. A. H. Cathcart, 

Kippax 
Sir John Beckett, bart. Gledhow 
Sir Joseph Copley, bart. Sprotbro' 
Sir George Cooke, bart. Wheatley 



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463 



Sir Edward Dods worth, Bart. New- 
land Park 
Sit Henry Carr Ibbetson, Bart. Den- 
ton Park 
Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart. 

Ripley 
Sir John Lister I'aye, Bart. Denby 

Grange 
Sir Charles Kent, Bart. 
Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Bart. 

Nun Appleton 
Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, Bart. 

Scriven 
Sir Francis L.Wood, Bart. Hems worth 
The Rev. Dr. Milner, Thribergh 
The Rev. Dr. Waddilove, Ripon 
Aspinall,Joh.esq.StandenHall,Clithero 
Armitaoje, George, esq. Park Riding 

Huddersfield 
Armifage, John, esq. Kirklees 
Allen, Benj. Haigh, esq. Green Head 
Armitage, Joseph, esq. Milns-Bridge 

House 
Bischoff, Thomas, esq. Leeds 
Benyon, Thomas, esq, Leeds 
Brown, William Williams, esq. Cha- 

pel-Aliertoa 
Brown, James, esq. Hare Hills Grove 
Bland, Thomas Davison, esq. Kippax- 

Park 
Beckett, Joseph, esq. Barnsley 
Brooksbank, Benjamin, esq. Healaogh 
Blayds, John, esq. Leeds 
Bnsfield, William, esq. Up wood 

Beanmont, Thomas Richard, esq. 

Bretton Hall 
Brandling, Charles J. esq. Middleton 
Brandling, Ralph, clerk, Middleton 
Briggs, Rawdon, esq. Halifax 
Beckett,John Staniforth, esq. Barnsley 
Beanmont, Thomas Wentworth, esq. 

Bretton 
Banks, George, esq. Leeds 
Beckett, Christopher, esq. Leeds 
Blayds, John, jun. esq. Oulton 
Conlthurst, JohnN. esq.Gargrave 
Currer, Danson Richardson, clerk, 

Whitwell 
Cooke, William Bryan, esq. Wheatley 
Creyke, Ralph, esq. Marton 
Chippendale, Robinson, esq. Skipton 
Cooke, John, esq, Maltby 
Carr, William, esq. York 
Cunliffe, William, esq. Addingham 
Cooke, Philip Davies, esq. Owston 
Chamberlain, Thomas, esq. Skipton 
Clayton, William,esq.Langcliffe-place 
Chaloner, Robert, esq. York 
Collins, William esq. Knaresbrongh 
Dnncombe, Thomas, esq. Copgrove 



Dixon, Jeremiah, clerk, Woolley 
Dixon, John, esq. Suffolk 
Dealtry, Benjamin, esq. Lofthonse 
Dearden, John, esq. Halifax 
Denison, Edmund, esq. Doncaster 
Edmunds, Francis, esq. Worsbro' 
Edmunds, FrancisOlfley, esq. Worsbro* 
Ellis, Lister, esq. Castieneld 
Field, John Winner, esq. Heaton 
Ferrand, Edward, esq. St. Ives 
Ferrand, Walker, esq. Harden Grange 
Fenton, William, esq. Thorpe Hall 
Fullerton, John, esq. Thribergh 
Farrer, James William, esq. Ciapham 

Lodge 
Farrer, Oliver, esq. Ciapham 
Fitzgerald, Thomas George, esq. Bold- 
shay 
Fairfax, Thomas Lodington esq. New- 
ton Kyme 
Gascoigne, Richard Oliver esq. Par- 
tington 
Gott, Benjamin, esq. Leeds 
Gossip, William, esq. Hataeld 
Gaily- Knight, Henry, esq. Langold 
Garforth, ames Braithwaite esq. 

Coniatone 
Gossip, Randall, esq. Thorpe Arch 
Hesleden, Bryan esq. Skipton 
Horton, Thomas, esq. Howroyd 
Hird, L".mplujh, clerk, Low Moor 
Hay, William Robert, clerk, Rochdale 
Heyvvood, John Pemberton, esq. 

Wakefield 
Hardy, John, esq. Leeds 
Higgin*, G dfrey, esq. Skellow-grange 
Haigh, Joseoh, esq. Spring wood 
Horsfall, John, esq. Thornton Lodge 
Hammerton, James, esq. Hellifield 

Peel 
Jaques, Thomas George, esq. Leeds 
Ingleby, Charles, esq. Austwick 
Jaques, Thomas, esq. Leeds 
Lister, Ellis Cunliffe, esq. Calverley 

House 
Lee, John, esq. Abbey, Knaresbro' 
Lowther, John, esq. Swillington 
Lee, James, esq. Leeds 
Lee, Richard esq. Leeds 
Lister, Anthony, clerk, Gargrave 
Lee, William, esq. Grove Hall 
Lowe, John, clerk, Wentworth 
Lloyd, Thomas, esq. York 
Manby, William, esq. Knaresbro' 
Maude, Daniel Salsbury, esq. Wake- 
field 
Mande, Francis, esq. Wakefield 
Markham, Robert, clerk, Bolton Percy 
Markland, Edward, esq. London 
Mickleth wait, Richard, esq. New 
Laiths 



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Moore, James, esq. Brock well 
Morritt, William, esq. Sherwood Hall 
Markham, William, esq. Becca Lodge 
Naylor, John, esq. Wakefield - 
Gates, Josiah^esq. Burley 
Parker, Hugh, esq. Woodthorpe 
Parker, Thomas Lister, esq. Brows- 
holme 
Paley, George, esq. 
Priestley, Jos. esq. White Windows 
Palmes, George, esq. Naburn 
Priestley, William, esq. Lightcliffe 
Paley, John Green, esq. Bowling Hall 
Plumbe, John, esq. Tong Hall 
Prest, William, esq. Towlston Lodge 
Plumbe, Thomas Richard, esq. Tong 

Hail 
Roundell, Richard Henry, esq. Gled- 

stone House • 

Rawson, William esq. Halifax 
Rawson, Christopher, esq. Halifax 
Rhodes, John, esq. Halifax 
Rawdon, Christopher, esq. Underbank 

in Stansiield 
Siingsby, Charles, esq. Lofthouse-hill 
Scott, Joseph, esq. Badsworth 
Shilleto, John, esq. Ulieskelf 
Sotheron, Frank, esq. Hooke 
Smyth, John Henry, esq. Heath 
Smart, James A. esq. 
Smithson, William, esq. Heath 
Sinclair, Robert, esq. York 
Sturges, John, esq. Bowling Hall 
Scott, William Lister Fenton, esq. 

Woodhall Park 
Thompson, Richard John, esq. Kirk- 

by Hall 
Trebeck, Thomas, clerk, Wath 
Torre, James, esq. Snydal 
Taylor, Michael Angelo, esq. Cantley 



Torre, Christopher, esq. Pontefract 
Tempest, Stephen, esq. Broughton hall 
Vavasour, William, esq. Weston Hall 
Vincent, John Tunnadine, esq. Hems- 
worth 
Watson, Shepley, esq. Hiendley 
Walker, Thomas, esq. Killingbeck 
Wainman, Richard Bradley, esq. 

Shipley Hall 
Wrightson, William, esq. Cusworth 
Wortley, J. A. S. esq. FFbrtley hall 
Wentwortb, Godfrey W. esq. JFbolley 

Park 
Wilson, Christopher, esq. Ledston hall 
Wood, William, clerk, Woodthorpe 
Wilkinson, Edward, esq. Potterton 
Wilson, Richard Fountayne, esq. 

Ingmanthorpe 
Wood, Henry Rich. esq. Hollin hall 
Wilson, Thomas, esq. York 
Waude, Samuel Wilks, esq. Chester 

Cotes 
Walker, Jonathan, esq. Oran 
Walker, Henry, esq. Masborough 
Wybergh, Thomas esq. Middletoa 
Wrightson, William B. esq. Cusworth 
Wilson, Matthew esq. Eshton 
Walker, Samuel, esq. Aid war k 
Walker, Thomas, esq. 
Walker, Joshua, esq. Clifton 
Walker, Wm. esq. Middleton, Leeds 
Waterbouse, John, esq. Halifax 
Wilson, Daniel, esq. Dallam Tower 
Walker, Joseph, esq. Lascelles hall 
Whitacre, John, esq. Thornton Lodge 
Winn, Charles, esq. Nostall Priory 
Yarbrough, George Cooke, esq. 
York, John, esq. Halton Place and 

Bewerley 
York, Richard, esq. FFighill Park 



Lords and Chief Bailiffs of Liberties* 

His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh ; for Bolland 

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire ; for Clifford's Fee 

His Grace the Archbishop of York ; for Cawood, Wistow, and Otley 

The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Downe; for Cowick and Snaith 

His Grace the Duke of Norfolk ; for Hallamshire 

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire; for Knaresbrough 

John Hardy, E^q.; for the. Honour of Pontefract 

His Grace the Archbishop of York; for Ripon 

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire ; lor Staincliffe 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Scarborough ; for Tickhill 

His Grace the Duke of Leeds ; for the Manor of Wakefield 



OFFICERS OF THE RIDING. 

Clerk of the Peace, Thomas Wybergh, Esq. Isell-Hall, Cockermouth, Cumberland. 
Deputy Ckrk of the Peace, and Deputy Sheriff', Thos. Foljambe, gent. WaKefield, 



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Treasurer, William Lee, Esq. GroVe^Hall, near Pontefract. 

Clerk of General Meetings of Lieutenancy, Christopher Bolland, Esq. Leeds. 

Clerk of Indictments and Solicitor, Robert Rodgers, gent. Sheffield. 

Governor of the House of Correction, JVakefield, Mr James Shepherd. 

Surveyors of Bridges, Mr Bern. Hartley, and Mr Bern. Hartley, jun. Pontefract. 



REGISTER-OFFICE, WAKEFIELD. 

Register, Francis Hawksworth, Esq. Wakefield. 
Deputy, Mr James Stephenson. 



CORONERS. 
Mr William Tindall, Skipton. I Mr Thomas Shepley, Selby. 

Mr Mr Edward Brook, Wakefield. 

MrThos. Robinson Mandall,Doncaster. Mr Christopher Jewison, Rothwell,Leeds, 
Mr James Wigglesworth, Halifax. J for the Honor of Pontefract. 



CHIEF CONSTABLES, 
Aghrigg and Morley, Mr Wm. Selby, Black wall, Halifax, for Morley; Mr Thos. 

Pitt, Wakefield, for Upper-Agbrigg ; Mr John Wiseman, Sandal-Magna, 

for Lower- Agbrigg. 
Barkston-Ash, Mr Edward Trneman, Pontefract; Mr John Hornsby, Camblesforth, 
Claro, Mr John Gilbertson, Roecliffe ; Mr Humphrey Fletcher, Boroughbridge. 
Osgoldcross, Mr Thomas Wilkinson, Ackworth ; Mr Wm. R. Earnshaw, Rowall. 
Staincliff'e and Ewcross, Mr Wm. Carr, Stackhouse ; Mr Robt. Wiidman, Gargrave* 
Staincross, Mr James Sykes, Worsbrough; Mr Charles Stringer, High-Hoyland, 

Stra'ffbrt/i and Tick/iill, Mi Wm. Workman, Adwick-le-Street ; Mr — 

Skyrack, Mr Robert Parr, Oulton ; Mr Richard Lumb, Swillington. 



SUBDIVISION CLERKS. 

A gbrigg- Division, Mr John Campey Laycock, Huddersfield, upper-division ; and 

and Mr John Berry, Wakefield, lower-division. 
Barkston-Ash, Mr Edward Trueman, Pontefract. 
Claro, Mr Samuel Powell, Knaresbrough. 
Morley, Mr Currer Fothergill Bnsfeild, Cottingley, 
Osgoldcross, Mr Thomas Wilkinson, Ackworth. 
Staincliffe and Ewcross, Mr John Hartley, Settle* 
Staincross, Mr George Keir, Barnsley. 
Straffbrth and Tick/till, Mr John Fisher, Rotberbam, upper-division ; and Mr 

Richard Danser, Doncaster, lower-division. 
Skyrack, and Borough of Leeds, Mr Christopher Bolland, Leeds. 
City andAinsty of York, Mr Richard Townend, York. 



Places and Times of holding Petty Sessions, with the Clerks' Names. 

Aghrigg, Upper, . . Hnddersfield, Tuesday?, Mr M. Bradley. 

Ditto, Lower, Wakefield, Fridays, Messrs. Wiseman, Dawson, Har- 

greave, and Hall. 
Barkston-Ash, ....... Selby, Mondays, and Sherburn, Tuesdays, Mr Hornsby. 

Claro, . - Knaresbrough, Wednesdays, Mr Powell. 

Morley, ...... Halifax, Sat urdays, Messrs. Briggs and Moore ; Bradford, 

Thursdays, Messrs. Crosley and Booth. 
Osgoldcross, ......... Snaith, , Mr Hornsby ; Wentbridge, Tuesdays, Mr 

Wilkinson. 

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Skyrack, • Bingley, Tuesdays, Mr Tolson ; Leeds, Tuesdays, Messfsr 

Smith and Moore. 

Staincross, ........ Wortley, , Mr Baker ; Barnsley, Wednesdays, attji 

Woolley, Thursdays, Mr Wiseman. 

Staineliffe and Ewcross, Settle, Tuesdays, Skipton, Saturdays, Mr WildmanandV 
Mr Hall ; Kildwick, 1 and Gargrave, . 

Straforth and Tick/till, Sheffield, Tuesdays, Mr Albert Smith ; Rotherham, Mon- 
days, Mr Fisher; Doncaster, Saturdays, Mr Workman J 
Bawtry, Wednesdays, Mr Baines. 

Borough of Leeds, .» Leeds, Tuesdays and Fridays, Mr Nicholson. 



The General Quarter Sessions. 

The Christmas Quarter Sessions are held at Wetherby, on Tuesday in the 
first whole week after the Epiphany; Wakefield on Thursday after} and Don- 
caster on the Wednesday following. 

Easter Quarter Sessions at Pontefract, on Monday in the first whole week 
after Easter. 

Midsummer Quarter Sessions at Skipton, on Tuesday in the first whole 
week after the 7th of July ; Bradford on Thursday after ; and Rotherham on the 
Wednesday following. 

Michaelmas Quarter Sessions at Kharesbrough, on Tuesday in the first 
whole week after the 11th of October ; Leeds on Thursday after ; and Sheffield 
on the Wednesday following. 



All the Quarter Sessions for the Boroughs and Liberties are held in the same 
week as the Riding Sessions, viz: — The City of York on Friday; — the Liberty of 
St. Peter, at York, on Saturday ; -the Liberty of Ripon on Friday; the Arch^ 
bishops for Cawood, Wi6tow, and Otley, at Otley and Cawood on Wednesdays 



THE ASSIZES 
For the County and City of York, are held on Saturday three weeks afte? 
Hilary-Term ends ; and on Saturday before the seventh Sunday after Trinity^ 

OFFICERS OF THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT. 

Clerk of Assize, Fletcher Rigge, Esq. Northallerton. 

Deputy Clerk of Assize, Christopher Newstead, Esq. York. 

Clerk of Indictments, Christopher John Newstead, Gent. York* 

Clerk of Arraigns, Henry Newstead, Gent. York* 






WEST-RIDING. 467 

CITY AND AINSTY. 

MAGISTRATES. 
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR. 

RECORDER. 

Robert Sinclair, Esq York. 

CITY COUNSEL. 

John Pemberton Hey wood, Esq Wakefield. 

Samuel William Nicoll, Esq Fulford. 

ALDERMEN. 

Thomas Wilson, Esq. . Fulford. 

William Hotham, Esq , York. 

William Ellis, Esq Fulfbrd -Field. 

John Kilby, Esq. York. 

George Peacock, Esq. York. 

The Right Hon. Lawrence, Lord Dundas, . . Marske-Hall. 

Jsaac Spencer, Esq. (Lord Mayor, 1822J . . Poppleton. 

Thomas Smith, Esq. Huntington, 

William Dunsley. Esq. York. 

William Hutchinson Hearon, Esq. .... York. 

John Dales, Esq. York. 

Robert Chaloner, Esq. , . 9 York. 

James Saunders, Esq. York, 



OFFICERS OF THE CITY AND AINSTY. 

Clerk of the Peace, Richard Townend, Esq. York. 

Treasurer, William Ellis, Esq. Fulford. 

Coroners, Samuel Cowling and Robert Ellison. 

Chief Constables, Wm. Baynes, John Steward, and Thomas Beal, 



LIBERTY OF ST. PETER. 

Magistrates. 

Agar, Benjamin, Esq Brockfield-House, 

Brooksbank, Benjamin, Esq Healaugh-Hall. 

Blow, the Rev. William. ...,., York. 

Croft, the Rev. Robert, Rowley, 

Dickens, Henry John, Esq York. 

Dealtry, the Rev. William. W iggintort. 

Elliot, the Rev. Robert, Wheldrake. 

Ellis, the Rev. John, Strensall. 

Eyre, the Rev. John, 

Foulis, John Robinson, Esq. ........ West- Hesler ton. 

Kelly, the Rev. George, 

Markham, the Rev. Robert, Bolton- Percy, 

Read, the Rev, Thomas Cutler Rudston, . . Sandhutton, 



468 WEST-RIDING. 

Rice, the Hon. and Rev. Edward, 

Sykes, Sir Mark Masterman, Bart . . • Sledmere. 

Shilleto, John, Esq Ulleskelf. 

Syrapson, Robert, Esq. York. 

Thompson, George Lowther, Esq Sheriff hutton- Park. 

Waddilove, the Rev. Dr. Ripon. 

OFFICERS OF THE LIBERTY. 

Chief Bailiff, John Brook, Esq. York. 

Clerk of the Peace, Christopher Newstead, Esq. York. 

Steward of the Court of Pleas, #c. Henry John Dickens, Esq. York. 

Under Steward, Christopher Newstead, Esq. York. 

Coroners, James Richardson r Gent. York ; John Plowman, Gent. 

Haxby ; and Richard Bell, Surgeon, Pocklington. 

Chief Constables, T. Acaster, Brotherton; W. Cooke, Pocklington *> 

Thos. Hessay, Bishop- Wilton ; Wm. Taylor, Hustbwaite ; and 

Wm. Fisher, York. 



LIBERTY OF RIPON. 
MAGISTRATES, 
The Mayor of Ripon. 

The Right Hon. Lord Grantham, . . , Newby-Hall, Ripon. 

Rev. Robert Darley Waddilove, D. D. ... Ripon. 

Rev. Thomas Newton, Cox wold, Thirgk. 

Rev. George AUanson, . . Ripon. 

Charles Harrison Batley, Esq. . ^ Masham. 

John Williamson, Esq. Ripon. 

John Dalton, Esq. ?...., Slenningford, Ripon. 

Charles Oxley, Esq. , Ripon. 

Marmaduke Lawson, Esq. ,...., Boroughbridge, 

Rev. William Dent, Crosby-Hall. 

Henry Richard Wood, Esq : . Hoilin-Hall. 

Gregory Elsley, Esq. .,,...,,...... Burneston. 

OFFICERS OF THE LIBERTY. 

Clerk of the Peace, Chief Bailiff, and Under Steward of the Court 

Military, Charles Harrison, Esq. 

Deputy ditto, and Coroner, John Cartman, Ripon. 

Chief Constable and Treasurer^ J, Gilbertson, Westwick, 






DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS, 

For the East-Riding, and the Toivn and County of the Town of 
Kingston-ujpon- Hull, . 

Vice-Lieutenant, RICHARD BETHELL, Esq. Rise. 

The Right Hon. Beaumont, Lord Hotbam . . South Dalton. 

The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Morpeth, Castle- Howard. 

Sir Mark Masterroan Sykes, Bart. , . . . Sledmere. 

Sir Henry SI tile Mervin Vavasour, Bart. .. Melbourne. 

Bell, lue Rev. Or. John, Bainton. 

Bower. Kobert, Esq. YVelham. 

Betheil. Richard, Esq. .............. Rise. 

Beverley. William, Esq. Beverley. 

Blayd^s Benjamin, Esq. .....,..». Beverley. 

Bowes, the Rev. Timothy FyshFoord, .... Cowlam. 

Creyke. Ralph, Esq. Marion. 

Croft, the Rev. Robert, Rowley. 

Clubley, Thomas. Esq. Be\ eriey. 

Constable, the Rev. Charles, ............ Beverley. 

Creyke, Ralph. Jun. Esq Marton. 

Courtney, the Rev. John, Beverley. 

Coltmau, the Rev. Joseph Beverley. 

Denison, Robert. Esq. , Kilnwick-Percy. 

Ewbank, the Rev. Andrew, t ... Londesbrough. 

Ellison. Henry, Esq. .......,* Beverley. 

Egginton. Joseph, Esq. .., , Sculcoates. 

Foulis, John Robinson, Esq West Heslerton. 

Gilby. the Rev. John, Barmston. 

Grimston, John, Esq . . . . Neswick. 

Grimston, Charles, Esq. Grimston-Garth. 

Gilby, the Rev. VVm. Robinson, Barmston. 

Holme, the Rev. Nicholas, .... Rise^ 

Hudson, Harrington, Esq , Bessingby.. 

Hildyard, the Rev. Wm. ,. *....... Winestead. 

Jarratt, William, Esq. ................ Kingston-upon-HulI. 

Machell, Christ. Esq. •"...... Beverley. 

Maister, Arthur, Esq * e , . . Kingston-upon_-Hull. 

Mansfield, the Rev. John, Patrington. 

Osbaldeston, Humphrey Brooks, Esq Hunmanby. 

Osbourne, Robert, Esq Sculcoates. 

Osbourne, Wm. Esq. Sculcoates. 

Pool, Charles, Esq. ...^ Kingston-upon-HulI. 

Popple, the Rev. Miles, Welton. 

Palmes, George, Esq. ,..>., Naburn. 

Sykes, the Rev. Richard, ..... .^ .... . Foxholes. 

Schonswar, George. Ferriby. 

Walker, James, Esq. , Beverley. 

Yarburgh, Henry, Esq Heslington. 

C3=» The above List came too late to be inserted in its proper place. 



Ml VERS AND CANALS. 



RIVERS. 



The AIR, or ARE has Us source from above Malham, about 5| miles north-east of 
Settle; it takes the name of Air ^ of a mile below Malham, at the junction of 
Malham Tarn-water and Gordale-Beck, and runs south by Kirby-Malham, Air- 
ton, Calton, Conistone, Gargrave, and passes by Skipton, where it runs by the 
hide of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, by Keighley and Bingley to Leeds, passing 
through which place, and running to Castleford, about 3 miles north-west of Fer- 
rybridge, it receives the Calder, then passes by Brotherton, Ferrybridge, Snaith> 
Rawcliffe, and collecting, during its course, many tributary streams, joins the 
Ouse below Air my n, 3 miies south-west of Howden. It is navigable as far as Leeds, 

The CALDER flows on the borders of this county and Lancashire, and enters the 
former at Todmorden, 12 miles west of Halifax, passes by Elland, Kirklees, 
Dewsbury, Sandal, Wakefield, and runs into the Air at Castleford. 

The J) EARN rises north-west of Barneley, a little above Bretton -Dikes, and passes 
by Darton, Barnsley, Darfield, Bolton, Adwicke, and joins the Don, near Co- 
nisbrough. 

The DERfVENTi&kes its rise in the North-Riding, a little north of Harwood-Dale, 
about 4 miles distant from the east-coast, and takes a southerly direction parallel 
to the coast, until it comes near Ganton, when it takes a west and afterwards a, 
south-west direction, and passes by the town of Malton, to which it is navigable 
from the Humber, for vessels of 45 tons burthen. — It is the boundary between the 
North and East*Ridings, from its junction with the little river Hertford, until it 
arrives near Stamford-Bridge, where it enters the East-Riding, and, passing by 
Elvington, Bubwith, Wressle, joins the Ouse at Barmby. 

The DON takes its rise west of Penistone, on the borders of Cheshire, and passes 
by Wortley, Sheffield, Rotherham, Conisbrough, Doncaster, Barnby and Fish- 
lake, leaving Thome about 1 mile on the east ; after which it runs north towards 
Cowick, near to which place it divides into two streams, both of which are soon 
lost; one in the Air, near Rawclifle, and the other in the Ouse, near Goole. — It is 
navigable nearly to Sheffield. — Over this river, between Snaith and Thorne, there 
is a wooden bridge which turns upon a pivot, and affords a passage for the nu- 
merous shipping employed in the inland trade. 

The FOSS, a small stream which rises near the western end of the Howardian- 
Hills, in the NorthrRiding, passes by Stillington, Haxby, and joins the Ouse at 
York. — It was made navigable, by a subscription of .£25,000, in 1793. 

The HULL takes its rise in the Wolds, not far from Driffield, (Ea-^t-Riding) pursues 
a southern course, and passing the towu of Beverley, to which it is united by a 
canal, falls into the Humber at Hull, contributing to form the port.— A canal 
from Great-Driffield communicates with this river. 

The HUMBER is formed by the junction of the Ouse and Trent ; the former hav- 
ing first received the Nidd, Wharfe, Derwent, and Air. Jt divides Yorkshire from 
Lincolnshire, and falls into the German Ocean at Spurn-Head.^r-It has a canal 
communication with the Mersey, Dee, Ribhle, Severn, Thames, and Avon. 

The NIDD has its rise at the npper-end of Nidderdale, about 3 miles north-east of 
Kettleweil ; after running a considerable distance from its fountain, enters the 
earth, by a wide and rocky cavern, called Goydon-Pot-Hole : then taking a sub- 
terraneous course of some miles, again emerges to the light by two issues, whose 
waters are soon united, a little below Middlesmoor, and passing by Ramsgill, 
Pateleybridge, Hampsthwaite, Killinghall, Ripley, Kuaresbrough, Ribeton, 
Walshford, Cowthorpe, and Nun-Monkton, where it empties itself into the Ouse., 

The OUSE, a name given to the river Ure, after its junction with the river Swale^ 
about 3 miles below Boroughbridge, whence it proceeds by Nun-Moukton, to 
York ; and passing by Naburn, Nun-Appleton, Cawood, Selby, Barnby, Airniyn, 
Uopks^ Goojcj and W}}kgift, receives the Trent, where U forms the llumber, hav^. 



RIVERS AND CANAlS. 4?t 

fag, during its course, received the river9 Nidd, Foes, Wharfe, Derwent, Art, 
and many other tributary streams. 

The RIBBLE rises in the wapentake of Ewcross, about 11 miles norih of Settle ; 
it runs south by Horton, Settle, Gisburn-Park, Clitheroe, Mitton, crosses Lan- 
cashire, and falls into the Irish Sea, below Preston. 

The RYE rises in Snilesworth, (North-Riding) passes through Bilsdale, by Ri- 
vaulx-Abbey, Helmsley, Butterwick, Wycomb, below which place it runs" into 
the Derwent* having previously received the Dove and Costa. — It gives name to 
the wapentake of Rydale. The Rye sinks above Helmsley, and riaes at a small 
distance from its proper channel, about 1 mile below* 

The SKELL rises a few miles north of Pateleybridge ; it passes by Grantley, Foun- 
tain's-Abbey, through that part of Ripon called Skelgate, below which it empties 
itself into the Ure. — It is a small river, but of great utility to the inhabitants of 
Ripon, supplying them with excellent water, by means of an engine erected by 
W. Askwith, Esq. by which water is conveyed into every house, at a small 
annual rent. 

The TEES rises between the counties of Westmoreland and Durham, beyond the 
north-west extremity of the North-Riding, and taking an easterly direction near 
Cronkley, divides it from the county of Durham through its whole extent, and 
falls into the German Ocean below Stockton ; it is navigable for vessels of large 
burthen from the Ocean to Yarm, where the spring tide rises 7 feet. 

The SIVALE rises near Wild-Boar Fell, on the borders of Westmoreland, after 
which it passes through a vale from thence, called Swale-Dale, by Richmond/ 
Catterick, Ellerton, Langton, Morton, Maunby, at which place there is a Ferry, 
Skipton-Bridge, Topclifle, Helperby, and runs into the Ure at Myton. The 
Swale, the Esk, and the Rye, though considerable streams, are scarcely capable 
of navigation, for having their sources in very mountainous countries, they are 
shallow, rapid, and, as well as other streams in this Riding, except the Wiske 
alone, subject to sudden, violent, and frequent floods.-^ An Act was some years 
since obtained, for rendering the Swale navigable to Morton, with a branch up 
Codbeck to Thirsk, and an other up Bedale-Beck to Bedale ; but the navigation 
was never completed. — The benefits arising from, and the necessity of such a 
Canal, or one up the Wiske, which was surveyed some very few years ago, 
must be evident to the most careless observer. 

The URE rises on the borders of Westmoreland ; passes by Askrigg, Middleham, 
Masham, Tanfield, Ripon, and Boroughbridge ; where after being jonied by the 
Swale at Myton, passes by Ouseburn, where it changes its name from Ure to 
Ouse, and proceeds to York. — It is navigabie with the aid of a short canal, for 
Vessels of 30 tons, as far as Ripon, (West-Riding) where, on account of the 
rapidity of the stream, all prospect of navigation ceases. 

The fVHARFE rises above Oughtershaw, and runs by Beckurmonds, Deepdale, 
Yokenthwaite, Hubberholme, Buckden, Starbottom, Kettlewell, Conistone, 
Burosall, Appletreewick, Barden-Tower, Bolton-Abbey, Ilkley, Otley, Ar- 
lington, Harewood, crosses the great north-road at Wetherby, passes by Thorp- 
Arch, Tadcaster, and joins the Onse from York at Nun-Appleton. 

The fVISKE rises onthe breast of the hills near Osmotherley, taking a southerly, 
and afterwards a northerly direction, as far as Staddlebridge, leaving the Monas- 
tery of Mount-Grace on the right, where it changes its course westerly, passes 
by West-Rounton, Appleton, and Smeaton, then veering to the south, passes by 
Danby, Yaffortb. Otterington, and Kirby-Wiske, a mile below which, it empties 
itself into the Swale. 



CANALS. 

The RIPER EOSS NAVIGATION proceeds from the junction of the River 
Foss, with the Ouse at York. Its course is the river Foss, as far as Farlington- 
Common ; thence, by a new cut, to Marton-Lordship, and the river Foss to 
StiUington-Mili ; the total length is about IS miles. 

- ■ . 

• This Brook is generally called Codbeck, and even so long since as 1612, 
by Drayton, in his Polyolbion ; but it evidently derives its name from the British 
word, Cottce y signifying Woody : so Cottee Alpes, to distinguish them from Grace or 
Craggy Alpet. 



472 CANALS. 

The LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL begins out of the river Mersey, at 
low water, just at the lower extremity of the town of Liverpool, by Bank-Hall, 
and goes over the river Alt to Mill-House, it then takes a large half circle round 
the town of Ormskirk, and crosses Toadbrook, near Newborough, whence it 
proceeds by .the Douglas-Navigation to Wigan and Blackburn; it then 
proceeds in a circular course to Burnley and Colne to Foulridge, near 
Pendle-hill, where a basin is cut to supply the Canal, of which it is the head. 
The Canal here, begins to fall to Leeds, and goes from Foulridge, by Salterford, 
East-Marton, and crosses the river Air, near Gargrave, by Th oral by/ Stirton, 
-and the town of Skipton, by Bradley, Kildwick, near the town of Keighley, and 
by Bingley ; a little below which it crosses the river Air again, passes Shepley, 
and takes a semi-circular course round the Idle, near Apperleybridge, Kirkstall- 
Abbey, by Burley and Holbeck, to the town of Leeds, making. in the whole, a 
course of 127 miles, with 838 feet fall. There is also a collateral cut from near 
Shepley to Bradford. The fall on the Yorkshire side, is 446' feet; and on the 
Lancashire side, 529 feet. 

The HUDDERSFIELD CANAL joins- Sir John Ramsden's Canal on the south- 
side of Huddersfield, and taking a westerly course, runs parallel with the river 
Colne, which it passes twice, passing Longwood, Siaithwaite, and Marsden ; from 
Marsden, under Pule-moss and Brunn-Top, there is a tunnel of nearly three 

" miles and a half long, which brings the Canal to Rasp-Mill, on the Digglewater, 
and within about two miles of Dobcross ; passing which, it takes the rout of the 
river Tame, the windings of which it frequently intersects, and passes within one 
mile of Lidgate, by Mossley, Steyleybridge, and there joins the Ashton and Old- 
ham Canal on the south-side of Ashton, being a course of nineteen miles and five 
furlongs, with 770 feet lockage. 

The BARNSLEY CANAL joins the River Calder, below the town of Wakefield, 
and passes Croiton, Felkirk, Royston, and Barnsley, whence it takes a circular 
course to Barnbybridge, near the town of Cawthorne, where it joins the Dearn 
and Dove Canal, the length about 14 miles. There are several rail-ways to the 
Canal from Barnsley, and others from Barnbybridge. The fail from the junction 
with the Dearn and Dove Canal, is 120 feet to the river Calder. 

Tlie DEARN and DOVE CANAL commences from the cut whicli has been 
made for the accommodation of the river Don navigation, between Swinton and 
Mexbrou^h, and proceeds by Wath, Wombwell, and Ardsley, to near Barnsley 
Canal, which joins the river Calder. There are two small branches, one parallel 
with Knolbeek-brook, at the Iron- Work at Cobcar-Ing; the other along the 
head stream of the river Don, to Worsbrough-bridge ; with a proposed extension 
of this branch, near one mile and a half, to Rockclifte-bridge, adjoining the grounds 
of Earl Strafford, at Wentworth-Castle. 

The branch to Cobcar-Ing is one mile and three quarters, and is level, by 
means of some deep cuttingat the extremity. The branch to Worsbrough-bridge, 
is one mile five furlongs in length. 

The STA INFO RTH and KEADBY CANAL commences at the river Don, about 
a mile to the west of Fishlake, and runs parallel with the river opposite to 
Thorne ; whence in a line due east, it passes Crowle, and Keadby, where it join* 
the river Trent. There is a branch about a mile across Thome's Common, to a 
place called Hangman-hill, xvhich joins the river Don. Ihe total length of this 
Canal is between 14 and 15 miles, and running through a part of the fenny 
country has little elevation, and no lockage, except out of the rivers at the ex- 

. tremeties. 

The CALDER NAVIGATION commences at the junction of the Air and Calder 
at Castleford, passes by Wakefield, to Horbury-bridge, Dewshury, Cooper-bridge, 
Brighouse, Elland, and Salterhebble, where goods are left for Halifa::, Sowerby- 
bridge, and then joins the Rochdale and Manchester Canal, and passes by Heb- 
den-bridge, to Rochdale and Manchester. — There is a branch from Cooper-bridge, 
to Huddersfield, of 3 miles, called Sir John Ramsden's Canal, which joins'fche 
Huddersfield and Ashton Canal. 

The AIR and CALDER NAVIGATION commences at Se! by from the Tiver 
Ouse, and proceeds by Haddlesey, Knottingley, Ferrybridge, -Brotherton, and 
joins the Air at Castleford, and whence it proceeds up the Air to Leeds, where it 
joins the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. 



A LIST 



OF THE 



VISCOUNTS OR HIGH-SHERIFFS 

Of the County of York. 
FROM THE REIGN OF WILLIAM I. TO THE PRESENT TIME, 



WILLIAM I, 
A. D. 
1069 Guhelmus Mallet. 

Robert Fitz Richard, 

Radulph. Paganel. 

Hugo vicecomes. 

Galf. de Estotevile, 



HENRY I. 
1118 Guliel. Pnnctell. 

Osbertus vel Osbertius de Arcliis. 
Robert de Oketon. 



STEPHEN* 
1140 Bertram de Buhner. 



HENRY II. 
1154 Bertramde Bulmer, pro novem 
annis. 
64 Radulph. de Glanvile. 

70 Idem et Robert de Stutevile. 

71 Robert de Stutevile, pro quinquean 
77 Radulph. de Glanvile, ad term. 

regni Hen. II. 



RICHARD I. 
$189 Radulphus de Glanvile. 

90 Johan. Mareschallus. 
Osbertus de Longocampo. 

91 Osb. de Longocampo. 

92 Hugo Bardulf. 
Hugo de Boebi. 

93 /idem. 

94 I idem. 

95 Galfrid, archiep. Ebot. et Rog. de 

Batuent. pro qUin an. 

JOHN. 
1199 Galfrid filius Petri, et Jacob, cte 

Paterne 
1201 Iidem. 

3 Will, de Stutevile, et Will. Breto. 
3 Iidem. 



A. r>. 

1204 Gal f rid. filius Petri, Will, de Percy 
et Radolph. de Normanvile. 

5 Galfrid. fil. Peter, et Rao\ de 

Normanvile. 

6 Rob. de LacyConsL Cestrien, el 

Rob. Wallensis, pro qainqiie an. 
11 Galfrid. fil. Renfredi, et Henricus 
Rademan sice Radenor, pro qua- 
tuor an. 

15 Rob. de Percy, et Hen. de MidletoS 

16 Petrus^Jms Herberti, et Ric. de 

Husseburn. 



HENRY III. 

1117 Galfrid de Nevile. ^Simoilde Hale . 

18 Iidem. 

19 Iidem. 

20 Galfrid de Nevile. 

21 Idem et Simon de Hales. 

22 Iidem. 

23 Iidem. 

24 Simon de Hales. 

25 Eustachius de Ludham. 

26 Idem et Rob. de Cokefeld. 

27 Rob^de Cokefeld. 

28 Idem. 

29 Idem. 

30 Will, de Siutevile, et Phil, de 

Ascelles. 

31 Iidem. 

32 Iidem. 

33 Petrus de Rivall. 

34 Brianusde Insula. 

35 Johan. filius Galfridi. 

36 Idem. 

37 Brianus filius Alani, et Roger d^ 

Stapleton. 

38 Iidem. 

39 Brianus^/ Alani. Nich. de Moli*, 

et Will, de Midelton. 

40 Nicholas de Molis. 

41 Idem et Will, de Midelton. 

42 Nich. de Molis, Hen. de Bar*, (4 

Remery de Cerve. 

a, 



SJST OF HIGH-SHERIFFS. 



Appendix. 



A. D. 

Jgl3 Hen. de Bada, pro qtcat. ann. 
47 Hen. de Bathon, pro duo an. 

49 Will.Dacre 

50 Idem et Rob de Creppings, 

51 Rob. de Creppings. 
42 Will. Dacre f 

53 Rob. de Creppings. 

54 Will, de Horsenden, 

55 Willi le Latimer. 

56 Jrf^w ei Joh, de Oketon, pro quin- 

que an. 

61 Petrus de Percy. 

62 Idem, 

63 /dm. 

64 Idem et Rob. de Nevile. 

65 Will, de Basale. 

66 Idem et Joh. de Oketon, 
6T Idem. 

68 Will, le Latimer, 
<>9 We>n, 

70 Idem. 

71 Roger Extraneuse* Hen de Kirkby 

72 Jttfejp, 

EDWARD I. 

|273 Roger de Estraneus. 

74 Idem. 

75 Alex, de Kyrketon, pro quat> an. 
79 Ran ill de Dacre. 

SO Idem et Joh. de Lytbgrenes. 

81 Jeh. de Lytbgrenes, pro quin. an. 

86 Gervasius de Clifton, pro sex an. 

92 Job.de Meaux. 

93 Idem. 

94 Joh. de Byrun, pro sex an. 
1300 Rob.Oughtred. 

1 Sirnon de Kyme, pro quat an. 
5 Will, de Houkes, pro ires an. 



EDWARD II. 

1307 Joh. de Cripling. 

8 Idem. 

9 Johan. de Guas, et Johan de Eure. 
JO Gerard, de Sahvayae, et Joh. de 

Enre, 

11 lidem. 

12 Gerard de Salvayne. 

13 Idem. 

14 John Malebys, et Nich Meynel. 

15 Synion Warde. 

16 Nich. de Gray, et Symon Warde. 

17 Nich. de Gray, et Symoff Warde. 

18 lidem. 

19 Symon Warde. 

20 Idem. 

21 Idem. 

%% Roger de Somervile, pvo quin. an. 



A.D. 
1327 

28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 

38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 



EDWARD III. 

Rog de Somervile. 

Joh. Darcy. 

Hen. Falconberg. 

Idem. 

Rad. Bulmer. 

Petrus deSalso Marisco, Saltmarsh 

Idem. 

Petrus de Middleton. 

Idem. 

Petrus de Salso Marisco. 

Rad. de Hfistinges, et Tbo. de 

Rokeby. 
Rad. de Hastinges. 
Idem. 
Idem. 

Joh. de Eland. 
Joh. Falconberg. 
Tho. de Rokeby, pro septem an. 
Gerard. Salvayne. 
Will, de Plompton. 
Pet. de Nuttelle. 
Milo Stapleton. 
Petrus de Nuttelle. 
Milo Stapleton, mil. pro quin. an. 
Tho. de Musgrave. 
Marm. de Constable. 
Idem. 

Tho, le Mu3grave, 
Idem. 
Idem. 

Marm. Constable. 
Idem. 
Joh. Chamont, vel de calvo monte 

et Will. Acton. 
lidem. 

lidem. 

Joh. Bygod, 

Rob, de Roos, 

Will. Acton. 

Joh. Bygod de Setterington, 

Will. Perciehay. 

Will, de Melton. 

Rad. de Hastinges. 






RICH.4RD II. 

1378 Job. Constable de Haleshaai. 

79 R. Nevill de Hornby 

80 Joh. Savyle. 

81 Rad. Hastinges, miles. 

82 Will, de Erghaaj, 
S3 Joh. Savyle. 

84 Gerad. Usfleet. 

85 Rob, Constable, 

86 Idem. 

87 Rob. de Hyltoa, 

88 Joh. Savile. 

89 Joh. Godard, 



jippendix. 



LIST OF HIGH-SHERIFFS. 



iii 



A. D. 

1390 Jac. 
9J Will 

92 Rad. 

93 Job. 

94 Jac. 
(35 Rad. 

96 Rad. 

97 Rob, 

98 Jac. 

99 Joh. 

IV 



Pykeryng. 
. de Melton, 
de Eure. 
Upeeden, miles. 
Pykeryng, miles. 
, Constable. 
, de Eure. 
. de Nevile. 
Pykeryng. 
Upeeden, 1st Hen 



HENRY IV. 




i 400 Job. Constable, 


niles. 


1 Tho. Broainete, 


miles 


et Wil. Drousfield, m. 


2 Job. Savile. 




3 Ric. Redman. 




4 Idem. 




5 Will. Dronsfleld, 


miles. 


6 Job- de Etton, miles. 


7 Tho. Rokeby, m 


iles. 


8 Will.Harrington 


, miles 


9 Edw. Hastings, 


miles. 


10 Edw. Sandford. 


miles. 


11 Tbo. Rokeby, miles. 



HENRY V. 
1413 Will.Harrington, miles 

14 Tbo. Bromflete, miles. 

15 Ric. Redman, miles. 

16 Edvr. Hastings, miles. 

17 Rob. Hylton, miles. 

18 Joh. Bygod, miles. 

19 Tho. Bromflete, miles. 

20 Halnatbeus Maleverer, 

miles, de Allerton. 

21 Will.Harrington, miles 

22 Haln. Maleverer, miles 



HENRY VI. 
1423 Will.Harrington, miles 

24 Rob. Hylton, miles. 

25 Job. Langton, miles. 

26 Ric. Hastings, miles. 

27 Will. Ryther, mj/ei. 

28 Rob. Hylton, miles. 

29 Will.Harrington, miles 

30 John Clarevaulx. 

31 Will. Ryther, miles. 

32 Ric. Pykeriog, miles. 

33 Hen. Bromflete, miles 

34 Ric. Hastings, miles. 

35 Will. Ryther, m iles. 

36 Will. Ty r whit, miles. 

37 Job. Constable de Hal- 

sham, miles. 



A. D. 

1438 Rob. Constable, miles. 

39 Will. Ryther, miles. 

40 Joh. Tempest, miles. 

41 Rob. Waterton, mites. 

42 Will. Gascoign de 

Gauthorp, miles. 

43 Tbo. Met bam, miles. 

44 Edmund Talbot de 

Ba shall, miles. 

45 Will. Eure, miles. 

46 Jac. St range ways de 

Ormsby, miles. 

47 Rob. Oughtrede. ]y,iies. 

48 Will. P&.epton de 

Piumptou, /titles. 

49 Job. Conyers, miles. 

50 Jac. Pykeryng, miles. 

51 Rob. Oughtrede, miles. 

52 Rad. Bygod, miles. 

53 Jac. Strange ways, m. 

54 Job. Melton, jun. miles 

55 Joh. Savile. miles. 

58 Tbo. Harrington miles 

57 Joh. Hotham. miles. 

58 Rad. Bygod, miles. 

59 Joh. Tempest, miles. 
CO Tho. Metham, miles. 



EDWARD IV, 

1461 Joh. Savile, miles. 

62 Rob. Constable, miles. 

63 Idem. 

64 Joh. Constable, miles. 

65 Ed. Hastings, miles. 

66 Ric. Fitzwilliams, m. 

67 Jac. Harrington, miles 

68 Job. Conyers, miles. 

69 Jac. Strangeways,m. 

70 Hen. Vavasor, miles. 

71 Ed. Hastings, miles. 

72 Rad. Ashton, miles, 

73 Idem. 

74 Walt. Griffith, miles. 

75 Joh. Conyers, miles. 

76 Joh. Harrington, miles 

77 Ed. Hastings, miles. 

78 Will, Ryther, miles. 

79 Rob. Constable, miles. 
80 Hugo Hastings, miles. 
SI M arm. Cod "stable, miles 
82 Rad. Bygod, miles. 



RICHARD III. 

14S3 Will. Eure, miles. 

84 Ed. Hastings, miles. 

85 Tho. Markenlleld miles 



A. D. 

HENRY VII. 
1488 Joh. Savile, miles. 

87 Robert Ryther, miles, 

88 Joh. Nevile, miles. 

89 Marm. Constable. 

90 Hen. >Veut worth de 

Woodbouse, miles.. 

91 Tho. Wort ley, miles: 

92 Henry Wentworth, ua. 

93 Jac. Strangeways, m 

94 Marm. Constable miles 
"J Jini. rxeviic, mile*. 

96 Will. Gascoign, miles. 

97 Joh. Melton, miles. 

98 Joh. Conyers, miles. 

99 Joh. Hotham, miles. 
1500 Idem. 

1 Walterus Griffith. m ? 

2 Tbo. Wortley, miles. 

3 Wili. Conyers, miles, 

4 Rad. Ryther, miles. 

5 Joh. Cutis, miles. 

6 Rad. Eure, miles. 

7 Job. Norton miles. 

8 Idem. 



HENRY VIII. 
1509 Marm. Constable de 
Flamborough, miles, 

10 Rad. Eure, miles. 

1 1 Joh. Constable, miles. 

12 Joh. Everingham,miles 

de W 7 adsley . 

13 WiiL Percy, miles. 

14 Joh. Norton, miles. 

15 Joh. Carre, miles. 

16 Rad. Tempest, miles. 

17 Wili. Bulmer. miles, 

18 Joh. Nevile, miles. 

19 Pet. Vavasor, miles. 

20 Tho. Strangeways, m. 

21 Will. Maleverer, miles. 

22 Hen. Clifford, miles. 

23 Joh. Nevile miles. 

24 Joh. Constable de Con- 

stable-Burton, miles. 

25 Jac. Metcalf, arm. 

23 Will. Middleton, mites, 

27 Joh. Nevile, miles. 

28 Joh. Constable, miles. 

29 Rad. Ellerker, Ben. m. 

de Ellerker. 

30 Joh. Strangeways, m. 

31 Nic. Fairfax, miles. 

32 Marm. Constable, m. 

33 Joh. Constable, miles. 

34 Will. Fairfax, miles. 

35 George Darey, miles, 



h 



LIST OF HIGH-SHERIFFS. 



Appendix. 



A.D. 

1536 Bryan Hastings, miles 

37 Hen. Savile, miles. 

38 Jac. Strangeways, m. 

39 Will. Fairfax, miles. 

40 Rob. Nevill, miles. 

41 Hen. Savile, miles, 

42 Tho, Tempest, miles 

43 Tho. Dawney de Co- 

wicke, miles. 
.44 Nieh. Fairfax, miles. 
45 Christ. Dauby, miles, 
40 Joh. Tempest, miles. 



EDWARD VI. 

1547 Ric.Cholmleyde Whit- 
by, miles. 

48 Will. Vavasour^ miles. 

49 Walt. Calverley, de 

Calverley, miles. 

50 Leon. BeckWith, de 

Aketon, miles. 

51 Tho. Gresham, miles. 

52 Tho. Maleverer, miles. 

PHILIP AND MARY. 

3553 Tho. Waterton, miles 

54 Ingram Clifford, miles. 

55 Christ. Metcalfe, miles 

56 Rich. Cholmley, miles. 

57 Rob. Constable", miles. 

58 Rad. Ellerker, miles. 

ELIZARETH. 

1559 Joh. Vaughan, de Sut- 
ton, arm. 

60 John Nevill, miles. 

61 Nich. Fairfax, miles. 

62 Geo. Bowes, de Stra- 

tham, miles. 

63 Will. Vavasour, miles. 

64 Will. Ingleby, de Rip- 

ley, miles. 

65 Tho. Gargrave, de 

Nosthall, miles, 

66 Joh. Constable, miles. 

67 Hen. Savile, miles. 

68 Ric. Norton, arm. 

69 Tho. Gargrave, miles. 

70 Christ. Hildyard, miles 

71 Tho. Fairfax, miles 

72 Joh. Dawney, de Co- 

wick, arm. 

73 Marm. Constable, m. 

74 Joh. Bellasis, de New 

borough, miles. 

75 Tho. Danby, miles. 



A. D 
1576 

77 
?8 

79 

80 

81 
82 
83 
84 

85 
86 

87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 

94 
95 
96 
97 

98 



1600 

1 
2 
3 



Tho. Boyp/tdn, de 
Barrsston, arm. 

Will. Fairfax, arm. 

Christ. Wandsford, de 
Kirklington, miles. 

Ric. Goodrick, de Rib- 
ston, arm. 

Rad. Bourchier, arm. 

Rob. Stapleton, miles. 

Tho. Wentworth, arm 

Cotton Gargrave,miles 

Joh. Hotham, de Scar- 
borough, arm. 

Bri«!? Stapleton, miles 

Hen .Constable, d« Con- 
stable-Burton, arm. 

Rob. Aske, arm. 

Ric. Maleverer, arm. 

Joh. Dawney, miles. 

Phil. Constable, arm. 

Ric, Goodrick, arm. 

Will. Mallery, miles. 

Rad. Eure primogen. 
D. Eure. 

Fran. Vaughan, arm. 

Christ. Hildyard, arm. 

Fran. Boynton, miles. 

Tho. Lascells, arm. 

Marm. Grimston, de 
Grimston-Garth, arm 

Rob. Swyfte, de Don- 
caster, arm. 

Fran. Clifford, de Lon- 
desbro' arm. 

Will.Wenfworth, arm. 

Tho. Strickland, arm. 

Hea. Bellasis, miles. 



JAMES I. 
1604 Hen. Bellasis, miles. 

4 Ric. Gargrave, miles 

5 Will. Bamburgh, de 

Housam, miles. 

6 Hen. Griffith,de Agnes- 

Burton, miles, 

7 Timothy Hutton, de 

Mask, miles 

8 Hugh Bethell, de Alne, 

miles. 

9 Fran. Hildesley, miles 

10 Tho. Dawney, miles 

1 1 Hen. Slingsby, deScri- 

ven, miles. 

12 Christ. Hildyard, miles 

13 Geo. Savile, mil. et bar 

14 Joh. Ar mil age, de 

Kirklees, arm. 

15 Ed. Stanhope, miles 



A.D> 

1616 Mic. Warton, de Bever- 
ley, miles. 

1 7 Rob. Swyfte, de Don- 
caster, miles. 

18Wil.Alford, deBilton, 
miles. 

19 Apth. Ingram, de civit. 

Ebor, miles. 

20 Tho. Gower, de Stiten- 

ham, m. et bar. 

21 Ric. Tempest, miles 

22 Gudo Palmes, de Lind- 

ley, miles 

23 Hen. Jenkins,de Grim- 

ston. juste. Ebor. na. 

24 Ric. Cholmley, miles. 

CHARLES I. 
1625 Tho, Wentworth mile* 
et bar. 

26 Tho. Norcliffe de Ma- 

nythorpe, miles. 

27 Tho. Fairfax, miles. 

28 Matthew Boynton,mil. 

et bar. 

29 Arthur Ingram, jun. 

30 Joh. Gibson, miles. 

31 Tho. Layton, de Lay- 

ton, miles. 

32 Arthur Robinson, de 

Newby, miles. 

33 Marm. Wy v ille,de Con- 

stable-Burton, mile* 
et bar. 

34 Joh. Hotham, miles et 

bar. 

35 Will. Pennyman, de 

Maske, bar. 

36 Joh. Ramsden, miles.' 

37 Tho. Danby, miles. 

38 Will. Robinson, miles, 

39 Marm. Langdale, de' 

Dalton, miles. 

40 Joh. Buck, de Filey, rtf 

41 Tho. Gower, jun. de 

Stitnam, miles. 

42 Ric. Hutton de Golds- 

bro' miles 

43 Matthew Boynton de 

Barmston, m. et bar 

44 Idem 

45 Joh. Bourchier, miles 

46 Rob. Darley de Butter- 

crumb, miles 

47 Joh. Savile de Medley, 

miles 

48 Will. S. Quintin, de 

II arpham, bar. 



Appendix. 



LIST OF HIGH-SHERIFFS. 



Vi 



A. D. 

1576 Tho. Boynton de 
Barmston,rtr/;?. 
77 Will. Fairfax, arm. 
73 Christ Wandsford dc 

Kirkllngton, miles. 
79 Ric. Good rick de Rib- 

ston, arm. 
SO Rad. Bourchier, arm. 

81 Rob. Stapleton, miles. 

82 Tho. Wentworth, arm 

83 Cotton Gargrave, m. 

84 Job. Hotham de Scar- 

bro', arm. 
"85 Brian Stapleton, miles. 

86 Hen. Constable de Con- 

stable-Burton, arm. 

87 Rob. Aske, arm. 

88 Ric. Maleverer,orm. 

89 Joh. Dawney, miles. 

90 Phil. Constable, arm. 
9i Ric. Goodrick, arm. 
92 Will. Mallery, miles. 
98 Rad. Eure primogen. 

D. Eure. 

94 Fran. Vaughan, arm. 

95 Christ. Hildyard, arm. 

96 Fran. Boynton, miles. 
9" Tho. Lascells, arm. 

98 Marm. Grimston de 

Grimst on -garth, arm 

99 Rob.Swyftde Doncas- 

ter, arm. 
1600 Fran. Clifford de Lon- 
desbro', arm. 

1 Will. Wentworth, ar. 

2 Tho. Strickland, arm. 

3 Hen. Bellasis, miles. 



A. D. 

1615 F.d. Stanhope miles. 

16 Mich. Waiton, de Be- 

verley, miles. 

17 Rob. Swyft de Don- 

caster, miles. 
lSWill.AlforddeBilton,™ 
19 Arth. Ingram, de civit. 

Ebor. miles. 
"20 Tho. Gower de Stiten- 

ham, miles et bar. 

21 Ric. Tempest, miles. 

22 Guido Palmes de Lind- 

ley, miles. 

23 Ken. Jenkins de Grim- 

ston juxta Ebor. mil. 

24 Ric. Cholmley, miles. 



JAMES I. 

1603 Hen. Bellasis, miles. 

4 Ric. Gargrave, miles. 

5 Will. Banburgh de 

Howsam, miles. 

6 Hen. Griffith de Agnes 

Burton, miles. 

7 Tim. Hutton, de Mask, 

miles. 

8 HughBethelldeAIne,m 

9 Fran. Hildesley, miles. 

10 Tho. Dawney, miles. 

11 Hen. Slingsby de Scri- 

ven, miles. 

12 Christ. Hildyard, 7niles 

13 Gftorg.Savile, m.etbar 

14 Joh. Armitagede Kirk- 

lee.*.. irm. 



CHARLES 



mil. 



1625 Tho. Wentworth 
et bar. 

26 Tho. Norcliffe de Ma- 

nythorpe, miles. 

27 Tho. Fairfax, miles 

28 Matthew Boynton, mil 

et bar. 

29 Arthur Ingram, jun. 

30 Joh. Gibson, miles. 

31 Tho. Lay ton de Lay- 

ton, miles. 

32 Arthur Robinson de 

Newby, miles. 

33 Marm. Wyvil de Con- 

st&ble-Burton,m.etb. 

34 Joh. Hotham, m. et b. 

35 Will. Pennyman de 

Maske, bar. 

36 Joh. Ramsden, miles. 

37 Tho. Danby, miles. 

38 Will. Robinson, miles. 

39 Marm. Langdale de 

Dalton, miles. 

40 Joh. Buck de Filey, m. 

41 Tho. Gower, jun. de 

Stitnam, miles. 

42 Ric. Hutton de Golds- 

bro', miles. 

43 Matthew Bointon de 

Barmston, m. et bar. 

44 Idem. 

45 Joh. Bourchier, miles. 
43 Rob. Darley de But- 

tercrumb, miles. 

47 Joh. Savile de Medley, 

miles. 

48 Will. S. Quintin de 

Harpbam, bar. 



CHARLES II. 
A. D. 
1619 Joh. Savile of Lupsit,m 

50 Ed. Roads, miles. 

51 Geo. Mar Wood, arm. 

52 Hugh Betheli, jun. de 

"Rise. 

53 Will. Constable de 

Flambro', m. et bar. 

54 Col. Joh. Bright of 

Badsworth. 

55 John Bright. - 

56 Thomas Harrison, esq. 

57 The same. 

58 Barrington Bourchier 

esq. 

59 Robert Waters, esq. 
60. Sir Tho. Slingsby, bart„ 

61 Sir Tho. Osborne, bt, 

62 Sir Tho. Gower of Stit- 

nam, knt. and bt. 

63 Sir Roger Langley of 

Sheriff-Hoton,bart. 

64 Sir Francis Cobb, knt. 

65 The same. 

66 Sir John Reresby, bart. 

67 Sir Richard Maulever- 
er, knt. and bt. 

68 Sir John Armitage, bt. 

69 Sir Phil. Monckton,A:rc£ 

70 Sir Solomon Swale, bt. 

71 SirWill.Wentworth,*f. 

72 John Ramsden, esq. 

73 Sir Tho. Yarborough, 
knight. 

74 Henry Marwood, esq. 

75 Sir Ed. Jennings, knt. 
70 Sir Godfrey Copley, bt. 

77 The same. 

78 Rich. Shuttle worth, 
esq. 

79 Sir Tho. Daniel, knt. 

80 Sir Rich. Grahme of 
Norton-Coniers, bt. 

81 Will. Lowther, esq. 

82 Ambrose Pudsey, esq. 

83 Sir Brian Stapylton,6f. 

84 Christ. Tancred, esq. 



JAMES II. 

1685 Christ. Tancred, esq. 
80 Thomas Rookeby, esq. 

87 The same. 

88 Sir Rich. Grahme, dis- 

placed, and in April 
1689. 



\l 



LIST OF HIGH SHERIFFS, 



'Appendix, 



WILLIAM in. & MARY. 

A.D. 

1689 William Robinson, esq. 

90 Sir Jon. Jennings, knt. 

91 Henry Fairfax, esq. 

92 John Gill, esq. 

93 Ambrose Pudsey, esq. 

94 Charles Tancred, esq. 

95 Ingleby Daniel, esq. 
98 John Bradshaw, esq. 

97 Thomas Pulleine, esq. 

98 Will. Lowther, esq. 

99 John Lambert, esq. 
1700 Fairfax Norcliff, esq 

1 Robert Constable, esq 



ANNE. 
1702 Robert Mitford, esq. 

3 Sir Tho. Pennyman, bt. 

4 Tho Pulleine, esq. 

5 Godfrey Bosville, esq 

6 Sir Matt h . Pierson, knt . 
1 Sir Rog. Beckwith, bt. 

8 Hen. Iveson, esq. 

9 Will. Ellis, esq. 
JOWflf.Turbutt,es£. 

11 Will. Neville, esq. 

12 Will. Vavasonr, esq. 

13 Rich. Beaumont, esq. 

14 Tho. Wrightson, esq. 



GEORGE I. 

1715 Fairfax Norclifle, esq. 

16 Char. Wilkinson, esq. 

17 Sir Will. Hustler, knt. 

18 Sir Hen. Goodrich, bt. 

19 Daniel Lascelles, esq. 

20 John Bourchier, esq, 

21 Sir Walter Hawkes- 

worth, bart. 

22 Sir Ralph Milbank, bt. 

23 SirWill.Wentwor*h,6f. 

24 Hugh Cholmley, esq. 

25 Cholmley Turner, esq. 

26 Tho. Ramsden, esq, 

27 Charles Batliurst, esq. 

GEORGE II. 

1728 Thomas Duncombe of 
Duucombe park, esq. 

29 William Harvey, esq. 

30 SirWill. S. Quintin, bt. 



A.tt* 

1731 Bielby Thompson 1 , esq. 

32 Sir Rowland Wynne,bt 

33 Tho. Condon, esq. 

34 Hugh Bethell, esq. 

35 Francis Barlow, esq. 

36 James Hustler, esq. 

37 Mark Kir by, esq. 

38 Sir Hugh Smithson, bt. 

39 Sir Geo. Cooke, bart. 

40 Sir S. Armytage, bart. 

41 Sir Lionel Pilkington, 

bart. 

42 Henry Darcy, esq. 

43 Ralph Bell, esq. 

44 Godfrey Copley, esq. 

45 Tho. Thornhill, esq. 

46 Henry Ibbetson,esq. 

47 Sir Will. Milner, bart. 

48 Will Thompson, esq. 

49 John Bourchier, esq. 

50 Sir Will. Pennyman, bt 

51 Sir Griffith Boynton,bt 

52 Richard Sykes, esq. 

53 Sir Ralph Milbanke,bt. 

54 Nathan. Cholmley, esq 

55 Tho. Foljambe, esq. 

56 Sir G. M. Metham, kt. 

57 Henry Willoughby,esq 

58 Jeremiah Dixon, esq. 

59 Charles Turner, esq. 

60 James Shuttleworth, 

esq. 



GEORGE III. 

1761 Sir John Lister Kaye, 
bart. 

62 Hugh Bethell, esq, 

63 Boynton Langley, esq. 

64 Sir Will. Foulis, bart. 

65 Sir Thomas Wentworth 

bart. 

66 Tho. Thornhill, esq. 

67 Tho. Arthington, esq. 

68 Sir Geo. Strickland, bt. 

69 Sir James Ibbetson, bt. 

70 SirBeilingham Graham 

bart. 

71 Sir Griffith Boynton,bt 

72 Sir W. St. Quintin, bt. 

73 Sir M. Asty Wyville,bt 

74 Mann Horsfield, esq. 

75 Sir Geo. Armytage, 



A.D. 

1776 Giles Earle, esq. 

77 Bacon Frank, esq. 

78 John Sawrey Morritt r 

esq. 

79 Tho. Duncombe, esq. 

80 Will. Bethell, esq, 

81 Humph. Osbaldeston, 

esq. 

82 Sir John Ingilby, bart. 

83 Sir R. D. Hildyard, bt. 

84 William Danby, esq. 

85 Sir T. T. Slingsby, bt. 

86 Richard Langley, esq. 

87 F. F. Foljambe, esq. 

88 John Yorke, esq. 

89 Walter Fawkes, esq. 

90 C. Duncombe, jun. esq. 

91 Sir G. Armitage, bt. 

92 Sir T. Frankland, bt. 

93 R. H. Beaumont, esq. 

94 Thomas Lister, esq. 

95 Mark Sykes, esq. 

96 Godfrey Wentwortfr 

Wentworth, esq. 

97 Sir J. Ramsden, bart, 

98 Sir T. Pilkington, bt. 

99 Sir RowlandWynn, bt. 
1800 JamesMilnes, esq. 

1 Rich. Thompson, esq. 

2 Sir William Foulis, bt. 

3 Sir H. C. Ibbetson, bt. 

4 James Fox, esq. 

5 Henry Cholmley, esq. 

6 J. B. S. Morritt, esq. 

7 R.F.Wilson, esq. 

8 Robert Denison, esq. 

9 Sir G. Wombwell, bt. 

10 T. E.W.Bellasyse, esq. 

11 Richard Watt, esq. 

12 Sir T. Slingsby, bt. 

13 Robert Crowe, esq. 

14 Sir F. L.Wood, bt. 

15 William Garforth, esq. 

16 R. O. Gascoigne, esq. 

17 Sir W. M. Milner, bt. 

18 John Yorke, esq. 

19 Wm. Wrightsou, esq. 



GEORGE IV. 

1820 Henry Vansittart, esq. 

21 SirW. A. Ingilby, bt. 

22 Richard Bethel!,. esq. 



♦* 



A JList of Eminent Men, 



NOTICED IN THIS WORK. 



Alcock, John 


143 


Elphin, Bishop 


428 


Alfred, King of Northumberland 155 


Eusden, Lawrence 


412 


Aram, Eugene 


33T, 381 


Fairfax, Thomas 


270 


Ascham, Roger 


61 


Fairfax, Edward 


365 


Aske, Robert 


138 


Farrer, Robert (Bishop) 


279 


Babthorpes, Ralphs 


138 


Fisher, John 


142 


BacoQ, Fryer 


356 


Fitzwilliam, William 


216 


Balguy, Rev John 


403 


Fiddes, Richard 


175 


Baltimore, Lord 


59 


Fleming, Richard 


264 


Barnaby, Drunken, alias Richard 


Frobisher, Martin 


272 


Braithwaite 


4 


Fothergill, John 


18 


Beloe, William 


47 


Fothergill, Doctor Anthony 


398 


Bentley, Richard 


372 


Foulis, Henry 


56 


Berkenhout, John 


344 


Frank, Richard 


251 


Beverley, John of 


166 


Gale, Dr. Thomas 


101 


Bingham, Joseph 


438 


Gascoigne, Sir William 


303 


Bingley, William 


272 


Goes, Hugh 


143 


Blackburn, Francis 


93 


Gower, Sir John 


111 


Bosvill, James 


389 


Green, John ( Bishop) 


143 


Bramhall, John 


378 


Hartley, David 


325 


Bridlington, John de 


147 


Hastings, Lady E. 


340 


Briggs, Henry 


299 


Hatfield, de William 


307 


Brompton, John of 


14 


Hickes, Doctor 


61 


Brookbank, Joseph 


299 


Hickes, John 


61 


Brooke, John Charles 


314 


Hill, Joseph 


243 


Brown, Tom 


63 


Holmes, George 


408 


Brotherton, Thomas de 


247 


Holden, Rev. Dr. 


319 


Bubwith, Nicholas de 


148 


Holgate, Archbishop 


312 


Burton, Henry 


144, 233 


Hood, Robin 334, 


388, 415 


Burton, John 


438 


Hopton, John ( Bishop ) 


234 


Byrks, Robert 


272 


Hurtley, Mr. 


351 


Cappe, Newcome 


344 


Hoveden, John of 


172 


Carr, John 


318 


Hutchinson, John 


108 


Cholmley, Sir Hugh 


97 


Hutton, Archbishop 


72 


Clapham, John 


229 


Ingram, Robert 


143 


Clarke, Rev. John 


60 


Jackson, John 


103 


Clarkson, David 


241 


Jenkins, 


11, 34 


Clifton, Sir Gervaise 


217 


John, Constantine (Lord Mulgrave,) 78 


Comber, Rev. Thomas 


81 


Johnson, Thomas 


174 


Congreve, William 


225 


Johnson, Dr. Thomas 


399 


Cooke, Captain 


73 


Kirton, George 


87 


Coverdale, Bishop 


18 


Knivet, Sir Thomas 


158 


Craven, William 


219,293,428 


Langtoft, Peter 


179 


Cuitt, George 


86 


Lamplngh, Archbishop 


200 


Dade, William 


149 


Lambert, Major General 


251 


De Foe, Daniel 


300 


Lee, Rev. William 


228 


Deane, Doctor 


393 


Lockwood, William 


252 


Dodgson, Doctor 


428 


Lodge, William 


344 


Dodsworth, Roger 


82 


Lun 


378 


Drake, Doctor Samuel 


434 


Mary, Queen of Scots 


11 


Edwards, William 


300 


Marvel, Andrew 


204 



V11I. 



LIST OF EMINENT MEN. 



Appendix, 



Dutchman, Billy 


230 


Scrope, Jeffrey 


74 


Margetson, James 


273 


Sezevaux, John de 


198 


Marre, John 


352 


Sharp, John 


241 


Mason, Rev. William 


221 


Sharpe, Abraham 


319 


Melton, de William 


183 


Shaw, Cuthbert 


91 


Metcalfe, ofNappa 


79 


Sheepshanks, Rev. William 


429 


Metcalfe, John 


337 


Shipton, Mother 


337 


Montague, Mrs. Elizabeth 


3 


Skirlaugh, Bishop 


194 


Moore, Zachary 


68 


Smeaton, John 


222 


Newbrough, John of 


80 


Stevenson, John Hall 


105 


Newburgh, William of 


147 


Storr, Rear Admiral 


160 


Newman, Thomas 


147 


Terrick, Bishop 


178 


Nevison, William 


394 


Thompson, Captain 


174 


Neville, Bishop 


144 


Thoresby, Ralph 


344 


Noble, Rev. John 


101 


Thoresby, Archbishop 


117 


Oglethorpe, Doctor Owen 


367 


Tillotson, Archbishop 


307 


Oglethorpe, General 


370 


Tong, Esreel 


431 


Palliser, Archbishop 


61 


Topham, John 


71 


Plantagenet, Richard 


261 


Torre, James 


368 


Potter, Dr. John 


438 


Tunstall, James 


6 


Proctor, Thomas 


400 


Tunstall, Bishop 


44 


Pryme, Rev. Abraham de la 


424 


Tunstall, Marmaduke 


129 


Quarmby, Sir Hugh 


380 


Villiers, Duke of Buckingham 


60 


Ramsden, Jesse 


300 


Wandesford, Christopher 


149 


Ratcliffe, Doctor John 


439 


Walker, Samuel 


354 


Reed, Joseph 


6 


Washington, John 


152 


Ripley, Sir George 


147 


Willan, Robert 


398 


Robert, the Scribe 


147 


/Wilson, John 
- /Wilson, Benjamin 


247 


Robinson, John 


21 


344 


Roebuck, John 


403 


Wilson, Mr. 


300 


Role, Richard 


301 


Wolsey, Cardinal 


255 


Saunderson, Nicholas 


429 


Woodhead, Abraham 


355 


Saville, Sir Henry 


242 


Wray, Thomas 


230 


Savilles, 


425 


Wrightson, Roger 


12 


Saxton, Christopher 


344 


Wycliffe, John de 


129 


Scott, Doctor James 


344 


Zouch, Rev. Doctor 


394 


Scott, Thomas (Bishop) 


390 







NAMES OF 

NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN, 

OT$o £abe Jkeate in t$t County, 

AND 

Inserted in this Work, with reference to the Pages where mentioned. 



North Riding, p. 1 to 135— East, p. 13T to 210— West, p. 211 to 460. 



AGAR 23 

Ailesbury 56 

Alderson 128, 221 

Allen 294 

Allot 297 

Amherst 67 

Araeman 190 

Ausop 171 

Anderson 114 
Armitage 13, 80, 280 
334, 358, 423 452 

Arden 66, 88 

Askwith 84 

Atkinson 264, 346 

Atkins 400 

Bagshaw 224 

Bailes 249 

Bainbridge 264 

Baldwin 326 

Barrett 18 

Barker 66 

Barstow 106 

Barnard 199 

Barkworth 200 

Barlow 357 

Bateman 106 

Battye 362, 436 

Baines 140, 156 

Beaumont 245, 315 

Beckett 118 

Beckitt 292 

Belasyse 80 

Benson 2 

Benyon 364 

Bethell 189 

Bill 417 



Bingley 404, 447 

Blackburn 110 

Bland 324, 331 

Blaydes 372 

Blomberg 60 

Blois 251 

Bolton 235 

Booth 58, 248 

Bosville 199 

Bowes 206 

Bower 202 

Boynton 149 

Brewin 368 

Bridges 319 

Brown 294, 296, 349, 
374 

Brooksbank 3, 309 

Broadley 157, 159 

Broderick 284 

Brook 282 

Brooke 347 

Burton 200, 260 

Busfield 262 

Butler 429 

Byng 251 

Cater 405 

Carrick 202 

Carroll 308 

Carlisle 19 

Carter 115 
Cayley 14, 108, 400 

Chaloner 69 

Champion 32 

Chapman 110 

Charnock 234, 262 

Charlesworth 328 



Chaytor 1,21,25, 108 
Cheape 158 

Chippendale 228 

Childers 252 

Cholmley 13,124,173, 
277 
Chorley 294 

Clarke 107, 178 

Clay 284 

Clayton 339 

Clapham 412 

Clough 373 

Coates 106 

Consett 13 

Constable 201 128, 150 
Cook 88, 112, 349, 
351, 373 
Cooke 217, 252, 445 
Coore 48 

Copley 363, 412 

Corbett 260 

Coulthurst 288 

Craddock 47 

Crawshaw 250 

Crathorne 25 

Creyke 1 82, 382 

Croft 111 

Crompton 104, 128,278 
Crowder 247 

Cunliffe 280 

Currer 126, 329 

Cust 28 

Dalton 409 

Danby 114 

Darley 2, 108 

Dailington 82 



INDEX TO NAMES. 



Appendix* 



North Riding, p. 1 to 135— East, p. 137 to 210— West, p. 211 to 460. 



Dawson 104, 223, 287, 
353, 391 

Dawnay 103 

Davy 220 

Dearden 316 

Dealtry 126, 348 

Dent 26 

Dennison 176 

Devonshire 235 

Dickins 332 

Dixon 362 

Dobson 217 

Dodsworth 119, 366 

Downe 28, 262 

Dowker 98 

Drake 220, 335 

Drury 105 

Dunnington 1 98 

Duffield 433 
Dundas 5, 68, 72, 122 
Duncombe29, 79,261 

Dyson 368 449 

Earle 9 

Easterby 106 

Edmunds 440, 454 

Edwards 380 

Elliott 277 

Ellison 424 

Elmhirst 373 

Elsley 78, 88 

Empson 208 

Erne 445 

Errington 21 

Etherington J 54 

Fairfax 40, 367 

Fitzwiilian 442 

Farrer 226, 257 

Favell 36 

Fawcett 211443 

Fawkes 281 
Fenton 42 428 435 
Ferrand 262, 302, 393 

Fields 222 

Field 310 

Firth 331 

Fisher 349 



Fothergill 18, 59 

Forth 39 
Foulis 55 150 168 

Forster 220 

Fox 243, 432 

Foxcroft 300 

Frankland 115 

Frank 251 

Fullerton 243 429 

Gale 48, 101 

Galway 228 
Galley-Knight 284 339 

Garland 452 

Garforth. 126 

Gaskill 350, 425 

Gascoigne 374 

Gee 212 
Geldart 231, 252, 268 

Gill 453 

Gilpin 109 

Goldsworthy 212 

Gott 220 

Gossip 306, 427 

Goodricke 383 

Gordon 391 

Grantham 79, 364 

Graham 84, 85 

Grimston 164, 177 

Greame 193 

Griffith 225 

Greenwood 270, 420 

Grantley 293 

Greaves 295, 374 

Hague 265 

Haigh 412 

Hailstone 264 

Hall 188 

Hamerton 311 

Hartley 76 

Harland 113 

Harrisonl60, 230,260 

Harris 275 

Hartop 282 

Harvey 284 

Harewood 303 

Hawksworth 314 



Hawke 396, 433 451 

Haworth 175 

Hayes 2 

Headlam 128 

Heaton 289 

Heber 354 

Heek 38 

Hedges 381 

Hemsworth 340 

Hepworth 374 

Hewgill 51 

Heywood 415 

Higgins 406 

Hilton 405 

Hill HI, 118 

Hillyard 42, 112 

Hirst 259 

Hodgson 244, 297 

Hodson 278, 410 

Holt 19 

Holroyd 232 

Hollings 447 

Hopkinson 1 43 

Horseington 284 

Horton 320 

Horsfall 427 
Hotham 50, 86, 154 

Houseman 280 

Howden 295 

Howard 429 

Hoyie 317, 391 

Hudson 141, 194 

Hunton 69 

Hunter 91 232 

Hustler 1, 435 
Hutton 2, 21, 72 
Hutchinson 28,31, 50 

Ibbetson 269 

Ikin 345 
Ingilby 223, 339, 340 
385 

Ingham 197, 234 

Jackson 83, 297 

Jaques 31, 452 

Jefferson 199 

Johnson 230 



Appendix* 



INDEX TO NAMES. 



North Riding, p. 1 to 135— East, p. 137 to 210— West, p. 211 to 4d0. 



Johnstone 


45 


Jowetts 


259 


Jubb 


224 


Kaye 


268 


Kendall 


79 


King 


223 


Kitchingman 


18 


Lacy 


170 



Langdale 170 171 

Langley 129 

Lawson 15, 237 
Lawrence 38, 59, 419 

Leatham 8 

Leach 384 

Ledger 374 

Leeds 51 

Lee 90, 296 
Legard 158, 162, 201 

Leighton 389 

Lister 287, 351, 404 

Livesey* 58, 108 

Lodge 81 

Lowther 127, 420 

Lowe 442 

Lunds 412 

Lumley 430 

Macauley 409 

Mac Leod 55 

Maddison 212 

Maister 204, 206 

Maire 65 

Mann 352, 412 

Marwood 1 6 

Markham 229 

Marsden 249 

Marsham 333 

Martin 394 

Mason 239 

Mather 148 

Mauleverer 5 

Maud 307 

Maude 361 

Maxwell 158 

Maynard 47 

Meller 363 

Messenger 255 



Metcalfe 17 

Mexborough 356 

Meynell 129 

Micklethwaite 219 
Middleton 143, 271, 
347, 357, 416 
Milbank 7, 45, 119 
Milner 218, 222 

Milnes 283, 819, 424 
xMirfin 317 

Mitchell 38, 295,314 
Mitford 80 

Moiser 204 

Monson 9 

Moorsora 107, 124 
Morley 72 

Morritt 95, 260, 404 
Moss 82 

Milton 442 

Mulgrave 78 

Muncaster 201 

Murray 316 

Musgrove 243 

Myddleton 42 

Naylor 230, 365, 366 
Newton 224 

Newman 454 

Nowell 363 

Noble 2 

Norclifte 179 

Norton 395 

Nicholson 389 

Oates 283 

Oliver 267 

Ombler 150 

Osborne 145 

Osbaldeston 54, 175 
Other 35 

Outram 290 

Overend 159 

Palmes 184 

Palmer 430 

Parker 248, 302, 348 
366, 418, 449,453 
Park 151 

Parke 69 



Paul SG 

Pease 169 
Peirse 9, 92, 115 

Pennyman 86, 97 

Petch 151 

Petyt 212 

Petre 415 

PilkingtoTi 256. 374 

Place 105 

Plumbe 432 

Pollard 265, 396 

Powlett II 

Prescott 257 

Prest 433 
Preston 144, 183,284 

Prickett 186 
Priestley 327, 345, 427 

Priestly 307 

Preestley 446 

Prudhoe 111 

Pulleine 25 

Purchas 1 6 

Raikes 202 

Ramsbottom 233 

Ramsden 80, 250 

Raper 349 

Rastrick 346 

Rawden 435 
Rawson 221,318,417 

Rayner 447 

Read 98 

Reads 449 

Redfearn 65 

Reeves 18 206 

Reynard 197 

Rhodes 243, 318 

Ribblesdale 291,351 

Richardson 37, 124 
187, 189 

Riromington 247 

Rishworth 233 

Roberts 374 
Robinson 51,123,427 

Rokeby 66 68 

Roundell 292 

Rudd 73, 120 



Xll. 



INDEX TO NAMES. 



Appendix. 



North Riding, p.. 1 to 135— East, p. 137 to Zld—JVest, p. 211 to 460. 



Saint Quintin 181 212 
Sales 246 

Saltmarshe 191 

Sanders 109,212 

Saunders 22 

Saville 357 

Scarborough 394 

Scholfield 183, 191 
Scott 223, 451 

Scovell . 436 

Scroope 27 

Serjeantson 17, 302 
Sharpe 319 

Shepherd • 29 

Sherwood 190 

Shilleto 435 

Shires 281 

Shore 422 

Silcock 446 

Simpson 85, 87, 124 
Slingsby 348, 397 

Smithson 310, 350 
Smith 23, 34, 78, 90, 

253 301 
Smyth 80, 137 238 310 
Stanhope 252 

Stansfield 283 

Stainforth 267 

Stapyiton 78 

Stepleton * , 253 

Staveley 409 

Stocks 254 

Stourton 216, 243 
Stovin 389 

Strangways 50,- 123 
Strathmore 128 

Straubenzie 108 

Strickland 50, 145, 185, 

189, 256 
Sugden 275, 416 

Sutcliffe 414, 417 

Sutton 295 

Swales 339 



Swallow 365 

Swann 221 

Swires 261 

Sykes 157. 161, 178, 

182, 188, 192, 195, 
198, 203 
Tancred 4 

Tasburgh 248 

Taylor 219, 227, 380, 
414 
Tempest 247 

Thanet 406 

Thelluson 246 

Thornhill ' 284 

Thorpe 224 

Thorold 184 

Thornton 1 59 

Thompson 104, 105, 

152, 158, 182, 332 
348, 352 
Tillotson 247 

Tiram 361 

Tower 102 

Tottie 196 

Toutill 232 

Trestram 246 

Trapps 367 

Turton 46, 65 

Turner 330 

Twiss 362 

Tyrconnel - 59 

Upton 326 

Vansittart 62 

Vavasour 182, 309, 444 
Verelst 22l 

Voase 137 

Waddilove 384, 428 
Wainman 252,404 
Wailes 96 

Waterton 440 452 
Walker 74, 86, 215, 

258, 265, 275, 330, 
339, 357, 365 



Walkers 


245 258 


Walmesley 


180 


Warde 


317 


Ward 


362 


Wasney 


282 


Watt 


149 


Watson 


169, 404 


Waud 


256 


Weldon 


243 


Wentworth 


443 454, 


West 


200, 255 


Wharton 40 


105, 182 


Wheat 


369 


Wheeler 


341 


W T hitelock 


22 


Whitacre 


452 


White 


439 452 


Whytehead 


79 


Wigglesworth427,433 


Wilson 107, 


162, 183, 


212,232, 


249, 264, 


279, 326 


,341,355 




371, 421 


Wilkinsonl52, 


Williamson 


178, 316 


Winn 


369 


Witham 


21 


Winne 


214 


Wood 140, 


162, 192, 


312,316 


, 431, 453 


Woodyear 


264 


Woodhead 


314 


Worsley 


52 


Wortley 


104, 454 


Wormald 


261 


Wrightson 


53, 266 


Wright 


231 


Wyville 


16 


Yarburgh 


168 


Yeoman 


80, 128 


York 


112, 234 


Yorke 231 


,301,448 



ERRATA ET ABBE NBA 



NORTH RIDING. 

AsArigg— for 49, read 55 from York. 

Beare-Purk — Note, for had, read has. Bolton, or Cusfle- Bolton — Note, for^gi- 
lence, read Vigilance. Boltm-Hall — Note, last line, read centre of Wensleydale. 

Breckenbrough—iov Lineage, read Leathlcy Armitage, Esq. 

Brignall — for ef, rend of, and for value, read value. 

Burton- Constable — Note, for absenee, read absence. 

Caldbergh — read Hang-West, instead of Gilling-West. Carr-End — Noie, last 
line, for Letson'r, read Letsorn's. Clifton, near York — read a j)art in the liberty Of 
St. Peter, Cowsby — for Tennants, read Tenants. 

EasUTJutrpe—iov Rev. — Gatcliffe, read E. Taylor, E^q. 

Gilling-West— for 17,785 inhabitants, read 21 ,331 . Giles* Alley, read Gilefc-Alloy. 

Hang-West— for 18,31 7 inhabitants, road 14,771. 

Hawes— for 17, read 14 from Kettlewell. 

Hovingham— Note, for Sarifice, read Sacrifice. 

Howlsikc — for Glaudale, rpad Glazedale. 

Hutton, High and Low-~for St. Magaret, read St. Margaret. 

Jerveaux — Note, for kooledge, read knowledge. 

Lartington. — for Fitshughes, read Fitzhughs. Leyburn — for 44 from York, read 43. 

Middleham — Note, for chorristers, read choristers. Middleton— for Clayiey, read 
Cayley. Mortham-Toioer — Note, last line, for Tower, read Tour. My ton— - 
Note, for Highill, read Wighill ; and for Heming, read Fiemming. 

Marrick— Note, line 3, ior to, read of King Stephen. 

Malton — Note, page 71, for monuments, read muniments. 

Manfield — for origine, read origin. 

Mulgrave — Note, last line but three, for who was created, read was created, <£c^ 

Newbiggin — Note, for Manleys, read Mauleys. Nicholas, St. — Note, for Ay6cogh, 
read Ayscough. 

Northallerton — add, It returns two Members to Parliament, a privilege first grant- 
ed in the 26th Edward I. The Bishop of Durham's Bailiff is the returning 
officer. — There are 204 burgage houses, 92 of which are the property of the Earl 
of Harewood, and Henry Peirse, Esq. 

(Jrmsby — for Mask, read Marsk. Oswaldkirk- Hall— dele the Rev. F. Simpson. 

Reeth—Xote, for 1877, read 1778. Rokeby—tor Kokeby, read Rokeby ; for Knig, 
read King. Rookyvith — for Thorton, read Thornton. 

RomaUlkirk — Note, for Ronald, read Romald. 

Silton — for Leasee, read Lessee. Stearsby— for Bransdby, read Brandshy. Sivain- 
by — Note, for Premonstatentian, read Preraonstratentian. Stettenham, read 
Stittenham. Sessions — page 135, instead of the first Tuesday after the 11th of 
October, read the first Tuesday in the first whole week after the Uthof October. 

Thornton — Note, forupards, read upwards. 

Thirkleby, High— ior Sir William Smelt, read William Smelt, Esq. 

Topcliffe — Note,line 2, after river, read Swale. 

TanfieUt, West— for Maud Marion, read Maud Marmion. Ibid. — Note, page 115, 
line 23, after village, add from the parish-church. 

Wliitby — Note, for inhabitants, read inhabitants. IVycliffc — for Francis, read Sir 
Thomas Constable, Bart. 

Yawn— for coajuls, read consols. 

/ 



£iV. •'•■ £#RAfA E't ADftENfitf, Appendix. 

EAST RIDING. 

Sainhn-^The authority of Blount should be read after the word weeks, line 6. in 

note, and not at the end of the note. 
Booth — for across the Humber, read across the Ouse, 
Boynton — Note, line 8, top Dellaway, read Dallaway. 
Brigham — for Foster, read Ftfston, 

Bubwith-^ate, for Jerome Ragoe, read Jerome of Prague. 
Burton Agrte* — dele the letter t at the end of temp. Henry VI1T. 
Cave, North — for Patron, Robert Christie Burton, read Mrs Peters; 
Castleholmes — for Lawthorpe, read Lowthorpe. 
Cottingh-am—tot Estoteirlle, read Estoteville. 
Ella, /Vest— Note, for views of the and port of Hnl!, read views of the town stfd port 

of Hull, 
Ergham—fov Thomas, read Charles Gritnston, Esq, 
Heslertm-^de\e the comma after Robinson. 
Heslingtvti—ior Ampleworth, read Amplefortb. 
Ibid — Note, line 3, p. 169, for entermarriages, read intermarriages.-. 
Hornsea — for 33, read 43 from York. 

I/utton, East and /Vest — for Wavethorpe, read Weaverthorpe^ 
Market /Veighton—'Sote, for 27|, read 2| miles north of Market- Weighton, 
Moor- Houses— for Burton Agness, read Barton Agnes. 
Melbourne — Note, for was created a Baronet in 1801, read succeeded his fether y Sir' 

Henry, March 15, 1813— creation,— March 20, 1801. 
Bdutk — Note, for Brasser, read Brasses. 
Bowlston — for Aipiman, read Arneman. 
Budston — Note, line 5, for extracts, read extract *■ 
Sculcoates — for dedicated to Mary, read dedicated to St.- Mary • 
Sutton, Full—Note, for Idle Monk, read Idle Monks. 
Thorganhj— for to St, Elen, read to St. Helen, 
Tunstall — for disharged, read discharged. 

TValkington—iox wapentake, read wapentakes of Howdenshire, &c 
/Vharram-Percy — dele Esq. after Sir Charles Buck. 
/Vincstedd— Note, for Englahd, read England; and at line 24, p. 205, for form> 

react from the mouth, &c. 
/Void-Newton — Note, for continues a email annual sum, read continues to pay tf 

small, &c. /Vressle — Note, for eight sqnres, read eight squares. 
Sessions— p. 210, for Tuesday after the eleventh of October, read Tuesday in the first 

whole week after the eleventh of October. 
Yftpfiam— Note, for and served by the, read and has been served, &x* 



POPULATIONS OMITTED. 



Anfafoy, . ....^* -.': 307 

Beverley, 6,728 

Camerton, included in Rvhill, . . 

Ferribv, North, ." 347 

Hedon, 902 

Hessle, 1,021 

Kirk-Ella, ., 246 

Molesciroft,. }U 

NWba-ld, North, vw......... 543 



Newbald, South, .....,...,.< 179 

Sandholme and Stockhill, .... 48 

Swanland,' ................. ^ 418* 

Tickton and Hull-bridge* .... 110 

Thearne, 90 

Weel, ......:. 101 

Woodmansea and Beverley-Park, 27$ 

West-Ella, ..........;..... 123, 

YVillerby, V ^ ...... . .,. ....... 9W 



WEST RIDING.- 

Aidirtgham— Nofe, Hne 1, dele w, after Church. 
Afmholme—hv Spotted, read Strafforth and TielvbHL 



Appendix. errata et addenda. xv, 

Appleton, Nun— Note, line 7, for alineated, read alienated. 

Armistad, read Armistead. 

Arnecliffe- Cote— Note, line 1, after Here, insert lived. 

Arthington — Note, line l,forcentuary, read century^. 

Borden — Note, line 10, for be drooms, read bed rooms. 

fiertfham, Low — Note, line 5, for pnlic, read public. 

Bitham- Grange — : for Holland, read Hoyland. 

Bingley — Note, line 1, dele of, after Lordship. 

Birkby — for Tborne9, read Thorner. 

Brandrith-Craggs— Note j for Brand with, read Brandrith. 

Broughton — Note, line 9, p. 248, for hermit, read helmet. 

Browsholme- Hall— Note, line 17, for Weddington-Hall, read Waddingltm-HaiL 

Busker — for Hogland, read Hoyland. 

Vastfe/ord — Note, line 3, for Legolium, read Legeolium. 

Cattal — for Aunsingore, read Hunsingore. 

Ceufthorpe—^S ote, line 4, for ts, read is, and dele tf in appeearing. 

Cauood — Note, line 15, for medidations, read meditations. 

Crojton— Note, line 2, for on, read of. 

DaUc, High — line 3, for to Narrow-Gill, read to a Narrow-Gill, &c. 

Darley—fov Hempsthwaite, read Hampsthwaite. 

Dean Read—to* Hunshef, read Hunshelf. 

Deighton t North— line 4, for Sir John, read Sir William Ingilby. 

Dent— instead of a market and parish-town of Sedberg-b, read a market-town, in the 
parish or Sedbergh. 

Dick- Roy- Heuse, read Uick-Royd-Honse; 

Dungworth— for Bradford, read Bradfield. 

Elphlebroitgh-Ha.il. read Elphabrough-Hall. 

Farfield-Hall — for Addringbam, read Addinghairf. 

Farnham — for Collings, read Collins. 

Fountains- Hall— Note, line 5, after ruids, add, " In 1627, it was iri the pr/ssession of 
Richard Ewens, Esq. of Sooth Cowton, whose daughter and sole heiress married 
John Messenger, E9q. of Newsham. It remained in the Messenger family till 
the year 1767, when John Michael Messenger, Esq. sold it to William Aislabie, 
Esq. of Studlev, for ,£18,000." dele the last lines, commencing, it was formerly, <fec. 

Giggleswick—ior St. Alkadd, read St. Alkald. Gilthwaite—tor Galthwaite-Hall^ 
read Gilthwaite-Hall. Graytonegill, read Graystonegill. 

Halifax— Sole, line 5 from bottom, p. 299, for Brazon, read Brazen. Hartheadi 
read Hardhead— the same in Note. Harwood- Well — for Skirtcoat, read Skircoat. 
Hebden — for Larton, read Linton. Height — for Aldmondbury, read Almondburyy 
this will occur in several instance?; but as there is not a place in the county cal- 
led Aldmondbury, it must in every instance be read without the d after 1. 

Hopper- Lane Inn — for 8, read 9 miles from Harrogate. 

Inglebrough-Hifl, read InglebOrongh*Hill. 

Kirkburton — Notf>, line 1, for lead, read led. Kirkheaton — Note, last line, for me* 
morials of, read memorials in. Knaresbrough — Note, line 35, for Pierce, read 
Piers. Killinghall — Note, and line 5, for Tankred, read Tancred ; and at end 
of Note, insert Hist. Knaresbrough. 

LedsUri— Note, for Mora, read Moira. Leeds— iot 24, read 25 from York; 

Leeds—Note, line 39, for Bnrlay-Bar, read Burley-Bar. 

Levels, High and Low— for This township, read This place is named, &c. 

Malham— Note, line 1, dele and, after vale* Masbroxigh — Note, line 9, for founda- 
ries, read foundries- Menston — for Westow, read Wistow. MenuHth — for Hamps* 
waite, read Hampsthwaite. Micklethivaite- Grange— for extraparochial, read in 
the parish of Collingham, vide Wetherby-Geange, which is one and the same 
place — tbe information for correcting it at Mickletnwaite, came too late . 

Millwood — insert of, after township. 

Newton- Hall— for Ripley, read Nid ; the house being within the township and 
parish of Nid ; but nearly the whole of the land is in Ripley. 

Newton- tVillwvs — for Ledsame, read Ledsham. 

Chtsebxtm, Little — after Boroughbridge, insert diocese of Chester. 

Bed- House- Note, for Robert Oughtre, read Robert Oughtred. Rimmgton^Note f 
line 1, fat Mansion, read Manor. Roecliffc— for A 1 borough, read Aldb«Tougb. 



XVI, 



ERRATA ET ADDENDA. 



Appendix, 



Sheflidd^-y). 402, line 34, for essay, read assay office. . Swinion — The chapel has 
been recently re-built, but whether the Saxon doorway has Ijeen destroyed or not, 
we have not hoard. Sedbergh — Note,;p. 398, for Sarbonne, read Sorbonne. 

Tadcaster— for 14, read 15 from Leeds. Thorne—Note, line 7, for Pile, read Pill* 
Hill. Thornhills—for Harthead, read Hartshead. 

Waldingwell — Note, for Burton, read Dugdale. fVentworth- House— Note, line 36, 
for Warren's, read Warner's. Ibid. — p. 443, line 2, for Fitz Godrie, read .Fitz 
Godric. fVentworth- Ca&tk — Note, line 5, for founders, read founder. 

Whixley—Note, page 448> line 11, for Adelira, read Adeliza— and in next line, far 
founders, read founder. 

Page 469, John Williamson, Esq. for Ripon, read Hollings, Harrogate. 




J. LANGDAIE, P-RINTER, NORTHALLERTON, 



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BINDERY 
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